SaaS Product Manager (Security & Risk)

About the Role

We are seeking a SaaS Product Manager to own and drive the full lifecycle of enterprise SaaS applications across the organization. This role combines product management, vendor management, and technology risk oversight, requiring a professional who can balance business needs with security, compliance, and operational excellence.

The ideal candidate will partner closely with business stakeholders, IT teams, and technology vendors to evaluate, implement, optimize, and govern SaaS solutions. You will lead product discovery efforts, manage competing priorities, drive user adoption, and ensure applications are aligned with organizational security and compliance standards.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys working at the intersection of technology, business strategy, and cybersecurity within a fast-paced environment that embraces modern cloud and SaaS technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the full lifecycle of enterprise SaaS applications, including evaluation, onboarding, adoption, optimization, renewal, and retirement.
• Serve as the product owner for key SaaS platforms, gathering business requirements and translating them into actionable product roadmaps and prioritized backlogs.
• Partner with business stakeholders to identify opportunities for process improvement and increased operational efficiency through technology solutions.
• Manage vendor relationships, including roadmap reviews, feature evaluations, enhancement requests, renewals, and cost-optimization initiatives.
• Lead adoption and change management efforts by developing training materials, coordinating product rollouts, and measuring utilization and business value.
• Coordinate implementation of critical integrations, including Single Sign-On (SSO), monitoring, logging, alerting, backup/recovery, and security controls across SaaS and internally developed applications.
• Support Third-Party Risk Management activities by conducting vendor and application security assessments and collaborating with stakeholders throughout the product lifecycle.
• Participate in technology risk reviews and ensure solutions align with security standards, compliance requirements, and best practices.
• Develop and report on product performance, adoption metrics, operational KPIs, and security-related metrics.

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in Product Management, SaaS Product Ownership, Technology Program Management, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience managing enterprise SaaS platforms throughout their lifecycle.
• Strong experience gathering, prioritizing, and translating business requirements into product plans and deliverables.
• Experience managing technology vendors and coordinating product roadmaps, releases, renewals, and enhancements.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related discipline.
• 2+ years of experience in Cybersecurity, Third-Party Risk Management, Information Security, or a closely related area.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with experience assessing vendor and technology risks.
• Familiarity with security frameworks and standards such as NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, CCPA, PCI-DSS, and FedRAMP.
• Experience creating operational dashboards and reporting metrics using product or security analytics tools.
• Solid understanding of cloud technologies, SaaS platforms, infrastructure, operating systems, and enterprise applications.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with SaaS portfolio management, software asset management, or SaaS optimization initiatives.
• Familiarity with Agile product management methodologies and tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• Experience with Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) platforms such as OneTrust or similar solutions.
• Knowledge of Azure and AWS cloud environments.
• Understanding of identity and access management concepts, including SSO, SAML, Okta, Active Directory, Azure AD, and AWS IAM.
• Familiarity with SIEM and monitoring platforms such as Splunk.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office and collaboration tools.