Job Description
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Job Description: Director/Sr Director of Product Management – RBVM, ASM, CTEM – Risk Operation Center (ROC)
Date posted: April 2026
About the job
Come work at a place where innovation and teamwork come together to support the most exciting missions in the world!
Director/Sr Director of Product Management – RBVM, CTEM, ASM – Risk Operation Center (ROC)
Location: Foster City, CA, USA
Organization: Product GTM & SME
Reports To: SVP of Product Management
Role Overview
Qualys is seeking a Director / Sr. Director of Product Management to lead its flagship Risk-Based Vulnerability Management (RBVM) product powered by Qualys VMDR and drive the evolution toward Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) via Qualys ETM.
This leader will own the end-to-end product strategy, execution, and business performance of VMDR, serving 8,000+ global customers, while driving the transition from vulnerability management → risk-based prioritization → autonomous remediation → CTEM platform adoption.
You will lead a team of 5+ product managers, partner with engineering, GTM, and field teams, and directly influence revenue growth, customer retention, and platform expansion.
What You Will Be Doing
Product Ownership: VMDR (RBVM)
This role sits at the intersection of VMDR (execution) → ETM (risk platform), part of ROC (Risk Operation Center)
What Makes This Role Unique
Own Qualys’ flagship product (VMDR) used by thousands of enterprises
Drive transition from VM → CTEM platform leadership
Build Agentic AI–powered security workflows
Direct impact on revenue, growth, and company strategy
Lead the next evolution of cybersecurity: autonomous risk reduction
Strategic Mandate (What You’ll Really Be Doing)
This role is fundamentally about:
Turning VMDR into the front door of Qualys platform growth
Using AI + workflows to drive customer expansion into ETM
Building the industry’s first autonomous RemOps + CTEM platform
Key Responsibilities
Product Leadership - Own VMDR as a Business (P&L Mindset)
Own product strategy, roadmap, and execution for VMDR
Lead and mentor a team of 5+ Product Managers
Drive innovation across:
vulnerability prioritization (RBVM)
remediation workflows
asset-risk correlation
Deliver features that reduce MTTR and improve risk reduction outcomes
Business Ownership (Revenue + Growth)
Own end-to-end business metrics:
ARR / revenue growth for VMDR product line
Customer renewals and retention
Cross-sell and upsell into:
ETM
CSAM
Patch / Remediation solutions
Partner with GTM teams to:
Drive pipeline generation
Enable Sales with product positioning
Define pricing and packaging strategy
Customer-Centric Innovation (Short–Mid Term)
Drive customer deal-breaker capabilities including:
Scalable remediation workflows and automation
Better prioritization beyond CVSS (business context, exploitability)
Improved reporting, dashboards, and executive insights
Seamless ITSM / DevOps integrations
Cross-asset visibility (cloud, endpoint, identity)
Translate customer friction → product wins → revenue growth
Lead RBVM → CTEM Evolution
Define roadmap to evolve VMDR into:
Risk-based vulnerability management (RBVM)
Exposure management platform
CTEM-aligned workflows
Build tight integration with:
CSAM (asset context)
ETM (risk aggregation and prioritization)
Drive VMDR “Deal Breaker” Requirements (0–18 months)
Identify and deliver top customer gaps blocking large deals, such as:
Faster prioritization accuracy (TruRisk improvements)
Better remediation workflows (ownership, SLA tracking)
Reporting and executive dashboards
Scalable performance for large enterprises
Partner with field (SEs, TAMs) to capture:
Competitive losses
Renewal risks
Enterprise feature gaps
Design Agentic AI Workflows (Next-Gen Differentiation)
Lead innovation in Agentic AI-driven vulnerability remediation, including:
Intelligent prioritization agents (what to fix first)
Remediation planning agents (patch vs mitigate vs isolate)
Workflow orchestration agents (who should fix it)
Autonomous nudges and recommendations
Success Metrics
VMDR revenue growth and market share
ETM attach rate (VMDR → ETM conversion)
Customer retention and renewal rates
MTTR reduction across customer base
Adoption of new AI-driven features
Pipeline contribution and deal acceleration
Experience required
Experience working with platforms like Qualys and competitive vendor landscape focusing on RBVM, CTEM, AppSec, ASPM, CNAPP etc.
10–15+ years in Product Management (cybersecurity preferred)
Deep expertise in:
Vulnerability Management
Risk-Based VM (RBVM)
Exposure Management / CTEM
Proven experience owning large-scale enterprise products
Strong understanding of:
cloud, endpoint, identity, and application security
Experience working with:
CISOs, CIOs, and security teams
Preferred
Experience building AI/ML-driven security products
Knowledge of:
attack surface management
remediation workflows
ITSM / DevOps integrations
Track record of:
scaling products from platform → ecosystem
driving upsell / cross-sell motions
Product Context
Qualys VMDR
Unified platform to discover, assess, prioritize, and remediate vulnerabilities across hybrid environments
AI-driven prioritization and integrated patch workflows
Core revenue engine and entry point for Qualys customers
Qualys CSAM
Continuous asset discovery across IT, cloud, containers, identities
Provides business context and asset criticality for risk prioritization
Qualys ETM
Aggregates risk signals across Qualys and third-party tools
Delivers unified risk scoring, prioritization, and remediation orchestration
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The salary range for this position is $210,000 - $240,000 per year. Final compensation will be determined based on several factors, including but not limited to skills, relevant experience, and work location. Please note this range reflects base salary and does not include incentive compensation or potential equity grants. We also offer a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package.
Qualys is an Equal Opportunity Employer, please see our EEO policy.