Rapid7’s AI Centre of Excellence

The AI CoE partners with cross-functional teams at Rapid7 to enable customers to assess risk, detect threats and automate their security programs. We ensure AI, ML and data science are applied in a meaningful way to add impactful value, best achieve business objectives and deliver ROI to both Rapid7 and our customers. We adopt a creative, fast-fail, highly iterative approach to accelerate ideas from proof-of-concept to go or no-go. Our current capabilities are built on 20+ years of threat analysis and open-source communities with 40 AI patents granted and 20+ pending. Our AI goals are ambitious and we need dynamic people with a desire to be part of something big. 

About the Role

Rapid7 is making significant investments in our AI Centre of Excellence, encompassing the full range of AI, ML and data science. As a leader in cybersecurity, we’re on a mission to incorporate AI throughout our platform portfolio and optimize our customers to Take Command of the Attack Surface. 

We’re seeking an experienced AI-focused product manager to lead identifying, defining, and delivering large scale, enterprise grade solutions to both delight our customers and deliver value across multiple products within the Rapid7 portfolio. You’ll be primarily responsible for managing the entire product lifecycle; partnering with data scientists, engineers, UI/UX, customer researchers, technical writers, marketing, and compliance and governance teams to do so. Our teams utilize generative AI, neural networks, and more conventional data science so prior experience is a must to be able to make an impact immediately!

Responsibilities of Role:

Partner with cross-functional leadership teams to own the AI product vision across the Rapid7 product portfolio; including communication with internal and external teams of varying business levels

Partner with customer research, UX, data science, product and engineering teams to ensure we create the best AI products and experiences that maximize customer and business impact

Ensure product development alignment with Rapid7’s compliance and governance policies

Manage multiple AI initiatives and product life cycles that map to Rapid7’s business objectives and product strategy

Work closely with AI engineers on defining potential use cases for R&D, tailoring AI-based approaches for most suitable solutions that meet customer, company, and market requirements

Define, design, and lead execution of user requirements into AI-based product deliverables, partnering with multiple teams through the Rapid7 product SDLC processes

Facilitate cross-functional collaboration and understanding of initiatives, customer outcomes, and urgency to mitigate risks in dependencies for deliverables

Create and report upon KPIs and metrics to monitor cost, usage, and customer adoption appropriate through varying stages of development; from POC to full production releases

Collaborate with AI CoE and Marketing on messaging and artifacts for public visibility of AI-based initiatives, development, and customer engagement

Lead, coach, and mentor colleagues through influence; positively contributing to our product culture in a highly complex and fast-changing environment

What we’re looking for:

6+ years in product management, with experience equivalent to Lead/Principal level roles

Demonstrated knowledge of AI/ML concepts, markets, and practices and an eagerness to stay up-to-date on emerging policies, trends, and competitors

Ability to articulate and understand unique complexities of AI-based initiatives; through initial research, higher degrees of prototyping, iterative experiments and evaluations, deployment and continuous monitoring

Fluency in driving the complete product lifecycle, having operated in the unique space of AI with an excellent understanding of how to map use-cases to AI solutions and concepts

Ideally, experience in cybersecurity or security operations centers, but not mandatory

A fast learner with an open-mind to accept, seek and consider opinions from a wide range of stakeholders

Superb communication abilities that adjust based on the levels of seniority in the business

A track record of successfully positioning products and their features within a highly competitive landscape

We know that the best ideas and solutions come from multi-dimensional teams. That’s because these teams reflect a variety of backgrounds and professional experiences. If you are excited about this role and feel your experience can make an impact, please don’t be shy - apply today.