Head of Product

SOCKET

. Set product strategy across Socket’s portfolio .

Posted 10/21/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesLeadWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in product strategy and leadership, with a focus on translating customer needs into actionable product requirements and success metrics. Proven ability to collaborate with engineering and sales teams to deliver intuitive security products while managing customer outcomes and feedback.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Senior Product Leadership ExperienceTechnical FluencyStrong Product JudgmentExperience in Security or B2B SoftwareClear Written and Verbal Communication Skills

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Hard Skills

Product StrategyProduct Requirements DefinitionSuccess Metrics EvaluationTechnical Trade-off EvaluationCustomer Outcome MeasurementSoftware Supply Chain SecurityApplication SecurityVulnerability ManagementDeveloper Tooling

Soft Skills

Clear CommunicationHands-on ApproachCollaborationDecision Making

Industry Keywords

SecurityInfrastructureB2B SoftwareCustomer FeedbackProduct Function Development

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Set product strategy across Socket’s portfolio
Connect customer needs, market opportunities, and technical strengths to focused priorities
Join customer calls and learn from support and sales conversations
Partner with Engineering to turn complex security challenges into intuitive, technically sound products
Define product requirements and success metrics
Navigate technical trade-offs and empower engineers to determine implementation
Balance customer commitments, support escalations, reliability, new opportunities, and engineering capacity
Own customer outcomes, validate assumptions, and measure success using adoption data and customer feedback
Partner with Sales on positioning, demos, and launches
Plan and communicate product work, priorities, decisions, and roadmaps
Build and grow the product function, including hiring, collaboration, and team development
Work directly with Feross and the leadership team and partner with Engineering, Sales, Customer Engineering, and Threat Intelligence

Requirements

What you’ll need

Senior product leadership experience, with a track record of taking complex products from strategy through launch and learning from the results
Experience building for developers, security teams, or other technical users, ideally in security, infrastructure, or B2B software
Technical fluency, including evaluating architecture and implementation trade-offs
Strong product judgment and ability to make decisions with incomplete information
Understanding of how customer value translates into business results
Clear written and verbal communication skills
Hands-on approach to building structure and moving quickly
Preferred: Experience with software supply chain security, application security, vulnerability management, or developer tooling
Preferred: Experience building a product function at an early-stage company while continuing to ship

Benefits

Comp & perks

Meaningful equity program
Comprehensive health benefits for you and your family (99% coverage)
Flexible time-off, holidays, and winter shutdown to rest & recharge
Paid parental leave
Remote-first work arrangement
Quarterly team off-sites
Market competitive salary bands