Product Manager - Data Security

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Product Manager - Data Security
We at Booking.com are looking for a Security Product Manager to help us shape the future of our data security posture.

If you have experience building large scale technology products which impacts the way in which thousands of users interact, if you were responsible for critical security platforms such as secret management, certificates management, HSM or other key management platform that positively affected a company’s security posture, we would love to hear from you!

You will be working in an agile and dynamic environment, defining, managing and driving the implementation of security solutions that will decrease the threat surface of Booking.com’s massive scale production infrastructure while at the same time ensuring minimal friction for our developers and engineers. Your contributions will be directly impacting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of all of the major Booking.com products.

A Typical Day

• Drive the product backlog and prioritize ruthlessly for a team of highly-skilled engineers;
• Challenge the status quo of our current solutions and drive resolution through collaboration, influence and innovation (minimize friction; maximize impact);
• Discuss with your colleagues the nuances of engineering solutions in order to push the projects forward;
• Manage expectations of users and stakeholders, as well as communicate with your customers to guarantee that solutions are fit-for-purpose;
• Ensure that, as our goals and the threat landscape changes, the products’ backlogs evolve with them. You will continuously work with the Group Product Manager to keep these backlogs relevant and aligned with the bigger picture;
• Define key business and product success metrics, track them, and improve upon them in order to form data-driven opinions;
• Demonstrate your strong problem-solving skills by structuring issues and analyzing alternative scalable solutions;
• Be a team player, fostering a bottom-up ideation process.

B.Responsible

• 3+ years of experience in product management or security guidance position, working with systems engineering team(s);
• Strong affinity with technology, especially infrastructure;
• The ability to see the big picture, without losing sight of the product details;
• The ability to understand and formulate meaningful business and technical metrics;
• Strong communication and presentation skills: the ability to summarize complex and technical topics to a wide range of audiences;
• You’re realistic with what can be done given the available resources, but still challenge the status quo and optimize for impact;
• English language fluency. Both spoken and written;
• Experience working with large scale infrastructure and distributed systems.

B.Skilled

• 3+ years of experience in a technical security position in large scale companies;
• Concrete knowledge and experience in encryption processes implementation;
• Proven experience in Linux operating systems;
• Concrete experience in some/all of the following topics/platforms:

• Secret management platforms such as Hashicorp Vault, AWS Secret Manager, K8S Secrets;
• Infrastructure security;
• Identities and authentication processes - mostly in Cloud and Containers environments.

B.Offered

The Product Manager position is open to candidates worldwide. We provide assistance for you and your family with a generous relocation package, ensuring a smooth transition to working and living in Amsterdam. We have successfully relocated 300+ technology professionals to Amsterdam in the last year.

• Headquarters located in one of the most vibrant cities in Europe: Amsterdam;
• Performance-based company that offers 26 vacation days, career advancement and lucrative compensation, including bonuses and stock potential;
• Training, regular hackathons and opportunities to travel and attend global conferences;
• Discount on Booking.com accommodations with the “Booking Deal” including other perks and benefits;
• Company-sponsored family and social activities to help our employees become integrated with each other and Dutch culture;
• Diverse, unique colleagues from every corner of the world.

We value Diversity of all types and in an open, dynamic workplace. This has been a pillar at Booking.com since day one, and something we continue to strongly believe in and build today.

Booking.com is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We strive to move well beyond traditional equal opportunity and work to create an environment that allows everyone to thrive.