Yahoo is a trusted guide for millions globally, providing a range of products and services. They are seeking a Principal Product Manager to lead user security and AI-driven detection efforts, ensuring a seamless user experience while protecting against fraud.
Responsibilities:
- Define the vision and end-to-end strategy for securing high-stakes user gateways, utilizing AI-driven insights and Zero Trust frameworks to distinguish between legitimate users and malicious actors
- Partner with the "Paranoids" (Security) and Engineering to deploy defenses against AI-turbocharged attacks, including account takeover (ATO), credential stuffing, and session hijacking
- Identify and implement AI-driven efficiencies in your daily PM workflows—leveraging Generative AI tools to accelerate spec generation, data synthesis, and proactive threat modeling to increase team velocity
- Design empathetic remediation paths that use intelligent data and behavioral biometrics to protect users without hindering growth or retention
- Serve as a subject matter expert to influence senior leadership and scale anti-fraud initiatives across all Yahoo business units, ensuring a unified security culture
- Drive measurable security outcomes, defining "North Star" metrics and using automated data analysis to quantify the ROI of security interventions and vendor signal performance
Requirements:
- 8+ years of product management experience, with at least 4 years focused on consumer identity, fraud detection, or cybersecurity at a massive scale
- Deep understanding of identity protocols (OAuth, OpenID Connect, FIDO Passkeys) and signal-sharing frameworks (CAEP/RISC)
- Proficiency in leveraging Generative AI tools to accelerate data analysis, product discovery, and the synthesis of complex technical requirements
- Experience identifying and replacing repetitive manual tasks with AI-assisted or automated workflows within the product development lifecycle
- Exceptional ability to translate complex technical threats into clear business risks for executive stakeholders
- Proven leadership in high-pressure, 'on-call' environments, with a reputation for decisive action during emerging security threats
- Commitment to 'Impact First' methodologies, focusing on delivering security outcomes through rapid experimentation and AI-native innovation