Senior Product Manager – Platform Appliances and Metadata
Vectra® is the leader in AI-driven threat detection and response for hybrid and multi-cloud enterprises.
The Vectra AI Platform delivers integrated signal across public cloud, SaaS, identity, and data center networks in a single platform. Powered by patented Attack Signal Intelligence, it empowers security teams to rapidly prioritize, investigate and respond to the most advanced cyber-attacks. With 35 patents in AI-driven threat detection and the most vendor references in MITRE D3FEND, organizations worldwide rely on the Vectra AI to move at the speed and scale of hybrid attackers. For more information, visit www.vectra.ai.
Vectra AI is seeking a skilled Senior Product Manager to lead product strategy and execution for our Platform Appliances and Metadata, a foundational layer of the Vectra Network Detection and Response (NDR) portfolio. This role is responsible for defining the roadmap and long-term vision for hardware, virtual, and cloud-based appliances, as well as the metadata parsing and generation capabilities that power Vectra’s detections and analytics.
In this role, you will operate at the intersection of network data planes, performance-sensitive systems, and signal generation, ensuring Vectra’s sensors and appliances deliver reliable, high-fidelity metadata at scale across on-prem, hybrid, and cloud environments. You’ll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams in Austin and Bangalore to evolve core platform capabilities that underpin the entire product portfolio.
Key Responsibilities
- Own and evolve the product strategy and roadmap for Vectra’s appliance portfolio, including physical hardware, virtual appliances, and cloud-native sensors.
- Define requirements and priorities for metadata parsing, enrichment, normalization, and generation on the network data plane.
- Balance performance, scale, reliability, and cost considerations across appliance form factors and deployment models.
- Partner closely with engineering, data science, security research, and UX teams to manage the product backlog, resolve architectural and design challenges, and deliver high-quality platform releases.
- Drive alignment between appliance capabilities and downstream consumers of metadata, including detection engines, analytics, and user-facing experiences.
- Identify opportunities to modernize deployment, lifecycle management, upgrades, and observability of appliances across customer environments.
- Serve as a product champion with customers, partners, and field teams—translating real-world deployment feedback into actionable roadmap decisions.
Qualifications
Required
- 5+ years of experience in enterprise product management, with a strong record of delivering platform or infrastructure products.
- Experience building, managing, or delivering network appliances, sensors, or data-plane technologies in enterprise, virtual, or cloud environments.
- Strong understanding of network traffic analysis, packet processing, flow generation, and metadata pipelines.
- Experience defining roadmaps that span hardware, virtualized, and cloud-native deployment models.
- Proven ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, data science, security research, and operations teams on complex, performance-sensitive systems.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make tradeoffs between fidelity, scale, and operational simplicity.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of aligning diverse stakeholders around technical and product strategy.
- Demonstrated success driving products from concept through adoption in globally distributed teams.
Nice to Have / Bonus
- Familiarity with high-performance networking, packet capture frameworks, or kernel-level networking.
- Experience with cloud networking constructs (e.g., VPC traffic mirroring, cloud-native sensors).
- Background in security analytics, NDR, or large-scale data platforms.
- Technical background in software development or systems engineering.
Vectra provides a comprehensive total rewards package that supports the financial, physical, mental and overall health of our employees and their families. Compensation includes competitive base pay, incentive plan eligibility, and participation in the employee equity plan (stock options). Specific benefits offered varies by location, but commonly include health care insurance, income protection / life insurance, access to retirement savings plans, behavioral & emotional wellness services, generous time away from work, and a comprehensive employee recognition program.
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