Senior Technical Product Manager - Security (WAF)

Fastly
Denver, CO; New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA$181k – $217kPosted 24 February 2026

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<div class="content-intro"><p>Fastly helps people stay better connected with the things they love. Fastly’s edge cloud platform enables customers to create great digital experiences quickly, securely, and reliably by processing, serving, and securing our customers’ applications as close to their end-users as possible — at the edge of the Internet. The platform is designed to take advantage of the modern internet, to be programmable, and to support agile software development. Fastly’s customers include many of the world’s most prominent companies, including GitHub, Yelp, Paramount, and JetBlue.</p> <p>We're building a more trustworthy Internet. Come join us.</p></div><p><strong>Posting Open Date: </strong><span data-rich-links="{"dat_df":{"fres_frt":1,"dfie_ts":{"tv":{"tv_s":1770638400,"tv_n":0}},"dfie_l":"en","dfie_p":{"fres_frt":0,"tres_tv":"MMM d, y"},"dfie_dt":"Feb 9, 2026","dfie_pt":3,"dfie_tpt":0,"dfie_tzi":""},"type":"date"}">Feb 10, 2026</span></p> <p><strong>Anticipated Posting Close Date*: </strong><span data-rich-links="{"dat_df":{"fres_frt":1,"dfie_ts":{"tv":{"tv_s":1774958400,"tv_n":0}},"dfie_l":"en","dfie_p":{"fres_frt":0,"tres_tv":"MMM d, y"},"dfie_dt":"Mar 31, 2026","dfie_pt":3,"dfie_tpt":0,"dfie_tzi":""},"type":"date"}">Mar 10, 2026</span></p> <p><em>*Job posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.</em></p> <p><strong>Senior Technical Product Manager, Security (WAF)</strong></p> <p>Fastly is seeking a curious, collaborative, and customer-obsessed Senior Technical Product Manager to lead the evolution of our Next-Gen WAF. In this role, you will unite the precision of Fastly’s detection engine with the simple, elegant design our customers rely on, turning complex security signals into automated confidence for platform engineering, DevOps, and security teams. </p> <p>As a Senior Technical Product Manager on Fastly’s Security Product Team, you will drive the strategy for our flagship Next-Gen WAF, leveraging our proprietary SmartParse technology to deliver essential protection for the world’s most critical applications. You will collaborate on our ambitious vision for a resilient future where engineers thrive and disruptions are neutralized.</p> <p><strong>What You'll Do:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Drive the strategy and roadmap:</strong> lead the definition and execution of Fastly’s Next-Gen WAF roadmap, expanding our capabilities to protect modern applications. You will synthesize product opportunities across disparate data points, including attack trends, customer tickets, and market research, to prioritize features with pragmatism. You will collaborate with engineering and fellow Product Managers to ensure these capabilities interact cohesively with the broader Fastly platform</li> <li><strong>Security at the speed of code:</strong> obsess over the “shift left” experience. You will refine our workflows to ensure our Next-Gen WAF integrates seamlessly into customer workflows, from CI/CD pipelines to data monitoring tools, on-premises or at the edge </li> <li><strong>Evangelize and empower:</strong> be the voice of the product. Build a strong feedback loop with Sales, Security Research, Revenue, and Support teams. You will arm the field with the confidence to win competitive opportunities. Present the product vision to diverse audiences ranging from technical deep dives to high-level strategic updates</li> <li><strong>Elevate observability and trust:</strong> connect with customers to understand their need for visibility. You will define features that move beyond opaque mitigation, instead providing transparent, granular attack insights that prove the value of our protection</li> </ul> <p><strong>What We're Looking For: </strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Experience:</strong> 5+ years of experience in product management or technical product leadership, ideally within the application security, developer tools, or platform engineering spaces</li> <li><strong>AppSec fluency:</strong> Deep expertise in the ... (truncated, view full listing at source)
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