Product Manager
Socket · Remote · United States ·
COMPENSATION
€•• – ••k
Listed on the employer's job board (Ashby)
- First Product Manager hire
- Fully remote position
- B2B SaaS security product
- Equity program included
- Quarterly team off-sites
As Socket's inaugural Product Manager, you will define what gets built and why, leveraging existing product-market fit to guide future growth. You will collaborate with leadership, engineering, and sales to translate customer needs into clear priorities and shipped features.
You will establish the foundational product processes for prioritization, roadmapping, and communication. This role requires balancing technical constraints with business goals while engaging directly with developers and security teams to solve real problems.
What you'll do
- Own prioritization across customer commitments, support escalations, and new opportunities
- Engage directly with customers and join sales calls to understand underlying problems
- Partner with engineers and designers to define requirements and project plans
- Evaluate technical trade-offs and balance costs when selecting solutions
- Provide clear guidance to GTM teams on timelines and deliverable promises
- Document investment assumptions and track adoption outcomes for future decisions
What you'll need
- Several years of product management experience in B2B SaaS
- Experience owning developer-facing, security, or infrastructure products
- Proven ability to make hard prioritization calls under capacity limits
- Technical proficiency to discuss CI/CD pipelines and lockfiles with engineers
- Strong written communication skills for async work environments
- Ability to influence teams without relying on formal authority
- Builder mindset ready to create product playbooks from scratch
Nice to have
- Experience with software supply chain or application security
- Background building products specifically for developers or security teams
- Familiarity with enterprise software evaluation and technical sales cycles
- Previous experience as an early or first dedicated Product Manager
How you'll work
- Remote-first company culture
- Quarterly team off-sites for collaboration
- Asynchronous work environment requiring clear writing
What you get
- Market competitive salary bands
- Meaningful equity program
- Comprehensive health benefits with 99% coverage
- Flexible time-off and winter shutdown period
- Paid parental leave