Staff Product Management, Threat Detection

Box•Redwood City, CA

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Staff Product Manager for Threat Detection and Prevention, you will be the strategic product leader responsible for safeguarding sensitive enterprise content across Box’s Intelligent Content Management platform. You will define and execute the vision and roadmap for Box Shield’s threat protection ecosystem, focusing on advanced anomaly detection, automated malware and ransomware detection and containment, account takeover prevention, and AI-powered threat analysis. The role addresses a rapidly evolving threat landscape, including the growing use of agentic AI by adversaries. You will work at the intersection of enterprise cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, and machine learning. In partnership with security engineers, data scientists, and corporate security teams, you will translate emerging threats into real-time detection and protection mechanisms that defend customer data without impeding user productivity. This is a high-impact strategic individual-contributor role that also includes mentoring product managers across the Security organization. Box expects employees to work from their assigned office at least three days per week. The role is eligible for equity and benefits. The listed Redwood City base salary range is $217,000–$271,500 USD; actual compensation depends on factors including knowledge, skills, experience, and work location.

Requirements

At least 8 years of product management experience building and scaling enterprise B2B SaaS security products, cybersecurity platforms, or cloud infrastructure security solutions.
Deep expertise in threat detection, prevention, SOC workflows, SIEM/SOAR/XDR integrations, malware or ransomware defense, or anomaly detection.
Demonstrated experience partnering with data science and machine learning teams to build and operationalize predictive security models and behavioral analytics.
Strong technical acumen to lead architectural discussions on distributed systems, event pipelines, API security, threat intelligence signals, and real-time policy evaluation engines.
Exceptional analytical capability to define telemetry, track threat mitigation effectiveness, and balance strict security controls with low-friction end-user collaboration.
Proven executive presence and ability to influence C-level stakeholders, articulate complex security value propositions, and align cross-functional partners.
Growth mindset and ability to leverage AI to make faster, smarter decisions and increase impact.
Ability to work from an assigned Box office at least three days per week.

Responsibilities

Define and execute the product strategy, vision, and roadmap for Threat Detection and Prevention within Box Shield and the broader Box Security ecosystem.
Lead development of machine-learning-driven anomaly detection models and automated containment workflows addressing ransomware, credential compromise, account takeover, and insider risks.
Lead integration of Box AI and generative threat analysis, providing security analysts and administrators with plain-language alert summaries, threat context, and recommended remediation actions.
Partner with Engineering, Data Science, Security Architecture, and UX Design to deliver enterprise-grade security capabilities at cloud scale.
Drive Box Shield business and operational metrics, including detection accuracy, time-to-containment, feature adoption, and enabled revenue growth.
Collaborate with Product Marketing, Sales, Customer Success, and Compliance on go-to-market activities, enterprise field enablement, and positioning Box as a trusted security platform.
Work directly with enterprise security teams and industry analysts to understand emerging security vectors, validate detection capabilities, and incorporate customer feedback.
Mentor and guide product managers across the Security product organization, fostering technical rigor, security-first thinking, and user empathy.