Chief Product Officer

About the role

The Chief Product Officer (CPO) is responsible for defining AppGate's long-term product vision and translating that vision into market leadership, customer adoption, and revenue growth. The CPO serves as the strategic leader of the product organization and a public-facing authority on Zero Trust architecture.

Responsibilities

• Develop and communicate a 1-3-5 year product vision for AppGate ZTNA and adjacent markets

• Define market expansion opportunities across enterprise, government, OT, and AI security

• Lead, represent, and communicate product strategy in line with the business's long-term goals and investor objectives

• Own product strategy, portfolio monetization, analyst relations, customer advisory programs, and market expansion initiatives

• Partner closely with the CEO, Board, and Executive Team to support the company's growth and exit objectives

Requirements

• 10+ years of product management experience, with at least 5 years in a senior product leadership role at a B2B security, infrastructure, or SaaS company

• Deep expertise in Zero Trust architecture, network security, identity security, SASE, or related cybersecurity markets

• Experience leading product strategy for a product platform

• Ability to challenge engineering organizations on architecture, priorities, release scope, and delivery tradeoffs

• Demonstrated success bringing complex platform products to market in enterprise and/or government segments

• Experience supporting highly regulated environments including federal government, defense, critical infrastructure, or financial services

• Experience navigating dual-use markets — commercial enterprise and regulated government/defense customers

• Strong executive presence with the ability to engage customers, analysts, partners, and boards

• Track record of building and scaling high-performing product teams

• Comfort operating in a focused-portfolio company with high-stakes customer relationships

Qualifications

• Preferred qualifications include experience with FedRAMP, NIAP, or DoD security certification processes, background in cybersecurity platforms serving financial services or critical infrastructure, familiarity with OT/ICS environments or industrial security, experience scaling a cybersecurity business through rapid growth, private equity ownership, strategic acquisition, or public-company transition

Skills

None specified

Benefits

None specified

Pay

Base salary range: $275,000 to $325,000
Bonus: 25-30%

Schedule

Not specified

AppGate is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class. In furtherance of AppGate's policy regarding affirmative action and equal employment opportunity, AppGate has developed a written affirmative action program. This program is available for review upon request by any applicant or employee during normal business hours by contacting the company's EEO Coordinator.