Principal / Director, Product Management – Code & Container Security

Harness is looking for a Principal / Director of Product Management to lead our Code & Container Security portfolio. This role owns the vision, strategy, and roadmap for securing software throughout development, including Static Application Security Testing (SAST), Software Composition Analysis (SCA), AI-generated code security, and emerging agent security capabilities.

As software development evolves through AI-assisted coding, autonomous workflows, and agentic systems, you will help define the future of Code Security. You will work closely with customers, engineering, security research, and go-to-market teams to build products that help organizations identify, prioritize, and remediate risks across both human-written and AI-generated software

• Own the vision, strategy, roadmap, and business outcomes for Harness Code & Container Security.
• Lead product strategy across SAST, SCA, reachability analysis, exploitability analysis, and AI-assisted remediation.
• Define security capabilities for modern software development, including AI-generated code security, prompt scanning, skill and tool scanning, and agent security testing.
• Drive strategy for open-source risk management, dependency governance, software supply chain security, and automated remediation.
• Develop a deep understanding of the Code Security market and emerging AI-native security approaches to drive product differentiation and long-term strategy.
• Evaluate how AI coding assistants, LLMs, agents, and autonomous development workflows are changing the way software is built and secured.
• Partner with engineering and security research teams to deliver innovative security capabilities at scale.
• Engage directly with enterprise customers to understand security challenges, validate product strategy, and influence roadmap priorities.
• Collaborate with sales, marketing, customer success, and analyst relations teams to drive adoption, customer value, and market leadership.
• Define and track key product metrics including adoption, detection quality, remediation effectiveness, developer experience, and revenue growth.
• Mentor and develop product managers while helping scale the Code Security product organization

• 7-10 years of product management experience in Application Security, DevSecOps, Developer Platforms, or Security Engineering.
• Deep understanding of SAST, SCA, vulnerability management, secure software development practices, and CI/CD workflows.
• Strong knowledge of open-source security, dependency management, and software supply chain risks.
• Experience defining product strategy, executing roadmaps, and delivering measurable business outcomes.
• Strong understanding of developer workflows and enterprise software development practices.
• Excellent communication, customer engagement, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work effectively across engineering, research, design, sales, and executive leadership teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building or leading Application Security, DevSecOps, or Developer Security products.
• Familiarity with AI security, AI coding assistants, LLM-powered development workflows, or agentic systems.
• Understanding of program analysis, dependency graphs, reachability analysis, exploitability analysis, or automated remediation.
• Technical background in software engineering, security engineering, or developer tooling.
• Experience working with enterprise-scale software platforms and security programs.

Why Join Harness

• Define the future of Code Security in the age of AI.
• Build products that secure both human-written and AI-generated software.
• Shape the industry's transition from traditional scanners to intelligent security platforms and autonomous remediation.
• Help developers build secure software faster and with greater confidence.

Work Location

• Hybrid from our Mountain View CA office. 

What you will have at Harness

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Flexible work schedule
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Flexible Time Off and Parental Leave
• Monthly, quarterly, and annual social and team building events
• Monthly internet reimbursement

The anticipated base salary range for this position is between $240,000 and $265,000 annually. Salary is determined by a combination of factors including location, level, relevant experience, and skills. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations.  The compensation package for this position may also include equity, and benefits. More details about our company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.harness.io/company/careers.