Product Manager - Email Security at Cloudflare

About Us At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company. We realize people do not fit into neat boxes. We are looking for curious and empathetic individuals who are committed to developing themselves and learning new skills, and we are ready to help you do that. We cannot complete our mission without building a diverse and inclusive team. We hire the best people based on an evaluation of their potential and support them throughout their time at Cloudflare. Come join us! Available Locations: Austin TX, Atlanta GA, Seattle WA, Denver CO, Washington DC About the role Email remains the most trusted—yet most targeted—communication channel in the enterprise. Cloudflare is building the next generation of email security, evolving a proven platform trusted by Fortune 500 and Global 2000 organizations. We’re looking for a Product Manager III to own the complete vision: accelerating a world-class email security platform that is fast, secure, and natively integrated with Cloudflare’s Zero Trust stack. What you'll do In this role, you will lead the charge in defining how the world’s most sophisticated organizations protect their communication, leading the industry's shift away from legacy "boxes" toward an AI-first, cloud-native, and identity-aware security posture. Responsibilities • Define the Next-Gen Vision: Architect and own the strategic roadmap for our Email Security solution, ensuring Cloudflare remains the definitive answer to evolving threats like Business Email Compromise (BEC) and advanced phishing. • Drive New Logo Wins: Act as the strategic engine for growth, building the features and competitive differentiators needed to displace legacy incumbents and win the hearts of Global 2000 CISOs. • Translate Data into Action: Partner with engineering to build intuitive reporting and visualization tools that turn massive amounts of threat data into clear, actionable insights for CISOs & security practitioners. • Enrich the Zero Trust Ecosystem: Bolster the seamless integration of Email Security into the broader Cloudflare stack, architecting a "better together" experience that bridges Gateway, CASB, and DLP into a single, powerhouse defense layer. • Own the Integration Ecosystem: Expand our reach by building robust, seamless integrations with third-party enterprise tools, ensuring Cloudflare is the heartbeat of the customer's security stack. • Evangelize the Platform: Serve as a technical and strategic leader, representing the Email Security vision to internal stakeholders, the sales field, and the broader security community. Desirable Skills, Knowledge, and Experience: • Strategic Product Leadership: 5+ years of PM experience, with a proven track record of owning and scaling complex enterprise security products in a high-growth environment. • Competitive Closer Mindset: Demonstrated experience building products designed to win in a highly competitive market, with a focus on feature differentiation and "displacement" strategy. • Zero Trust Fluency: A deep understanding of modern security architectures and the value of a unified platform approach (Identity, Device, and Data security). • Analytical Power: The ability to leverage large-scale datasets to build intuitive, "recommendation-driven" features that help security teams work smarter. • Exceptional Storytelling: A marketing-oriented communication style that turns technical roadmaps into exciting, visionary narratives for both internal and external audiences. • Operational Excellence: High ownership of the entire product lifecycle, from high-fidelity PRDs to collaborating with cross-functional teams for global launches. • Technical Credibility: Comfortable navigating architectural trade-offs with senior engineers regarding mail flow (M365/Google Workspace), cloud infrastructure, and API performance. Nice-to-Have Skills • Threat Intelligence Knowledge: Familiarity with the mechanics of modern email threats and how ML can be used for detection. • UX/UI Passion: A strong eye for dashboard design and data visualization, ensuring security tools are as beautiful as they are functional. • Developer Mindset: Experience building or managing developer-facing products or APIs. Compensation Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location. • For New York City, Washington, Washington D.C. and California (excluding Bay Area) based hires: Estimated annual salary of $141,000 - $194,000 • For Colorado based hires: Estimated annual salary of $128,000 - $176,000 Equity This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare’s equity plan. Benefits Cloudflare offers a complete package of benefits and programs to support you and your family. Our benefits programs can help you pay health care expenses, support caregiving, build capital for the future and make life a little easier and fun! The below is a description of our benefits for employees in the United States, and benefits may vary for employees based outside the U.S. Health & Welfare Benefits • Medical/Rx Insurance • Dental Insurance • Vision Insurance • Flexible Spending Accounts • Commuter Spending Accounts • Fertility & Family Forming Benefits • On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program • Global Travel Medical Insurance Financial Benefits • Short and Long Term Disability Insurance • Life & Accident Insurance • 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan • Employee Stock Participation Plan Time Off • Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave • Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave What Makes Cloudflare Special? We’re not just a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. We’re a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet. Project Galileo: Since 2014, we've equipped more than 2,400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work, technology already used by Cloudflare’s enterprise customers--at no cost. Athenian Project: In 2017, we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project, we've provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states. 1.1.1.1: We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster, more secure and privacy-centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer-focused service Cloudflare has ever released. Here’s the deal - we don’t store client IP addresses never, ever. We will continue to abide by our privacy commitment and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers. Sound like something you’d like to be a part of? We’d love to hear from you! This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations. Please note that any offer of employment may be conditioned on your authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license. Cloudflare is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people and place great value in both diversity and inclusiveness. 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