Senior Product Manager, Identity & Authentication Platform BU
- Seniority
- Senior
- Location
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Posted
- 6d ago
<p><strong>Here's a summary of the role:</strong></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">Identity infrastructure is not </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">glamourware</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">. It </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">doesn't</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)"> get standing ovations at company all-hands. But it is the thing every product in the portfolio depends on, and when it breaks, everyone knows. If </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">you're</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)"> the kind of PM who finds that genuinely interesting, read on.</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">This role is for someone who has lived inside SAML flows, argued over PKCE token lifetimes, and knows exactly why SSO bypass lists are a necessary compromise. </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">You'll</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)"> own the authentication platform that thousands of enterprise customers trust, and </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">you'll</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)"> shape it alongside engineers who go deep. No surface-level roadmap ownership here.</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true}"> </span></p> <p><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Strong">Here's</span><span data-ccp-charstyle="Strong"> a breakdown of what </span><span data-ccp-charstyle="Strong">you'll</span><span data-ccp-charstyle="Strong"> do (not all of it, just the important stuff)</span></span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true}"> </span></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="10" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Own the product strategy and roadmap for core authentication flows: SAML 2.0, OIDC/OAuth 2.0 with PKCE, MFA enforcement, token lifecycle management, and multi-IdP federation.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="10" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Make product decisions that sit at the intersection of system design, security architecture, and developer experience, working directly with senior engineers on protocol choices and infrastructure trade-offs.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="10" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Drive adoption of platform identity capabilities across internal engineering teams through influence, moving products toward modern API patterns and away from legacy integration surfaces.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="10" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Use AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, or similar) to prototype ideas and validate concepts before you pitch them; this is expected, not optional.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="10" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="5" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Track the IAM standards landscape, including passkeys, FIDO2, SCIM, zero-trust, and verifiable credentials, and use that knowledge to sharpen product direction.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="10" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="6" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Translate complex authentication concepts (JWT structures, SAML assertions, PKCE handshakes) into clear specs, user stories, and prioritized backlogs for audiences from engineers to executives.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true}"> </span></li> </ul> <p><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Strong">These are the essentials </span><span data-ccp-charstyle="Strong">you'll</span><span data-ccp-charstyle="Strong"> need to get an interview</span></span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true}"> </span></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="11" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria