Listing Description

Elastic is searching for an extraordinary Product Manager to join the Elastic Security product team with a specific focus on security data lakes for our security analytics solution. As Principal Product Manager, Security Analytics, you’ll report into the Senior Director of Product Management. As an expert member of the security product team, your responsibilities will include shaping the product strategy and roadmap for the Elastic Security solution, specifically focusing on cost-effective long-term storage, search, and analysis of security events and information using stateless Elasticsearch and other Elastic technologies.  You’ll also share in the responsibility for representing Elastic Security in customer-facing activities throughout the EMEA region.

Your key tasks will include:

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  Spearheading the go-to-market strategies for long term practical data retention, usage, and partner integrations for  the Elastic Security solution.

  
  


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  Directly participating in customer visits, roadmap presentations, and other customer-facing activities related to the Elastic Security solution.

  
  


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  Collaborating with the Elastic search and platform teams to apply all of Elastic’s native capabilities in search technology, data tiers, and object-based storage.

  
  


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  Understanding target personas, studying user adoption and purchase patterns for Elastic products, and the value derived from them

  
  


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  Clearly positioning Elastic's distinct advantages against similar security and data lake offerings, becoming an authority on competitors

  
  


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  Contributing thought leadership around security data lake market trends and alternative solutions

  
  


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  Developing, curating, and presenting compelling content for releases, executive briefings, blogs, and internal enablement

  
  

Skills - You can: 

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  Balance user requirements for functionality, analyst outcomes, performance, reliability, and a delightful solution experience

  
  


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  Effectively interact with and lead the work of product managers, security researchers, engineers, data scientists, software developers, and senior managers

  
  


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  Understand both technical specifications and user outcomes when analyzing a product

  
  


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  Apply technical troubleshooting skills to a wide range of situations

  
  

Knowledge - You know a lot about:

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  Legacy SIEM and newer Security Analytics platforms, and the current vendor landscape

  
  


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  Cloud-based data lake storage and retrieval technologies and products

  
  


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  Other cloud Infrastructure from major providers including AWS, GCP, and Azure.

  
  


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  System Engineering and data flow analysis

  
  


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  IT Security operational practices, technology trends, and current cyber threat landscape

  
  


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  Developing software in an open source environment - Git based knowledge a plus.

  
  

Experience - You've succeeded for at least:

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  5 years in a security-related technical product management, competitive analysis, or technical marketing role

  
  


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  3 years in a related product development or technical field role

  
  

Proficiency and Education - You have:

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  Passion for all things in cloud data storage, search, and analytics

  
  


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  Excitement for cyber security and its challenges

  
  


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  Love for being an expert on a topic.

  
  


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  Attention to details and an ability to appreciate Gestalt principles.

  
  


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  Excellent interpersonal skills and practices (sharing is caring).

  
  


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  BS/MS degree in engineering, computer science, or information security

  
  

Location and Travel: 

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  The preferred location for this position is in Europe. 

  
  


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  Travel up to 40% supporting Elastic's global customer base is expected