Principal Product Manager

🕒 June 2

🦀 Maryland – Remote

🦀 Maryland – Remote

💵 $175k - $190k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

✅ Product Manager

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SANS Institute

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 1989

🔒 Cybersecurity

📚 Education

☁️ SaaS

Cybersecurity • Education • SaaS

SANS Institute is a leading organization specializing in cybersecurity training and education, providing a wide range of hands-on courses, certifications, and degree programs aimed at enhancing the skills and expertise of cybersecurity professionals. Founded in 1989, it offers expert-led training sessions globally, alongside resources like webinars and podcasts to support ongoing learning and development in the cybersecurity field. SANS Institute is dedicated to helping individuals and organizations mitigate cyber risks through rigorous training that aligns with industry standards and best practices.

📋 Description

• Define and own the multi-year product strategy for GIAC certifications and assessments, aligned to broader organizational goals. • Identify market opportunities, competitive dynamics, and learner needs to inform product direction. • Lead the end-to-end product lifecycle from discovery and definition through launch and iteration for all certification and assessment products. • Translate learner, employer, and industry insights into clear product requirements and success metrics. • Create and maintain the GIAC product roadmap, ensuring it reflects business priorities, learner needs, and industry trends while communicating progress and tradeoffs to senior stakeholders. • Own and manage the product backlog, partnering directly with engineering teams to groom, prioritize, and sequence work that delivers the highest impact. • Partner with psychometricians, exam developers, and range and lab platform technology teams to ensure certification and assessment products meet rigorous standards for validity, reliability, and fairness. • Define and monitor KPIs to measure product health and drive continuous improvement. • Serve as the lead product management authority on the certification and assessment landscape, including industry trends, credentialing standards, and competitor offerings. • Build strong relationships with key internal stakeholders across GIAC business leadership, curriculum, sales, marketing, and product development. • Engage directly with customers, employers, and the broader cybersecurity community to deepen understanding of market needs.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent industry experience. • 10+ years of professional product management experience with an emphasis on building and managing assessment-based products. • Proven ability to define product roadmaps, prioritize competing demands, and deliver measurable outcomes. • Demonstrated success owning complex product portfolios, ideally in education, credentialing, assessment, or a related field. • Strong strategic thinking skills, capable of setting direction in ambiguous environments and rallying teams around a clear vision. • Proven ability to lead through influence, driving alignment and results without direct management authority. • Excellent cross-functional collaboration and communication skills, including experience presenting to senior leadership. • Deep empathy for learners and a passion for helping people grow professionally. • Familiarity with the cybersecurity industry or technical training landscape is a strong plus. • Comfortable working in a virtual organization with some travel. • Fluent in English, particularly in written communications. • Unrestricted authorization to work in the USA; visa sponsorship is not available.

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive base salary, bonus opportunities, and a 401(k) plan with company match. • Robust medical, dental, and vision plans; company-provided short term disability; optional long-term disability, supplemental life and AD&D insurance for employees and dependents; voluntary benefits including accident insurance and identity theft protection; fitness and wellness programs; and a company paid employee assistance program (EAP). • Generous paid time off, including volunteer time. • Access to professional development and SANS training opportunities.