Founding Product Lead

Role Overview

• Own product strategy and execution for core areas of the Zip Security platform as one of the first product leaders at the company.
• Lead product discovery from the ground up — identifying customer problems, validating solutions, and shaping the roadmap in partnership with Engineering and Design.
• Translate customer needs, business goals, and technical constraints into clear product requirements and priorities.
• Define and evolve product processes, rituals, and best practices as the product organization scales.
• Write clear, concise product specs and requirements that align teams and drive execution.
• Drive prioritization and tradeoffs across features, technical investments, and new initiatives.
• Partner closely with Sales, Customer Success, and Marketing to incorporate customer feedback and ensure successful launches and adoption.
• Measure success using product metrics and outcomes, iterating quickly based on results.
• Act as a strong product voice internally, advocating for customer impact and long-term thinking.

Requirements

• 5–8+ years of product management experience
• You’ve worked in early-stage or fast-growing environments and enjoy building structure where little exists.
• You’re comfortable operating with ambiguity and making decisions with incomplete information.
• You bring strong product judgment and can balance speed, quality, and long-term impact.
• You communicate clearly and can influence cross-functional partners without formal authority.
• You take full ownership and naturally think beyond execution to how product should operate at scale.
• Bonus: Experience building B2B, enterprise, security, or infrastructure products.

Benefits

• We want our employees learn, grow, and have career satisfaction
• We want to create a successful company – but not at the cost of culture.
• We are a high autonomy, high trust organization that prioritizes thoughtful communication
• No one likes being micromanaged
• We value transparency, equity, and empathy.
• Honest, empathetic feedback is kind.
• We want to move fast, be flexible, but not break things
• We’re a start-up: we need to move fast, and be able to pivot at a moment’s notice.
• We value balance
• Whether it’s work/life balance or moving fast/building right balance, understanding the tradeoffs in a start-up is necessary.
• We assume best intentions
• We're a team working together to make enterprise cybersecurity easy.