Principal Product Manager — AI & Data Security

Who is Forcepoint?

Forcepoint simplifies security for global businesses and governments. Forcepoint’s all-in-one, truly cloud-native platform makes it easy to adopt Zero Trust and prevent the theft or loss of sensitive data and intellectual property no matter where people are working. 20+ years in business. 2.7k employees. 150 countries. 11k+ customers. 300+ patents.

If our mission excites you, you’re in the right place; we want you to bring your own energy to help us create a safer world. All we’re missing is you!

Forcepoint is seeking a Principal Product Manager to drive roadmap and execution in our Data Security Posture Management and AI Security product line. This role is the critical nexus between engineering, design, go-to-market, and customer-facing teams, driving the full product lifecycle from discovery through market adoption.

The ideal candidate combines deep technical fluency in data security with a hands-on, customer-obsessed approach to product management. You will engage directly with security architects, and enterprise buyers while also rolling up your sleeves on PRDs, Figma reviews, sprint planning, and competitive analysis.

This is an execution biased role; we need someone equally comfortable presenting to customers and unblocking detailing out requirements as part of an engineering sprint.

Key Responsibilities

• Product Strategy & Roadmap
• Define and own the parts of the product vision, strategy, and multi-quarter roadmap for Forcepoint’s DSPM and AI Security working in a high-performance team of other PMs.
• Conduct continuous competitive intelligence to inform positioning and feature prioritization.
• Good understanding of the jobs to be done framework and ability to translate customer needs into well-defined workflows leading to measurable security outcomes for customers.
• Translate market trends, customer insights, and regulatory reqinto actionable product initiatives.
• Drive data-driven prioritization using product telemetry, win/loss analysis, and customer usage analytics.
• Product Execution
• Engage deeply with engineering on data discovery, classification engines, policy models, APIs, and remediation workflows.
• Author detailed PRDs, user stories, and acceptance criteria that engineering teams can execute against with minimal ambiguity.
• Drive the discover-classify-assess-remediate lifecycle across structured and unstructured data stores, SaaS applications, and cloud-native environments.
• Partner with UX/UI to transform complex DSPM workflows into intuitive, modern interfaces
• Synthesize complex feedback from field teams (Sales, Solutions Engineers, Customer Success) into structured problem statements and prioritized requirements.
• Support go-to-market teams with competitive positioning, demo narratives, and roadmap communications.

Required Experience

Candidate Profile &

Qualifications

• Product Management experience in B2B/enterprise software, with progressive ownership of product areas.
• Experience in Cyber security, data protection, or cloud infrastructure products.
• Proven track record of owning a product or major feature area end-to-end: strategy, roadmap, delivery milestones, and adoption.
• Hands-on domain expertise in one or more of the following (multiple strongly preferred):
• Data Security / DLP (across endpoints, cloud, email, web, or networks)
• DSPM (data discovery, classification, posture assessment, remediation in cloud data stores)
• Cloud Security Platforms (CSPM/SSPM/CASB) with emphasis on data or identity components
• Don’t meet every single qualification?
• Studies show people are hesitant to apply if they don’t meet all requirements listed in a job posting.
• Forcepoint is focused on building an inclusive and diverse workplace – so if there is something slightly different about your previous experience, but it otherwise aligns and you’re excited about this role, we encourage you to apply.
• You could be a great candidate for this or other roles on our team.
• The policy of Forcepoint is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, citizenship status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status and to affirmatively seek to advance the principles of equal employment opportunity.

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