Staff Product Manager, Governance and Security

Who We Are   Temporal is an open source programming model that can simplify code, make applications more reliable, and help developers focus on the important things like delivering features faster. Our amazing user community provides us with real-time feedback and contributions to improve the developer experience everywhere.   Backed by top VC firms, we have built a team of professionals from various successful start-ups and well-known technology companies. Together, we collaborate cross-functionally, engage with and support our users to improve the developer experience, deliver world-class open-source software, and enhance our commercial SaaS platform.   Temporal is growing and working towards building the best community. We are looking for those who share our values, challenge 'standard' thinking, and want to influence our future. If you have a passion for helping developer communities, open-source software, and want to be a part of our amazing team, we'd love to hear from you!

Summary

At Temporal, you'll change what's possible for software teams. Our customers are software architects, engineering Leaders and development teams inside the world's most innovative companies are looking for answers to accelerate and scale software delivery without the pain and cost of operationalizing distributed systems. 

The Staff PM for Governance and Security role is a new role we are creating in our fast-growing organization. This position is a high-profile, business-critical role driving initiatives to continually evolve and improve how organizations adopt and use our metered cloud service.  This role is a key piece of our growing Product Management team to lower the friction of customer acquisition and account growth by making it simple and powerful to integrate Temporal into the fabric of a customers’ identity, access, and governance machinery.

What You'll Do

• Develop and own the security product strategy and roadmap for solving problems around access and integration efforts that drive adoption of our core product.
• Work closely with enterprise customers to understand their needs for managing identity and access controls, resource provisioning, compliance, and integration into their systems and processes.
• Collaborate with cross functional leaders in  GTM, Engineering, and Security teams to understand customer security needs and challenges. Translate these insights into security features that enhance trust and usability.
• Serve as the internal and external advocate for security features, ensuring that all stakeholders understand the importance of security and how it’s integrated into our product.

What You'll Bring

• Strong understanding of Product Management fundamentals, including product lifecycle management, market research, roadmap development, prioritization, and translating customer needs into actionable product requirements.
• 8+ years of experience in product management, with at least 3 years focused on security, compliance, or governance in a SaaS or tech environment.
• Deep understanding of security practices, including data protection, authentication mechanisms, encryption standards, and security certifications (SOC 2, ISO 27001, etc.).
• Hands-on experience ensuring product compliance with privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA) and other industry-specific security requirements.
• Experience in developing or significantly revising features or machinery for managing users, access controls, resource allocation, and/or compliance. 
• Strong knowledge of how large enterprises and customer info-sec teams think about adopting new technology relative to their policies around user access and integration with security or governance regimes. 
• Proven experience working closely with customers to solve complex security and governance challenges while maintaining ease of use and a positive user experience.
• Strong candidates will have either had engineering orgs as a customer before or have other background around software delivery in a business.

Compensation

• The estimated pay range for this role is $196,000 - $245,000 depending on experience and geographical location.
• Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Temporal's equity plan.

Compensation ranges reflect salary and commission compensation (when applicable) across several geographic markets. Employment offers carefully consider multiple factors, including prior experience, knowledge, expertise, skillset, market location, and job level assessed during the interview process.   Employee benefits and perks below are for full-time employees, part-time or temporary positions are excluded.    U.S. Benefits 

• Unlimited PTO, 12 Holidays + 2 Floating Holidays
• 100% Premiums Coverage for Medical, Dental, and Vision
• AD&D, LT & ST Disability, and Life Insurance (Standard & Supplemental Available)
• Empower 401K Plan
• Additional Perks for Learning & Development, Lifestyle Spending, In-Home Office Setup, Professional Memberships, WFH Meals, Internet Stipend and more!

International Benefits

• Paid Time Off (PTO) and Benefits outside the United States vary by country, and are issued in partnership with Remote.com.  Additionally, Temporal offers perks to all international employees for learning & career development, a lifestyle spending account, in-home office setup (in addition to company-issued hardware), professional memberships, work-from-home meals, and access to the Calm app for mental wellness.

Additional Perks 

• $3,600 / Year Work from Home Meals 
• $1,500 / Year Career Development & Learning
• $1,200 / Year Lifestyle Spending Account
• $1,000 / Year In-Home Office Setup (In addition to Temporal issued equipment - laptop, monitor, keyboard, mouse, trackpad, and extension power cable at no cost to you)
• $500 / Year Professional Memberships
• $74 / Month Reimbursement for Internet
• Calm App Subscription for Mental Health & Wellness

Temporal Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Temporal Technologies does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. We embrace and celebrate differences and diversity.   Temporal is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. If you need to request a reasonable accommodation, please let your Recruiter know so we can assist.   We are not working with external recruitment agencies, thanks. Apply