Principal Product Manager, XDR & Exposure Management

Elastic

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Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$185,600–$234,900 / yr
Posted
17 days ago
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Confirmed live 2 days ago

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This role pays more than 63% of similar roles. Most pay $175,500–$224,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $210k versus about $200k for comparable roles.

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About Elastic

Elastic is the company behind Elasticsearch and the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats, and Logstash). It sells search, observability, and security products built on that search engine, primarily through its Elastic Cloud managed service.

Elastic currently has 240 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $133,100–$210,600 across 91 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Principal Product Manager, XDR & Exposure Management

Principal Product Manager (XDR & Exposure Management) - Security Solutions joins the Elastic Security team to own XDR and the converging exposure and vulnerability capabilities. This role involves managing the end-to-end strategy for detection and response across endpoint, cloud, identity, and network domains while expanding into patch management, advanced device control, host firewall management, and remediation workflows. You will define product requirements in collaboration with engineering and Security Labs, manage noise reduction, and translate market trends into a competitive roadmap. The role requires expertise in XDR, EDR, SIEM, and security operations to address the challenge of merging reactive detection with proactive exposure management. Key skills include technical credibility in architecture, experience with analytics and data science for prioritization, and the ability to communicate complex roadmaps to C-suite stakeholders regarding cyber threat landscapes and infrastructure protection.

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What you'll do

  • Own the end-to-end XDR strategy and delivery across endpoint, cloud, identity, and network domains.
  • Lead the expansion of XDR into exposure and vulnerability management features like patch management and remediation workflows.
  • Define the boundaries between XDR, exposure, and adjacent surfaces like attack surface and cloud posture.
  • Partner with internal teams to integrate asset criticality and entity context into exposure prioritization.
  • Serve as the primary product voice for C-suite and executive stakeholders regarding roadmap direction and priorities.
  • Analyze the competitive landscape of security vendors and MDR providers to drive differentiated product strategy.
  • Write high-quality technical requirements for engineering teams based on real threat research from Security Labs.
  • Create internal artifacts such as decision memos and roadmap trackers to provide visibility without requiring meetings.

What we're looking for

  • You must have 7–10 years of product management experience.
  • You must have at least 4 years of experience in security or B2B enterprise software.
  • You must possess hands-on knowledge of XDR, EDR, SIEM, or broader security operations.
  • You must demonstrate fluency in exposure and vulnerability prioritization over raw scanning data.
  • You must have a solid understanding of analytics, data science techniques for detection, and the current cyber threat landscape.
  • You must possess executive presence to communicate effectively with C-suite and VP-level stakeholders.
  • You must be able to lead across a matrixed organization in a remote-first environment.
  • Familiarity with AI security and how ML systems are attacked or defended is preferred.

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