Director of Product Management, Alarms

Posted 8 Days Ago
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San Mateo, CA
160K-275K Annually
7+ Years Experience
Cloud • Hardware • Security • Software
We help enterprises operate safer, smarter buildings.
The Role
The Director of Product Management at Verkada will lead the Alarms team to scale the product and become a market leader in a $30B market. Responsibilities include leading a team, understanding customer needs, developing the product roadmap, and launching into sales channels. The role requires 8+ years of product leadership, a degree in Computer Science or related field, experience in launching and scaling products, and a vision for innovation.
Summary Generated by Built In

Verkada is the largest cloud-based B2B physical security platform company in the world. Only Verkada offers six product lines — video security cameras, access control, environmental sensors, alarms, workplace and intercoms — integrated with a single cloud-based software platform.

 

Designed with simplicity and scalability in mind, Verkada gives organizations the real-time insight to know what could impact the safety and comfort of people throughout their physical environment, while empowering them to take immediate action to minimize security risks, workplace frustrations and costly inefficiencies.

 

Founded in 2016 with more than $460M in funding raised to date, Verkada has expanded rapidly with 16 offices across three continents, 1,900+ full-time employees and 25,000+ customers across 70+ countries.

The Alarms team builds products to prevent crime and keep people safe in emergencies. Thousands of customers use our devices, software, and virtual guard service to detect and respond to immediate threats ranging from criminal activity to environmental disasters. We’re looking for an experienced product leader to scale our Alarms product to become the market leader in a huge market – nearly $30B in annual spend. Join us to develop technology that makes the world a safer place.

  • The core Alarm software platform, including site configuration, alarm rules engine, and user management
  • Support for remote agents to review and respond to threats, including dispatching first responders
  • Helping customers manage system health and gain insights from historical events
  • Wired and wireless sensors to detect threats, and keypads to arm/disarm and manage the system

  • Lead a dedicated team of engineers and designers to tackle a massive product category
  • Deeply understand current customer use cases and challenges with existing solutions
  • Develop and drive our Alarms roadmap to become the #1 player in the category
  • Define the feature set and offering that will help our customers protect their people and property
  • Launch into our established sales channel and reseller network. Own pricing, go-to-market positioning, and sales training

  • 8+ years of experience in product leadership
  • Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or similar quantitative field. MS, PhD, or MBA optional
  • Proven history of launching and scaling new products. B2B experience a plus
  • You are both a visionary and deeply in the details
  • Former founders will do very well in this role
  • Willingness to retrofit your house with the latest technology

Verkada is committed to investing in the holistic health and wellbeing of all employees and their families. Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to:

  • Healthcare programs that can be tailored to meet the personal health and financial well-being needs - Premiums are 100% covered for the employee under most plans and 80% for family premiums
  • Nationwide medical, vision and dental coverage
  • Health Saving Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with tax saving options
  • Expanded mental health support
  • Paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits
  • Time off to relax and recharge through our paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO and personal sick time
  • Professional development stipend
  • Wellness/fitness benefits
  • Healthy lunches and dinners provided daily

At Verkada, we want to attract and retain the best employees, and compensate them in a way that appropriately and fairly values their individual contribution to the company. With that in mind, we carefully consider a number of factors to determine the appropriate starting pay for an employee, including their primary work location and an assessment of a candidate’s skills and experience, as well as market demands and internal parity. This estimate can vary based on the factors described above, so the actual starting annual base salary may be above or below this range. This estimate is also just one component of Verkada’s total rewards package. A Verkada employee may be eligible for additional forms of compensation, depending on their role, including sales incentives, discretionary bonuses, and/or equity in the company in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).

Estimated Annual Pay Range

$160,000$275,000 USD

As an equal opportunity employer, Verkada is committed to providing employment opportunities to all individuals. All applicants for positions at Verkada will be treated without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

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The Company
San Mateo, CA
1,700 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2016

What We Do

Verkada is the largest cloud-only B2B physical security platform company in the world. Only Verkada offers six product lines — video security cameras, access control, environmental sensors, alarms, visitor management and mailroom management — integrated in a secure, cloud-based software platform. Designed with simplicity and scalability in mind, Verkada gives organizations the real-time insight to know what could impact the safety and comfort of people throughout their physical environment, while empowering them to take immediate action to minimize security risks, workplace frustrations and costly inefficiencies. Founded in 2016 with more than $343M in funding raised to date, Verkada has expanded rapidly with nine offices across three continents (San Mateo, Austin, Salt Lake City, Phoenix, Tampa, London, Sydney, Taipei, and Krakow), 1,300+ full-time employees and more than 13,000 customers worldwide, including 43 companies in the Fortune 500.

Why Work With Us

Verkada’s products start with safety – video security cameras, door-based access control and alarms – and extend to operations – environmental sensors, visitor and mailroom management.

All of our products can be accessed within one cloud ecosystem, bringing the intuitive and easy-to-use nature of consumer security products to the levels of scale

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