Sr. Product Manager, Data Protection

Pure Storage•Santa Clara, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

As the Sr. Product Manager for Data Protection, you will be the strategic architect of our mission-critical data resilience portfolio. You will sit at the high-stakes intersection of enterprise storage, cybersecurity, and cloud operations, designing solutions that ensure our global customers’ data is instantly available and resilient against modern cyber threats. Collaborating deeply with Engineering, the CTO office, and GTM teams, you won't just manage backup features—you will define how organizations survive and recover from sophisticated ransomware and security events.

Requirements

Data Protection & Security Domain Mastery: Deep technical understanding of backup architecture, enterprise storage, disaster recovery, and data security standards.
Strategic Lifecycle Ownership: Proven experience guiding complex, multi-platform products from initial concept through successful delivery, with the professional maturity to make data-informed trade-offs between speed, scalability, and technical feasibility.
Cross-Functional Influence: Exceptional communication skills with a track record of driving alignment across Engineering, Product Marketing, and executive stakeholders to champion product vision.
Analytical Problem Solving: Strong analytical abilities used to evaluate market trends and translate customer workflows into precise, outcome-oriented technical requirements.

Responsibilities

Architect the Data Resilience Roadmap: Define and execute a technical roadmap for data protection, prioritizing high-impact security features, automated recovery, and cloud-native integrations that create distinct market advantages.
Drive Category-Level Outcomes: Own the complete product lifecycle from ideation to launch, establishing clear KPIs for recovery time objectives (RTO), recovery point objectives (RPO), and feature adoption to ensure maximum business impact.
Bridge the Gap from Build to Buy: Partner closely with Sales, Field Enablement, and Marketing to develop competitive positioning, ensuring our global field organizations are fully equipped to position our security differentiation.
Synthesize Market & Threat Intelligence: Serve as the voice of the customer and security practitioner, translating evolving cyber threat vectors and compliance requirements into clear, actionable development priorities.