Product Manager II – Data Security

Job Title: Product Manager II – Data Security About Trellix Trellix is a global company redefining the future of cybersecurity. The company’s comprehensive, open, and native cybersecurity platform helps organizations confronted by today’s most advanced threats gain confidence in the protection and resilience of their operations. Trellix, along with an extensive partner ecosystem, accelerates technology innovation through artificial intelligence, automation, and analytics to empower over 50,000 business and government customers with responsibly architected security. More at . Role Overview: We are looking for an execution-oriented, analytically driven Product Manager II for our Data Security portfolio. This role primarily focuses on delivering core capabilities for our industry-leading Data Loss Prevention (DLP) products across Endpoint, Network, and Discovery, while providing targeted product support for our portfolio of Data Encryption solutions. Sitting at the intersection of customers, engineering, UX, customer engagement, and product strategy, you will help solve complex data protection problems. You will be directly responsible for translating product strategy, customer input, competitive analysis, and operational feedback into actionable epics, feature requirements, and user stories. Partnering closely with engineering, you will ensure our data security solutions meet rigorous enterprise expectations and deliver clear differentiation in the market. About the Role: 1. Product Execution, User Stories & Engineering Collaboration Backlog & Story Ownership: Partner with stakeholders to write detailed user stories, define clear Acceptance Criteria, and maintain a prioritized backlog aligned with release cadences. Translate Requirements into Deliverables: Break down complex security workflows (e.g., data classification, policy enforcement, incident management, web protection) into crisp product requirements that engineering teams can execute efficiently. Release Execution & Validation: Drive feature execution from initial grooming through sprint execution, release planning, acceptance validation, and release readiness. Complex Problem Solving: Using available metrics, engineering inputs, and customer data, resolve technical trade-offs, help prioritize customer requests, and identify functional dependencies across DLP and Encryption. 2. Customer Engagement & Market Differentiation Customer & Field Engagement: Assist with customer input and manage beta testing programs. Collaborate with customers and internal sales engineers to understand data governance workflows, policy friction, and operational challenges. Data-Driven Prioritization: Help evaluate customer escalations, feature requests, and usability enhancements, prioritizing backlog items based on business impact, customer tier, and financial impact. Competitive Intelligence: Maintain a working knowledge of the competitive data security landscape to identify market differentiators and build capabilities that give Trellix a distinct edge. 3. Portfolio Scope & Cross-Functional Leadership Primary Focus — Data Loss Prevention (DLP): Own feature delivery for endpoint, discovery, and network DLP, focusing on customer experience and delivering features that meet customer needs. Secondary Support — Data Encryption: Support encryption initiatives (Drive Encryption, File/Folder encryption, and native management). Help ensure seamless coexistence with DLP products and provide support for the Encryption product PM team as needed. Cross-Functional Alignment: Collaborate with Sales, Product Marketing, Customer Success, and Program Management to align launch readiness across teams and support go-to-market activities. About You Experience & Qualifications Experience: Minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree, or 3 years with a Master’s degree (Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related technical field). Cybersecurity Domain: Hands-on experience with Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Full Disk / File Encryption technologies, or cybersecurity products Agile/SAFe Proficiency (Preferred): Proven experience writing high-quality user stories, defining acceptance criteria, and managing backlogs. Engineering Collaboration: Strong track record of partnering closely with software engineering and UX teams to build technical enterprise software. Independent Problem Solving: Demonstrated ability to analyze multiple data sources, solve complex technical problems independently, and operate with minimal guidance. Communication: Exceptional oral and written communication skills with a proven track record of building cross-functional relationships across career areas. AI-Powered Productivity: Familiarity with leveraging AI-driven tools and workflows to enhance productivity, automate tasks, and drive more effective product outcomes. Company Benefits and Perks: We believe that the best solutions are developed by teams who embrace each other's unique experiences, skills, and abilities. We work hard to create a dynamic workforce where we encourage everyone to bring their authentic selves to work every day. We offer a variety of social programs, flexible work hours and family-friendly benefits to all of our employees. Retirement Plans Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage Paid Time Off Paid Parental Leave Support for Community Involvement We're serious ab out our commitment to a workplace where everyone can thrive and contribute to our industry-leading products and customer support, which is why we prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other legally protected status. Our Commitment to You: At Trellix, we are committed to creating a safe and trustworthy experience for our customers, employees, and candidates. Please be aware that fraudulent recruiting activity can occur through fake job postings or impersonated communications. Trellix conducts interviews through professional channels only and does not use text messages, instant messaging, or group chats for interviews. We will never request sensitive personal information—such as your date of birth, Social Security number, or national ID number—during the interview process. Trellix also does not require candidates to pay fees, purchase products or services, or process payments of any kind as part of the recruiting or hiring process. And Trellix will never keep any original work authorization documents that we may be required to review during the hiring process.