Director, Product - XDR

About this role

At Arctic Wolf, you   won’t   just watch the cybersecurity industry evolve –   you'll   help lead the change. Our global Pack is made up of people who thrive on solving hard problems, moving fast, and building technology that protects organizations around the world.   We’re   proud to be recognized by Forbes, CNBC, Fortune, CRN, Gartner Peer   Insights   and IDC MarketScape – but what matters most is the work behind it: delivering real outcomes for customers through award winning innovation like our Aurora Platform.  

If   you’re   looking for meaningful work, smart   teammates   and the chance to make a real impact in a high-growth company   that’s   redefining security operations,   Arctic Wolf is the right place for you !  

Our mission is simple: End Cyber Risk.   We’re   looking for   a Director of Product Management, XDR to be part of making   this happen.       

LOCATION: This role is open to Remote-United States, Remote-Canada, Hybrid-Eden Prairie-MN-USA, Hybrid-San Antonio-TX-USA, & Hybrid-Waterloo-ON-CAN

About the Role: The   Director of Product Management, XDR   is accountable for defining, delivering, and scaling Arctic Wolf’s   Extended Detection and Response (XDR)   product strategy. This role owns the   end ‑ to ‑ end product vision, roadmap, and execution   for XDR capabilities that unify telemetry, detections, investigations, and response across endpoint, identity, network, cloud, SaaS, and third ‑ party ecosystems.   This role is driving the plans and execution of transposing Arctic Wolf’s leading MDR offering into a productized XDR experience.  

This leader operates at the intersection of   platform, detections, integrations, and managed services , ensuring XDR delivers   clear customer outcomes , competitive differentiation, and a durable foundation for both MDR ‑ led and product ‑ led use cases. The Director partners deeply with Engineering, Security Services, Data Platform, AI, Product Marketing, and GTM teams to translate strategy into shipped capabilities that scale operationally and commercially.  

Key Objectives: • Define and execute a   cohesive XDR product strategy   aligned to Arctic Wolf’s mission to end cyber risk and its evolution from MDR to an open, outcome ‑ driven Security Operations platform.  

• Ensuring all aspects of the current MDR product have a path to productization to create a cohesive product offering.  

• Establish XDR as a   platform capability , not a collection of point features—enabling extensibility, partner integrations, and hybrid delivery models.   

• Over time, build out   a   high ‑ performing team of Product Managers , operating with clarity, accountability, and strong execution discipline.   

Responsibilities: XDR Product Strategy & Roadmap 

• Own the   XDR vision, strategy, and multi ‑ year roadmap , covering telemetry ingestion, detections, investigation workflows, response actions,   reporting, ai differentiation,   and proof ‑ of ‑ value reporting.   

• Define how XDR capabilities support both   managed (MDR)   and   customer ‑ managed / hybrid   consumption models.   

• Drive clear positioning of XDR relative to MDR, SIEM, EDR, and competitive alternatives.  

Detections, Integrations, and Platform Alignment 

• Partner with platform, data, and   IDR   teams to ensure   scalable, high ‑ quality detections   across signals, with clear lifecycle management and cost awareness.   

• Own prioritization and outcomes for   XDR integrations , ensuring breadth, depth, reliability, and operational readiness in partnership with Services and third ‑ party vendors.   

• Ensure XDR leverages shared platform capabilities (data pipelines, AI, case management, response frameworks) rather than duplicating functionality.  

Customer Outcomes & Value Delivery 

• Translate complex security capabilities into   intuitive investigator and analyst experiences   that reduce cognitive load and improve response effectiveness.  

• Partnering with the MDR product leadership, d efine and operationalize   consistent   proof ‑ of ‑ value metrics   (e.g., MTTD, MTTI, MTTR, detection efficacy, integration health) that clearly demonstrate customer impact.   

• Partner with Product Marketing and GTM teams to support launches, enablement, and competitive differentiation.  

Execution & Cross‑Functional Leadership 

• Work closely with Engineering to deliver roadmaps predictably, balancing innovation with quality, scalability, and technical debt management.  

• Collaborate with Security Services to ensure XDR capabilities are   operationally viable , supportable, and aligned with real SOC workflows.   

• Act as a visible product leader across the organization, aligning stakeholders and resolving tradeoffs decisively.  

People Leadership & Product Excellence 

• Establish strong product management practices: discovery rigor, outcome ‑ based roadmapping, success metrics, and stakeholder communication.  

• Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.  

Qualifications: Required 

• 10+ years of experience in   Product Management , with 4+ years leading product managers or product teams.  

• Deep experience in   cybersecurity products , with direct exposure to XDR, MDR, EDR, SIEM, or adjacent security operations domains.  

• Proven ability to lead   complex, platform ‑ oriented product areas   with multiple stakeholders and dependencies.  

• Strong strategic thinking paired with hands ‑ on execution discipline.  

Preferred 

• Experience with   integrations ‑ heavy platforms   and third ‑ party ecosystems.  

• Familiarity with managed security services and SOC operations.  

• Experience operating in high ‑ growth, enterprise SaaS environments.  

What Success Looks Like: • XDR is clearly understood—internally and externally—as a   cohesive, differentiated product , not a loose bundle of features.  

• Customers see measurable improvements in   detection quality, investigation speed, and response effectivenes

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