Principal Product Manager - AI
WFA Digital Insight
At TENEX.AI the Principal Product Manager – AI sits at the intersection of cutting‑edge LLM research and frontline cyber defense. The company’s AI‑native MDR platform relies on autonomous threat hunting, so the role demands a product leader who can turn complex security data into actionable, agent‑based workflows. Unlike many product jobs that focus on feature parity, this position owns the entire zero‑to‑one lifecycle, from concept and discovery through launch and scaling, while steering a multi‑year AI roadmap. Collaboration with the AI research and detection engineering teams is a daily requirement, ensuring that the latest LLM advances become real‑time hunting playbooks. Candidates should be comfortable speaking the language of both C‑level executives and hands‑on engineers, and be ready to shape a product that redefines proactive defense.
Job Description
Company Overview TENEX is an AI-native, automation-first, built-for-scale Managed Detection and Response (MDR) provider. We are a force multiplier for defenders, helping organizations enhance their cybersecurity posture through advanced threat detection, rapid response, and continuous protection. Our team is composed of industry experts with deep experience in cybersecurity, automation, and AI-driven solutions. Backed by leading investors, we are rapidly growing and seeking top talent to join our mission of revolutionizing the AI-Native MDR landscape. We’re a fast-growing startup backed by industry experts and top-tier investors led by Crosspoint Capital Partners and also backed by Shield Capital, DTCP (formerly Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners), Deepwork Capital, and the Florida Opportunity Fund. Seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). As an early employee, you’ll play a meaningful role in defining and building our culture. Get in on the ground floor. We’re a small but well-funded team that just raised a substantial round – joining now comes with limited risk and unlimited upside. As the Principal Product Manager for AI Strategy at TENEX, you will be a visionary product leader responsible for defining and building the next generation of our AI-native proactive defense capabilities. You will own the end-to-end product lifecycle for our AI-driven security offerings, transforming complex security data into autonomous defense strategies powered by deep LLM integration. This is a high-impact role requiring a rare combination of deep cybersecurity domain expertise and a proven track record of taking zero-to-one AI products to market in a fast-paced, startup environment. Job Responsibilities - 0-1 AI Product Leadership: Own the entire lifecycle of our AI-native cybersecurity products from initial concept and discovery through to launch and scaling.
- Strategic AI Roadmap: Define and execute a multi-year product strategy for AI-driven security that aligns with TENEX's automation-first mission and maintains our competitive advantage using advanced LLM architectures.
- Domain Expert Integration: Partner with our AI Research and Detection Engineering teams to translate frontier LLM research into automated hunting playbooks and real-time intelligence feeds.
- Cross-Functional Leadership: Guide engineering, design, and GTM teams through the complexities of building AI-driven security products, ensuring technical investments translate directly to measurable customer security outcomes.
- Market & Customer Insight: Conduct deep discovery with security practitioners and CISOs to identify unmet needs in the AI-driven security landscape and build products that solve for alert fatigue using agentic frameworks.
- Deep LLM & AI Knowledge: Strong understanding of how LLMs, multi-agent architectures, and RAG pipelines can be leveraged to automate security analyst workflows.
- Cybersecurity Expertise: Deep domain knowledge in threat detection, MDR, and security operations, with the ability to translate technical AI capabilities into security outcomes.
- Product Leadership: 8+ years of experience in Product Management within the cybersecurity or AI space, with a bias for technical products and high-growth environments.
- Communication: Ability to articulate a clear product vision and complex technical concepts to both executive stakeholders and technical individual contributors.
- Relevant security certifications (e.g., GCTI, GCFA, CISSP) or product management credentials are a significant plus. Why Join Us?
- Opportunity to work with cutting-edge AI-driven cybersecurity technologies and Google SecOps solutions.
- Collaborate with a talented and innovative team focused on continuously improving security operations.
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- A culture of growth and development, with opportunities to expand your knowledge in AI, cybersecurity, and emerging technologies.
How to Stand Out
- Highlight any hands‑on projects where you turned LLM research into a usable security tool; concrete examples beat generic claims.
- Prepare a short case study that walks through your zero‑to‑one product journey, focusing on discovery, trade‑offs, and market launch.
- Familiarize yourself with TENEX.AI’s MDR platform and be ready to discuss how you would improve alert fatigue using AI.
- Emphasize cross‑functional leadership experience; interviewers will probe how you align engineering, design, and GTM teams.
- When negotiating, reference the equity component and the company’s recent funding round to gauge appropriate upside.
- Watch for vague answers about AI ethics or data privacy; the role demands a strong stance on responsible AI deployment.
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