Lead Product Manager, Users & Permissions

Lead Product Manager, Users & Permissions

San Mateo, CA United States

Who We Are

Verkada is transforming how organizations protect their people and places with an integrated, privacy-sensitive AI-powered platform that includes solutions for video security, access control, air quality sensors, alarms, intercoms, and visitor management.

We’ve got serious momentum in the market: more than 30,000 customers (including 100+ of the Fortune 500), a $5.8B valuation , more than $1 billion in annualized bookings, and backing from CapitalG, Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst, Felicis Ventures, Next47 and more. Physical AI is one of the most consequential technology shifts of our time, and Verkada is at the center of it.

You can look at all kinds of communities to see our platform’s impact in the world. It's the retailer that uses our agentic AI to deter theft before it happens. The warehouse that uses AI-powered alerts to make sure its team is protected on the floor with proper PPE. The school that’s alerted to a threat in real-time and triggers a lockdown in seconds, not minutes. We’re rapidly scaling this impact: today, more than 2 million Verkada devices are deployed across 170+ countries.

About the Role

Verkada is seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead the development of cutting-edge capabilities tailored for enterprise customers with 10,000+ users and globally distributed operations. In this role, you will design advanced functionality for managing user access, permissions, and security controls to meet the complex needs of national and global enterprises. Your work will empower customers to scale Verkada’s solutions seamlessly across their organizations, enhancing productivity while ensuring top-tier privacy capabilities and security compliance.

We are committed to a thriving in-office culture. This role requires you to be on-site 5 days per week at our office in San Mateo, CA.

What You'll Do

• Develop scalable and secure user and group management solutions to address the needs of enterprise customers with complex organizational structures
• Drive the implementation of advanced identity and access management (IAM) capabilities, including multi-factor authentication(MFA), role-based access control (RBAC), and single-sign on (SSO) integrations
• Collaborate with stakeholders to design user permission hierarchies and access workflows optimized for large-scale, distributed organizations
• Build privacy and compliance controls aligned with global regulatory standards (e.g., GDPR, CCPA) to support enterprise-level deployments
• Partner with Engineering, Design, and Customer Success teams to deliver solutions that simplify access management and meet security expectations
• Gather feedback from customers and analyze usage data to continuously refine and enhance scalability, usability, and adoption of key features
• Define success metrics, track outcomes, and communicate progress to stakeholders

What You Bring

• 6+ years of product management experience in B2B SaaS, with a focus on enterprise customer acquisition, expansion, and retention
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; advanced degrees are a plus
• Strong technical expertise in Identity and Access Management (IAM) systems, emphasizing scalable solutions for enterprise organizations
• Experience with authentication protocols and standards, including OpenID Connect (OIDC), SAML 2.0, SCIM, and Single Sign-On (SSO)
• Familiarity with advanced security features such as multi-factor Authentication (MFA) and digital authentication workflows
• Demonstrated ability to design solutions for audit logs and compliance workflows
• Strong analytical skills to identify opportunities and drive decisions based on data
• Experience managing cross-functional teams and delivering customer-centric solutions
• Proven success in building integrations with enterprise tools like Okta, Azure Entra, Google Workspace is a strong plus

Employee Benefits

Verkada is committed to fostering a workplace environment that prioritizes the holistic health and wellbeing of our employees and their families by offering comprehensive wellness perks, benefits, and resources. Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to:

• Healthcare programs that can be tailored to meet the personal health and financial well-being needs. Premiums are 100% covered for the employee under at least one plan and 80% for family premiums under all plans
• Nationwide medical, vision, and dental coverage
• Health Saving Account (HSA) with annual employer contributions and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with tax saving options
• Expanded mental health support
• Paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits
• Time off to relax and recharge through our paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO, and personal sick time
• Wellness/fitness benefits
• Healthy lunches provided daily

Additional Information

• We do sponsor and take over sponsorship of employment visas for this role. If we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa.

Annual Pay Range

At Verkada, we want to attract and retain the best employees, and compensate them in a way that appropriately and fairly values their individual contribution to the company. With that in mind, we carefully consider a number of factors to determine the appropriate starting pay for an employee, including their primary work location and an assessment of a candidate's skills and experience, as well as market demands and internal parity. A Verkada employee may be eligible for additional forms of compensation, depending on their role, including sales incentives, discretionary bonuses, and/or equity in the company in the form of restricted stock units (RSUs)

Below is the annual on-target earnings (OTE) range for full-time employees for this position, comprised of base compensation and commissions (if applicable).

$205,000 - $240,000 USD

As an equal opportunity employer, Verkada is committed to providing employment opportunities to all individuals. All applicants for positions at Verkada will be treated without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

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