Sr Product Mgr – Physical Security Platform

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• Competitive salary and bonus plan

• Paid vacation/holidays/sick time

• Comprehensive benefits package including 401K, medical, dental, and vision care - Available day one

• Extensive product and on the job/cross training opportunities with outstanding internal resources

• Encouraging and collaborative team environment

• Dedication to safety through our Zero Harm policy

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  Day in the Life of the Building of the Future

We are looking for a seasoned and detailed-oriented Platform Product Manager to lead the definition, evolution, and scale of our One Security Platform (OSP); a cloud-native platform underpinning our Access Control, Video Surveillance, and AI-powered security products.

This is a pivotal role responsible for enabling product teams, partners, and developers to innovate and build upon a shared, extensible foundation. The ideal candidate brings hands-on experience building and launching software platforms, a deep technical understanding of APIs, multi-tenant cloud architecture, and ideally a background in physical security or IoT integrated solutions.

• Platform Strategy & Roadmap

  • Own and define the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for the core platform services and APIs that power OSP.

  • Collaborate with product, engineering, and architecture teams to build scalable, secure, and reusable services.

  • Translating stakeholder needs into platform capabilities that enable rapid product development across teams.

• Developer Ecosystem & Integration Enablement

  • Define APIs, SDKs, and frameworks to enable third-party partners to integrate with OSP.

  • Champion a great developer experience (DX): from onboarding to documentation to supportability.

  • Work with internal teams and partners to establish integration guidelines, sandbox environments, and governance models.

• Cross-Functional Alignment

  • Partner with access control, video, and AI product teams to ensure platform consistency and adoption.

  • Manage platform backlog, prioritize work across stakeholders, and coordinate across scrum teams.

  • Lead cross-team initiatives to ensure platform scalability, performance, and compliance.

• Security & Compliance Awareness

  • Understand and incorporate security industry requirements (e.g., SOC 2, GDPR, FICAM, FIPS 201, NDAA) into platform design.

  • Collaborate with infosec and compliance teams to ensure platform readiness for regulated environments.

• User Experience

  • Advocate for consistent, unified UX across products built on the platform (UI frameworks, identity, permissions, etc.).

  • Partner with design and front-end teams to enable shared UI components and design systems.

• Metrics & Performance

  • Define and track KPIs for platform adoption, usage, reliability, and developer satisfaction.

  • Continuously gather feedback from internal teams and partners to improve platform usability and performance.

• 5+ years of experience in software product management, with 2+ years specifically focused on platform service-connected products.

• Proven experience building or managing cloud-based, multi-tenant platforms used across multiple products or services.

• Deep understanding of APIs, microservices architecture, authentication/authorization, and platform reliability patterns.

• Experience working with engineering teams using Agile/Scrum methodologies.

• Strong analytical, strategic thinking, and…