Director, Product - Strategic Projects & Certifications

At Arctic Wolf, we're not just navigating the cybersecurity landscape - we're redefining it. Our global team of dedicated Pack members is driving innovation and setting new industry standards every day. Our impact speaks for itself: we've earned recognition on the Forbes Cloud 100, CNBC Disruptor 50, Fortune Future 50, and Fortune Cyber 60 lists, and we recently took home the 2024 CRN Products of the Year award. We’re proud to be named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Managed Detection and Response Services and earning a Customers' Choice distinction from Gartner Peer Insights. Our Aurora Platform also received CRN’s Products of the Year award in the inaugural Security Operations Platform category. Join a company that’s not only leading, but also shaping, the future of security operations.

Our mission is simple: End Cyber Risk. We’re looking for a Director Product – Strategic Projects & Certifications to be part of making this happen.   

This is a multi-faceted product leadership role combining strategic business initiatives with product compliance and certifications. This includes initiatives such as orchestrating M&A activity, internationalization strategy of products to more ephemeral projects to drive process improvements and other cross-functional plans.

This role does not involve traditional customer-facing, revenue driving products, but will involve deep exposure to different product lines. The projects under this leader are both technical and commercial in nature, requiring expert-level proficiency working on highly detailed and complex projects.

This is a high visibility position expected to present to senior company leadership, build and lead cross-functional teams.

LOCATION: This role is open to Remote-United States, Remote-Canada, Hybrid-Eden Prairie-MN-US, Hybrid-Waterloo-ON-CA.

Responsibilities & Duties:

• Conduct internal and external research in a consultative fashion: inclusive of customer requirements, market requirements, competitive research, internal research and analysis to inform strategic direction and priorities.

• You will lead and drive the Product compliance certifications vision, strategy & roadmap, plus be expected to closely collaborate with C-Level executives and their respective cross functional teams throughout the development and delivery lifecycle of compliance-framework focused solutions.

• Lead the development and execution of regulatory compliance product strategy, ensuring alignment with key stakeholders, business goals and customer needs.

• Define and prioritize product requirements based on regulatory requirements, market trends, and customer feedback.

• Define new products and services in partnership with product managers.

• Act as a project/program delivery champion: represent the business and value of the initiatives throughout the definition and delivery process, problem solve obstacles to delivery, build a sense of team and set the urgency/energy levels where appropriate, model and foster company values across delivery teams and ensure overall team and project success. This will include working in harmony with senior product, engineering, marketing and GTM leaders.

• Readily identify and resolve conflicts cross functionally to ensure alignment of priorities and delivery to leadership expectations.

• Required to brief senior product executives on the state of their respective initiatives. Will be present for major acquisition decision meetings and discussions with senior leadership.

• Embed Compliance in Product Lifecycle – Partner with product managers and engineering to ensure security, privacy, and regulatory requirements are designed into products from concept through launch.

• Customer & Market Advocacy – Engage with key customers and industry bodies to anticipate regulatory trends and ensure company readiness.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 10+ years in a product management, program management or security compliance leadership role

• Bachelor’s degree required (Computer Science or Business Administration preferred)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in cybersecurity highly desired

• Hands-on experience and strong understanding of compliance standards and frameworks, such NIST, PCI DSS, CMMC, StateRAMP/FedRAMP, FFIEC, CJIS etc.

• Strong understanding of international compliance (GDPR, ISO, data sovereignty requirements)

• Master’s in Business Administration

• Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or CISA are a plus.

• Exceptional presentation, communication, and execu