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SECURITYFOCUS JOBS - NEW OPPORTUNITY
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JOB DESCRIPTION
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Position: Security Product Manager
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Type: Permanent F/T
Closing Date: 2007-09-15
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
VeriSign Inc., a NASDAQ 100 high-tech company and leading provider of Internet
trust services, is aggressively searching for a team-oriented professional with
a combination of 7-10 years of experience in the information security industry
and/or online commerce product management.
As a Product Manager, you will be responsible for products and product
components that are part of the suite of authentication services/solutions
offered by VeriSign designed to protect consumer online identities.
The Product Manager will have responsibility for developing and launching new
features for our authentication offerings. This can include platform updates,
new credential offerings, and/or channel ready products. The Product Manager
will interface with the business unit and customers to define product
requirements, develop offerings to address requirements, and deliver generally
available products to support our expansion activities. Specifically, the
Product Manager will have a mix of Inbound and Outbound Product Management
responsibilities that span three primary areas:
Market Sizing and Segmentation:
Perform customer and market research, industry analysis to assess market need,
size of opportunity, competitive landscape
Define VeriSign addressable market opportunity
Understand fit with overall company and BU goals, objectives and sustainable
competitive advantage
Roll proposition into the sales and channel organization to ensure high adoption
Product Management
Manage development and execution of product roadmap, launch features to sales
organization by working across functional organizations including finance,
legal, procurement, customer services and corporate marketing.
Refine positioning for target markets (unique benefits and value propositions
delivered to target markets and differentiated from competition)
Energize, train, and assist Sales in customer acquisition / expansion
Manage "in-life" customers and sales
Develop key customer relationships and communicate VeriSign value proposition
and product roadmap
Determine, monitor and analyze key business performance metrics
Track industry trends and recommend product investment strategy including
enhancements, new product introduction, geographic expansion and business model
strategies
Monitor and respond to external factors including competition, market and
technology trends
Generate intelligence through competitive analysis and develop and execute
action plan (Eg. changes to roadmap, marketing, and distribution strategy)
Requirements/Experience:
6-10 years of product management and product marketing experience in the
technology sector
Previous experience in information security and online commerce technologies
preferable
Experience in new product launch and life cycle management
Market research/target market analysis experience
Strong analytical skills
Strong oral/written communication and presentation skills, ability to
communicate clearly with internal and external customers
Ability to adjust to constantly changing priorities and fast-paced Internet
environment
Experience leading and motivating cross-organization teams
Excellent organization and project management skills
Ability to lead through influence
Ability to adjust to constantly changing priorities and fast-paced environment
Ability to travel internationally and domestic as needed
Education:
MBA preferred.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
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See job description.
CONTACT
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Submit resumes to pberi@verisign.com
Priti Beri
pberi@verisign.com
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