VP, Product Management API and AI Security

VP, Product Management API and AI Security

Harness is looking for an exceptional, strategic, and technically deep VP of Product Management to lead our API and AI Security product portfolio. In this role, you will define the vision, strategy, and roadmap for how Harness secures modern, distributed applicationsfrom code to productionthrough intelligent, developer-centric API security solutions.

You will partner closely with Engineering, Security, GTM, and Executive leadership to build category-defining capabilities that help engineering teams discover, protect, and remediate API risks at scale. This is a high-impact leadership role that requires equal parts product vision, technical fluency, and the ability to ship fast in a competitive, fast-evolving domain.

About the Role

Product Strategy & Leadership

• Own and articulate the long-term vision and strategy for Harness' API and AI Security products, aligning with the company's broader DevSecOps platform strategy.
• Lead and mentor a team of Product Managers across multiple product workstreams.
• Evaluate market shifts, emerging threats, regulatory changes, and customer needs to influence product direction.
• Drive prioritization and product investments across API discovery, runtime protection, risk scoring, posture management, and remediation workflows.

Execution & Roadmap Ownership

Customer, Market, and Competitive Insight

Go-to-Market Partnership

Cross-Functional Collaboration

About You

Work Location

What You Will Have at Harness

Pay transparency : $300,000 - $330,000 USD

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex or national origin.

Note on Fraudulent Recruiting / Offers : We have become aware that there may be fraudulent recruiting attempts being made by people posing as representatives of Harness. These scams may involve fake job postings, unsolicited emails, or messages claiming to be from our recruiters or hiring managers.

Please note, we do not ask for sensitive or financial information via chat, text, or social media, and any email communications will come from the domain @harness.io. Additionally, Harness will never ask for any payment, fee to be paid, or purchases to be made by a job applicant. All applicants are encouraged to apply directly to our open jobs via our website. Interviews are generally conducted via Zoom video conference unless the candidate requests other accommodations.

If you believe that you have been the target of an interview / offer scam by someone posing as a representative of Harness, please do not provide any personal or financial information and contact us immediately at security@harness.io. You can also find additional information about this type of scam and report any fraudulent employment offers via the Federal Trade Commission's website, or you can contact your local law enforcement agency.