[Remote] Senior Product Vulnerability Manager
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. HID is a high-tech software company headquartered in Austin, TX, empowering trusted identities for people, places, and things. The Senior Product Vulnerability Manager will own the corporate-wide Product Vulnerability Management program, establishing capabilities to detect and respond to product vulnerabilities while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
Responsibilities
- Defining and maintaining the enterprise Product Vulnerability Management framework, including processes for intake, triage, prioritization, remediation tracking, and disclosure
- Establishing standardized vulnerability triage and risk prioritization methodologies that work across the organization
- Defining and implementing the corporate-wide vulnerability management policies and standards ensuring our Product Security Incident Response processes are appropriate with the organization’s expectations and regulatory requirements
- Owning the Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure (CVD) program, including external intake channels, researcher engagement, and coordination
- Translating regulatory requirements (e.g., EU Cyber Resilience Act) into operational processes, controls, and reporting obligations
- Defining and managing the enterprise tooling strategy for vulnerability detection (e.g., SAST, DAST, SCA, container scanning), including selection, configuration, and integration into CI/CD pipelines
- Establishing minimum tooling and coverage baselines across product types and ensure consistent adoption
- Defining and operationalize SBOM-driven vulnerability management practices, including monitoring and response to third-party component vulnerabilities
- Developing scalable playbooks, guidance, and decision frameworks enabling product teams to independently triage and respond to vulnerabilities
- Defining training requirements and developing enablement materials for product teams on vulnerability identification, triage, and response processes
- Establishing metrics, reporting, and dashboards to measure vulnerability management effectiveness, including SLA adherence, backlog, and remediation timelines
- Providing executive-level reporting and insights on product vulnerability risk posture
- Defining governance processes, including exception handling, risk acceptance, and escalation pathways
- Leading audit and assessment readiness related to vulnerability management processes and outputs
- Building and leading a small team responsible for program operations, tooling, and disclosure coordination
- Partnering with Product Security Architects, Engineering, Legal, and Compliance teams to ensure alignment and effective execution across the organization
- Acting as the central authority for product vulnerability management practices across the organization
- Enabling a federated operating model where product teams own remediation while adhering to centralized standards and processes
- Driving consistency in vulnerability handling across a large and diverse product portfolio
- Ensuring vulnerability management practices scale effectively across hundreds of products and multiple technology domains
- Providing strategic direction for continuous improvement of vulnerability management capabilities, tooling, and processes
- Supporting regulatory audits and customer inquiries related to vulnerability management and disclosure practices
Skills
- Experience designing, building, or scaling a vulnerability management or PSIRT program within a product security or application security context
- Strong understanding of the vulnerability lifecycle, including detection, triage, prioritization, remediation tracking, and disclosure
- Working knowledge of application security principles and common vulnerability classes (e.g., OWASP Top 10)
- Experience with vulnerability detection tooling (SAST, DAST, SCA, container scanning) and integration into development pipelines
- Experience defining or applying vulnerability scoring methodologies (e.g., CVSS) in a product context
- Familiarity with Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure (CVD) processes and external researcher engagement
- Familiarity with regulatory requirements related to product security and vulnerability management, such as the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA)
- Experience working within or supporting Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDL/SSDLC) programs
- Strong ability to define processes, standards, and governance models that scale across large organizations
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical risk into business impact
- Experience operating in large-scale, multi-product environments with distributed engineering teams
- Experience establishing or managing SBOM and software supply chain vulnerability programs
- Experience with vulnerability disclosure programs or bug bounty platforms
- Experience working in regulated industries or environments with strong compliance requirements
- Experience with Agile/SAFe methodologies
- Experience leading or mentoring small, high-impact teams
Benefits
- Competitive salary and rewards package
- Competitive benefits and annual leave offering, allowing for work-life balance
- A vibrant, welcoming & inclusive culture
- Extensive career development opportunities and resources to maximize your potential
- To be a part of a global organization that is pioneering the hardware, software and services that allow people to confidently navigate the physical and digital worlds
- You’ll work as part of a global team in a flexible work environment, learning and enhancing your expertise.
- We welcome an opportunity to meet you and learn about your unique talents, skills, and experiences.
- We are open to ideas, including flexible work arrangements, job sharing or part-time job seekers.
- We want all our employees to be themselves, to feel appreciated and accepted.
- Flexible working arrangements
- Regular feedback, training, and development opportunities
- Supporting them with regular feedback, training, and development opportunities
- We empower our people to build their career around their aspirations and our ambitions – supporting them with regular feedback, training, and development opportunities.
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