Senior Product Owner

Job Description

Senior Product Owner

Who We Are

CyberArk (NASDAQ: CYBR) is the global leader in Identity Security. Centered on privileged access management, CyberArk provides the most comprehensive security offering for any identity - human or machine - across business applications, distributed workforces, hybrid cloud workloads and throughout the DevOps lifecycle. The world s leading organizations trust CyberArk to help secure their most critical assets.

Job Overview

CyberArk is looking for a passionate, self-driven, energetic, and technical Senior Product Owner (PO) to join our R&D development team, with a focus on our SaaS platform group. In this role, you will bridge the gap between market requirements from Product Management and the technical solutions implemented in our products. You will translate product requirements into actionable tasks for the development team considering non-functional requirements (NFRs), customer needs, service health, and more while aiming to deliver best-of-breed products. Using comprehensive business and technical knowledge, you will own the developed solution and guide the entire development process, from planning through testing to successful release. You will work closely with Development Teams, Product Management, Professional Services, Technical Writers, and R&D management, serving as the central focal point for internal and external stakeholders.

Role Responsibilities

• Analyze product business requirements and produce functional designs for CyberArk SaaS solutions, ensuring alignment with overall product capabilities.
• Own the product backlog: Deconstruct large features into smaller, prioritized pieces that compose a releasable product, while continuously validating and reviewing backlog value for prioritization and completeness.
• Review and refine business requirements, incorporating deep knowledge of the product, its customer use cases, SaaS architectures, and cloud environments to support continuous improvement.
• Serve as the central focal point for all parties inside and outside R&D on how the product works, its capabilities, and the impact of changes; raise connections across R&D groups and other departments through sessions, demos, and collaborative reviews.
• Utilize expertise in cloud environments and deployments to own the service technical roadmap, ensuring it supports CyberArks broader SaaS business roadmap.
• Lead large, high-visibility projects involving multiple development teams, explaining requirements, answering functional questions, and driving proactive collaboration.
• Ensure, in partnership with line managers, that ongoing deliveries are presented on time and produce valuable content that meets customer needs.
• Foster innovation by thinking out of the box to enhance product solutions and address complex challenges at the OS level.

Qualifications

What You Need to Succeed

• Analytical mindset with the ability to manage details while maintaining a big-picture view; organized and formal in communication to ensure clarity and alignment across teams.
• Proven technical skills and self-learning ability to deeply understand technologies, challenges, SaaS architectures, solutions, and functional/technical aspects of complex systems.
• 5-8 years of experience in the software industry, including 2+ years working with SaaS solutions or cloud environments.
• 2+ years as a Product Owner, Technical Product Manager, Functional Analyst, Business Analyst, or similar role, with experience creating, managing, and writing functional designs for large-scale solutions.
• Excellent communication, presentation, planning, and visualization skills; diplomatic and pragmatic in working with diverse stakeholders to drive optimal results.
• Proactive, highly motivated individual with a strong work ethic, goal-oriented approach, and a nature for learning and continuous improvement.
• Innovator by nature, capable of out-of-the-box thinking to deliver cutting-edge products.
• Proven Agile experience and management skills.
• B.Tech/BE or BSc in Computer Science/Engineering, or equivalent with 5+ years of hands-on experience in software development.

Nice to Have

• Previous experience in pre-sales or post-sales roles.
• Experience in information security or privileged access management.

CyberArk is committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diverse talents thrive. If you are ready to secure the worlds most critical assets, join us in shaping the future of identity security.