About the role
<div class="content-intro"><p>Black Duck Software, Inc. helps organizations build secure, high-quality software, minimizing risks while maximizing speed and productivity. Black Duck, a recognized pioneer in application security, provides SAST, SCA, and DAST solutions that enable teams to quickly find and fix vulnerabilities and defects in proprietary code, open source components, and application behavior. With a combination of industry-leading tools, services, and expertise, only Black Duck helps organizations maximize security and quality in DevSecOps and throughout the software development life cycle.</p></div><p><strong>Overview</strong></p> <p>We are looking for a Lead Technical Product Manager to drive the strategy, development, and market success of Defensics, Black Duck’s industry-leading fuzz-testing platform. This is a senior, hybrid role that sits at the intersection of product management, deep technical leadership, and sales engineering, with a strong focus on customer engagement and real-world impact.<br>This role is ideal for a product leader who thrives in highly technical environments, enjoys working close to customers, and can translate protocol-level complexity into clear business outcomes.</p> <p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p> <p><strong>Product Leadership &amp; Strategy</strong></p> <ul> <li>Own the product vision, roadmap, and execution for Defensics</li> <li>Define and prioritise features based on customer needs, market trends, and competitive insights</li> <li>Partner with engineering to deliver high-quality, scalable security testing capabilities</li> <li>Drive end-to-end product lifecycle management from concept to release</li> </ul> <p><strong>Technical Product Ownership</strong></p> <ul> <li>Act as the subject matter expert in fuzz testing, protocol security, and application security</li> <li>Translate complex technical concepts into clear product requirements and value propositions</li> <li>Work closely with engineering on protocol-level functionality and integrations</li> <li>Ensure the product meets enterprise-grade performance, scalability, and security standards</li> </ul> <p><strong>Customer Engagement &amp; Sales Engineering</strong></p> <ul> <li>Lead deep technical engagements with customers, prospects, and partners</li> <li>Support sales teams through pre-sales activities, demos, and solution positioning</li> <li>Translate customer challenges into product enhancements and innovation opportunities</li> <li>Act as a trusted advisor to customers on security testing best practices</li> </ul> <p><strong>Cross-Functional Leadership</strong