About Ping Identity:
At Ping Identity, we believe in making digital experiences both secure and seamless for all users, without compromise. We call this digital freedom. And it's not just something we provide our customers. It's something that inspires our company. People don't come here to join a culture that's built on digital freedom. They come to cultivate it.
Our intelligent, cloud identity platform lets people shop, work, bank, and interact wherever and however they want. Without friction. Without fear.
While protecting digital identities is at the core of our technology, protecting individual identities is at the core of our culture. We champion every identity. One of our core values, Respect Individuality, reminds us to celebrate differences so you are empowered to bring your authentic self to work.
We're headquartered in Denver, Colorado and we have offices and employees around the globe. We serve the largest, most demanding enterprises worldwide, including more than half of the Fortune 100. At Ping Identity, we're changing the way people and businesses think about cybersecurity, digital experiences, and identity and access management.
We’re looking for a Product Management Director to drive the product strategy and roadmap for PingOne Privilege, our Just-in-time next-gen Privileged Access Management (PAM) product focused on our enterprise customers.
This senior individual contributor role sits in our Product organization and will be central to how Ping secures and protects sensitive privileged access to high‑value accounts, infrastructure, and applications across hybrid and multi‑cloud environments for human, machine and Agentic access. You will shape how PingOne Privilege integrates with our broader Identity & Access Management (IAM) and Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) offerings to deliver cohesive Zero Trust journeys for customers.
The ideal candidate brings deep experience in PAM for enterprise environments, is comfortable operating at strategic and execution levels, and can lead complex, cross‑functional initiatives without direct line management.
Key ResponsibilitiesStrategy & Roadmap
- Own the end‑to‑end product strategy and multi‑year roadmap for PingOne Privilege, with a focus on global enterprise and regulated customers.
- Define how PAM capabilities (e.g., credential and secrets vaulting, session management, just‑in‑time and just‑enough access, elevation and approvals, auditing and forensics) evolve to meet emerging threat, compliance, and operational needs.
- Define how PAM integrates with Ping’s broader identity platform (SSO/MFA, IAM, IGA, directories, analytics) to deliver differentiated, end‑to‑end scenarios.
- Define the PAM strategy for human, AI agents and Non human identities
Customer, Market & Use Case Leadership
- Engage directly with CISOs, developers, security architects, identity leaders, and operations teams to deeply understand enterprise threat models, workflows, and constraints.
- Translate complex security and compliance requirements into clear, differentiated product use cases for both cloud and hybrid deployments.
- Monitor the PAM, IAM, and IGA competitive landscape and adjacent markets (cloud infra, DevOps, ITSM, ITOM) to ensure Ping is a strategic differentiator.
- Establish Ping’s leadership in Agentic AI and NHI markets
Execution & Cross‑Functional Leadership
- Translate strategy into crisp product requirements, narratives, and user stories for multiple engineering teams; make thoughtful, data‑driven trade‑offs on scope and sequencing.
- Partner with Engineering, Architecture, UX, and Data teams to balance security, scale, performance, and operability for enterprise deployments.
- Drive complex cross‑functional initiatives that span multiple product areas and services, ensuring clear ownership, milestones, and communication.
Monetization, GTM & Field Partnership
- Collaborate with Product Marketing, Sales, and Customer Success on positioning, packaging, and GTM plays for PAM‑centric solutions and bundles.
- Support strategic deals, customer escalations, and roadmap reviews as the primary product voice for PAM, especially with large global accounts.
- Define and track key success metrics (e.g., privileged account/session coverage, reduction in standing privileges, attach/expansion rates, time‑to‑value) and use them to drive iteration.
Product Culture & Thought Leadership
- Act as a senior IC product leader, mentoring other PMs in adjacent identity areas (Access Management, IGA, Analytics) and raising the bar on security depth and enterprise product thinking.
- Champion a culture of customer‑backed, data‑informed, experiment‑oriented decision‑making across the product organization.
Experience
- 10+ years in product management for enterprise B2B software, with significant time in identity and access management.
- Direct product ownership in Privileged Access Management (or closely related domains such as privileged session management, credential vaulting, PAMaaS, privileged remote access, CIEM) for large or regulated enterprises.
- Demonstrated success defining and executing strategy for complex products spanning on‑prem, cloud, and hybrid environments.
- Track record of leading cross‑functional initiatives without direct reports, aligning Engineering, Architecture, GTM, and Operations teams around common outcomes.
Domain Skills
- Strong understanding of privileged access concepts: least privilege, Zero Standing Privileges, just‑in‑time access, session monitoring and recording, approvals and workflows, secrets management, and audit/compliance needs.
- Solid grounding in identity and security fundamentals, including authentication, authorization, policy models, directory services, and common enterprise infrastructure targets
- Deep knowledge of IaaS cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and developers tools and technologies including SSH, RDP, Kubernetes and Databases
- Additional experience in IAM and IGA (SSO/MFA, federation, lifecycle provisioning, access requests, certifications, SoD) is a significant plus.
Product & Leadership Skills
- Exceptional problem‑structuring and analytical skills, comfortable working with both qualitative and quantitative data to inform decisions.
- Excellent written and verbal communication, including experience presenting strategy and roadmap to executives and strategic customers.
- Proven ability to decompose large initiatives into clear milestones, manage risk, and drive execution in agile environments.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Security, or related field; an advanced degree is a plus.
Salary Range: $191,000 - $250,000
In accordance with Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (SB 19-085) the approximate compensation range for this role in Colorado is listed above. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors, such as knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Life at Ping:
We believe in and facilitate a flexible, collaborative work environment. We’re growing quickly, but remain true to the innovative, can-do startup values that got us here. Most importantly, we keep hiring talented, smart, fun, and genuinely nice people because that’s who we want to succeed with every day.
Here are just a few of the things that make Ping special:
- A company culture that empowers you to do your best work.
- Employee Resource Groups that create a sense of belonging for everyone.
- Regular company and team bonding events.
- Competitive benefits and perks.
- Global volunteering and community initiatives
Our Benefits:
- Generous PTO & Holiday Schedule
- Parental Leave
- Progressive Healthcare Options
- Retirement Programs
- Opportunity for Education Reimbursement
- Commuter Offset (Specific locations)
Ping is the collective sum of all our individual experiences, backgrounds and influences and we pride ourselves in growing and learning together. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone’s individuality is respected and everyone has an Identity. In recruiting for new colleagues, we welcome the unique contributions you can bring and encourage you to be your best self.
We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
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