Principal Product Manager
Bellevue · Santa Clara · San Jose · USD 196,000-245,000 · 12+ years experience · Hybrid · Posted Oct 6, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 12+ years experience
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Location
- Bellevue · Santa Clara · San Jose
- Salary
- USD 196,000-245,000 · Base salary
About the role
- The Principal Product Manager for the Zscaler Logging and Analytics Platform will own and scale the massive big data logging infrastructure powering the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange.
- This role involves driving extreme scale processing of over 800B transactions daily and supporting next-gen AI-driven security operations (AgenticOps).
Responsibilities
- Lead and execute the roadmap for platform reliability, scalability, and customer-facing logging capabilities.
- Own log streaming products across cloud-to-cloud, on-prem, and AWS/Azure/GCP form factors.
- Manage top-tier SIEM integrations.
- Partner with legal, CISO, compliance, and engineering to navigate global privacy regulations and standards.
- Shape best practices for logging pipeline deployment and empower SOC teams to operationalize logs.
- Collaborate across Zscaler platform product lines to define, track, and align logging requirements.
- Drive high-visibility initiatives including integrating logging into Zscaler’s native agentic experience (AgenticOps).
- Develop innovative monetization models for logging and analytics products.
Requirements
- 12+ years of product management and similar role experience with a track record of scaling security products for cloud environments.
- Deep technical understanding of designing and scaling petabyte-scale, high-throughput logging and telemetry platforms.
- Deep technical expertise in network security and protocols including proxies, firewalls, TLS, PKI, and HTTP/S.
- Deep technical familiarity with network security paradigms, SIEM integrations, and data governance standards.
- Proven experience with cloud-native services at hyper-scalers or major SaaS providers.
- Demonstrated curiosity and active exploration of AI tools with a history of integrating new technologies to enhance workflows.
Preferred qualifications
- Proven ability to leverage AI technologies and workflows to drive operational efficiency.
- Prior sysadmin or DevOps background in hyperscalers.
- Experience setting up lab/demo environments and creating technical collateral.
- Experience managing business cases, pricing strategies, and complex customer negotiations involving SaaS metrics, SLAs, and enterprise contracts.
- Cross-functional leadership ability to lead without authority.
Benefits
- Various health plans
- Time off plans for vacation and sick time
- Parental leave options
- Retirement options
- Education reimbursement
- In-office perks
Workplace
- Hybrid role requiring 3 days a week in the office.
- Office locations: Santa Clara or Bellevue.
Skills
- Big Data Infrastructure
- Telemetry
- SIEM
- Network Security
- Proxies
- Firewalls
- TLS
- PKI
- HTTP/S
- Cloud-native Services
- SaaS
- AWS
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- Azure
- GCP
