Senior Product Manager II

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We’re seeking a technically strong Product Manager to lead Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) for our customers. This role is focused on building customer-facing identity and collaboration capabilities—not internal enterprise IT systems. You’ll define and deliver the foundational security layer that enables customers to securely manage users, teams, projects, and cloud resources at scale.

You will own the strategy for Digital Ocean’s identity platform, spanning user onboarding, authentication (e.g., 2FA), and fine‑grained role‑based access controls. In parallel, you’ll drive the vision for machine identity—enabling workloads and services to securely authenticate and interact using modern, short‑lived credentials instead of static secrets.

As the IAM/RBAC Technical Product Manager, you will set the roadmap for Customer Identity (CIAM) and secure collaboration, partnering closely with engineering, design, security, sales, and customers to deliver scalable, high‑impact solutions. You’ll measure product performance, incorporate customer feedback, and continuously evolve the platform to meet the needs of growing, security‑conscious organizations.

• Own the vision for Platform IAM Set and drive the long‑term strategy for identity and access management across the platform. Define the roadmap for access controls, permissions, and secure authentication protocols that protect customers while enabling growth.
• Design modern workload identity systems—lead the development of a cloud‑native workload identity framework that enables compute resources to assume ephemeral, short‑lived identities for secure, least‑privilege access to platform services.
• Establish service authorization—define standards and deliver solutions for secure service‑to‑service authentication and authorization. Ensure backend systems communicate and verify one another within a scalable architecture.
• Deliver developer‑first security experiences—translate complex security and compliance requirements into intuitive, API‑first capabilities. Build seamless permission management experiences across Droplets, Databases, Kubernetes, and other core products.
• Enable secure multi‑tenancy and collaboration—define how modern, digital‑ and AI‑native organizations manage service accounts, and securely share resources within the ecosystem—balancing flexibility with strong governance controls.
• Lead cross‑functional roadmap execution—partner with engineering, security, compliance, and go‑to‑market teams to prioritize and deliver scalable IAM capabilities that meet business goals and the demands of a global cloud platform.
• Measure impact and continuously improve—establish clear KPIs to track adoption, reliability, performance, and customer outcomes. Use data and feedback to iterate and evolve IAM capabilities over time.
• Champion the customer voice—engage directly with customers and the developer community to understand emerging needs and ensure IAM solutions support secure, scalable growth.
• Ensure security and regulatory alignment—drive compliance with global security standards and privacy regulations, embedding best practices into all customer‑facing identity products.

• Technical Acumen:
  Deep understanding of cloud‑scale identity protocols (OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, SPIFFE) and how they apply to cloud environments.
• Product Craft:
  Ability to design “infrastructure‑as‑the‑product,” focusing on ease of use and developer‑centric workflows for customers of various capabilities.
• Communication:
  Exceptional skills in influencing cross‑functional teams and articulating the value of security features to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Strategi…