Lead Product Manager, Security Trailers

Verkada
San Mateo; CA United States, US
On-site

Who this role is best for

Aimed at senior product managers with hardware and embedded systems expertise who thrive in field operations and partner-led business models.

Best fit for

  • Experienced in launching and scaling hardware products with deep technical understanding.
    — “Proven history of launching and scaling hardware and/or embedded systems products
  • Comfortable with hands-on field work to understand real-world deployment constraints.
    — “Excited to roll up your sleeves and get out of the office
  • Strategic thinker capable of operationalizing partner-led business models from scratch.
    — “Able to build and operationalize partner-led business models from scratch

Things to consider

  • Requires frequent field visits to understand deployment constraints.
    — “spend time with installers, integrators, and customers
  • Must balance technical depth with customer-facing strategy work.
    — “Strong customer intuition, technical depth, and ability to navigate tradeoffs

How to stand out

  • Showcase specific examples of building channel partnerships in hardware.
    — “Scale the Verkada Qualified Trailer Partner Program
  • Highlight hands-on experience with firmware and device bring-up.
    — “Foundational understanding of firmware, networking, device bring-up
  • Demonstrate structured approach to ambiguous operational problems.
    — “bring a structured mindset to ambiguous problems
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Lead

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What success looks like

  • own strategy and execution
  • drive GTM plan
  • scale partner program
Typical background
product managementoperations

Skills & requirements

Required

Product ManagementOperationsPartner-led Business Models

Preferred

Hardware Product ManagementEmbedded Systems

Stack & domain

Product ManagementOperationsHardware And Embedded SystemsCustomer IntuitionTechnical DepthSecurityAIHardware

About the role

Original posting from Verkada via Greenhouse

Who We Are

Verkada is transforming how organizations protect their people and places with an integrated, privacy-sensitive AI-powered platform that includes solutions for video security, access control, air quality sensors, alarms, intercoms, and visitor management. 

We’ve got serious momentum in the market: more than 30,000 customers (including 100+ of the Fortune 500), a $5.8B valuation, more than $1 billion in annualized bookings, and backing from CapitalG, Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst, Felicis Ventures, Next47 and more. Physical AI is one of the most consequential technology shifts of our time, and Verkada is at the center of it.

You can look at all kinds of communities to see our platform’s impact in the world. It's the retailer that uses our agentic AI to deter theft before it happens. The warehouse that uses AI-powered alerts to make sure its team is protected on the floor with proper PPE. The school that’s alerted to a threat in real-time and triggers a lockdown in seconds, not minutes. We’re rapidly scaling this impact: today, more than 2 million Verkada devices are deployed across 170+ countries. 

About the Role

Verkada’s Connectivity products secure people and property in remote and edge environments. Our team brings Verkada’s threat detection and deterrence anywhere you need it - allowing our cameras and other security solutions to be deployed in locations that don’t have stable internet or power.

We are looking for a Lead Product Manager to grow Verkada’s new Cloud-Managed Security Trailers. In this role, your mission will be to secure people and places beyond customers’ buildings. You will partner with the Verkada field and integrators to enable a world-wide operations model.

What You'll Do

Own strategy and execution for Verkada's Cloud-Managed Security Trailers

Define and drive a GTM plan that delivers a seamless customer experience through a partner-led operations model

Advance the MT81 product - solar management, cellular reliability, and AI security capabilities

Scale the Verkada Qualified Trailer Partner Program

What You Bring

5+ years of experience in product management and operations, preferably in B2B

Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or similar quantitative field. MS, PhD, or MBA optional

Proven history of launching and scaling hardware and/or embedded systems products. Strong customer intuition, technical depth, and ability to navigate tradeoffs are critical to success in this role

Excited to roll up your sleeves and get out of the office. You'll spend time with installers, integrators, and customers to understand the real-world constraints of deployment - and use that insight to shape the product

Able to build and operationalize partner-led business models from scratch. You bring a structured mindset to ambiguous problems, from market sizing and pricing to channel strategy and ROI modeling

Ability to lead across strategy and execution. We pride ourselves in sweating the details and search for this in candidates

Real passion for craftsmanship and product details. If you’ve spent days retrofitting your house with the latest smart home technology, you’ll like it here

Foundational understanding of firmware, networking, device bring-up, electrical, and mechanical design aspects of hardware

Employee Benefits

Verkada is committed to fostering a workplace environment that prioritizes the holistic health and wellbeing of our employees and their families by offering comprehensive wellness perks, benefits, and resources. Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to:

Healthcare programs that can be tailored to meet the personal health and financial well-being needs. Premiums are 100% covered for the employee under at least one plan and 80% for family premiums under all plans

Nationwide medical, vision, and dental coverage

Health Saving Account (HSA) with annual employer contributions and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with tax saving options

Expanded mental health support

Paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits

Time off to relax and recharge through our paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO, and personal sick time

Professional development stipend

Fertility stipend 

Wellness/fitness benefits

Healthy lunches provided daily

Commuter benefits

Additional Information:

We do sponsor and take over sponsorship of employment visas for this role. If we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa.

Annual Pay Range

At Verkada, we want to attract and retain the best employees, and compensate them in a way that appropriately and fairly values their individual contribution to the company. With that in mind, we carefully consider a number of factors to determine the appropriate starting pay for an employee, including their primary work location and an assessment of a candidate's skills and experience, as well as market demands and internal parity. A Verkada employee may be eligible for additional forms of compensation, depending on their role, including sales incentives, discretionary bonuses, and/or equity in the company in the form of restricted stock units (RSUs)

Below is the annual on-target earnings (OTE) range for full-time employees for this position, comprised of base compensation and commissions (if applicable).

Estimated Annual Pay Range$205,000—$240,000 USDVerkada Is An Equal Opportunity Employer

As an equal opportunity employer, Verkada is committed to providing employment opportunities to all individuals. All applicants for positions at Verkada will be treated without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

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Source: Verkada careers (Greenhouse)

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