Director of Product Management - AI Security & AI Gateway

Location:

Santa Clara, California

Compensation: $260, USD / year

At Versa Networks, we're revolutionizing the way businesses connect, secure, and optimize their networks. Our mission is to secure anywhere, anytime access to anything. As a leader in Secure SD-WAN, SSE (Secure Service Edge), SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) and Next-generation Managed Services, we are empowering organizations across the globe to transform their IT infrastructure for the modern cloud era. Our innovative products enable enterprises to deliver a seamless, scalable, and secure digital experience, no matter where their users, devices, or applications are located.

Founded by industry veterans and backed by premier venture capital firms, Versa is a market leader driving innovation and growth as it positions itself for a future IPO.

We believe in fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and customer success. Our team is comprised of passionate, forward-thinking professionals dedicated to driving the future of networking technology. We encourage creativity, offer opportunities for growth, and provide a dynamic environment where our people can thrive and make an impact.

At Versa Networks, we don't just build products – we build relationships, elevate businesses, and shape the digital future. Join us and be part of a fast-paced, cutting-edge company that's making a real difference in how the world connects and communicates.

We are seeking a visionary, technical, and execution-oriented Director of Product Management to lead Versa's AI Security and AI Gateway product portfolio.

In this leadership role, you will define the vision, roadmap, architecture, and commercial strategy for how global enterprises discover, protect, optimize, and govern Generative AI models and Agentic AI workflows. You will own market-defining capabilities ranging from Gen-AI Firewalls and AI Gateways to AI Security Posture Management (AI-SPM), Agentic Bill of Materials (ABOM), and Model Context Protocol (MCP) server security.

As the face and champion of AI Security at Versa, you will also serve as a thought leader—representing the company at premier AI, cybersecurity, and networking conferences worldwide.

Product Vision, Strategy & Roadmap

• Define and execute the multi-year vision, product roadmap, and strategy for Versa's AI Security and AI Gateway portfolio.
• Translate market shifts, emerging threats, and LLM/agent architectural evolutions into differentiated product capabilities integrated into Versa's unified SASE/SSE architecture.
• Drive end-to-end product lifecycle from ideation, requirements collection, use-cases definition, product experience definition working closely with the UX team, to leading new product launch process through to GA, customer adoption, and telemetry feedback loops.

Core Functional Ownership

• Gen-AI Firewall & Runtime Defense:
  • Build next-generation inline defense against Prompt Injections, Jail breaking, Data Poisoning, System Prompt Leakage, Denial of Service (DoS), and adversarial LLM threats.
  • Deliver robust Prompt Guard and Guardrail architectures that are integrated seamlessly into network traffic paths governed by Versa
• Shadow AI Discovery, Control & Governance:
  • Deliver complete visibility into enterprise-wide AI adoption, detecting unsanctioned models, external web Gen-AI apps, and hidden API calls.
  • Build policy-driven governance frameworks enforcing corporate compliance (EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001, HIPAA, GDPR).
• Enterprise AI Gateway & Usage Management:
  • Lead the development of an enterprise-grade AI Gateway…