Product Manager Intern

Position: Product Manager Intern
Location: San Jose, CA

At Zscaler, we're on a mission to make the internet safe for every user, anywhere. The Zscaler Internship Program provides an opportunity for the next generation of cybersecurity professionals to gain hands-on experience on projects that drive business value and experience the Zscaler life. 

As a product manager intern, you’ll work on projects that help deliver our customers a growing portfolio of never-before-seen capabilities in threat prevention, visibility, scalability, and business enablement. Zscaler product managers are champions of innovation with a shared vision for the company and the limitless possibilities of cloud security. Make your mark on the planning and product roadmap at the forefront of the world’s cloud security leader.

Possible Projects/Responsibilities:

• Product Efficacy: Work on end-to-end security efficacy/detection-specific projects, from initiation to completion, ensuring adherence to project goals, timelines, and budget.
• Test Engagements: Work with various 3rd party test agencies and drive Zscaler products’ evaluation from security effective perspective
• Project planning and execution: Develop project plans, define project scope, create timelines, allocate resources, and monitor project progress to ensure successful delivery
• Threat Research: Keep track of changing trends in cyber-attacks in general and products / technologies /features to protect against them, stay updated on the latest security threats, vulnerabilities, and industry best practices through continuous threat research and analysis. 
• Cross functional collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Development, product QA, Product Management, Operations, IT to ensure prioritization of security efficacy specific initiatives, features, enhancements etc.
• Customer engagements: Partner with customers for security effectiveness of product efficacy, provide guidance and receive feedback
• Stakeholder Communication: Effectively communicate project status, risks, and mitigation strategies to stakeholders and senior management.
• Documentation and Reporting: Maintain accurate project documentation, including project plans, status reports, and post-implementation reviews.

Minimum Qualifications:

• MBA or Master’s degree with undergraduate studies in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field in progress
• Coursework or project work in cybersecurity, security frameworks
• Strong project management skills, including the ability to create project plans, manage timelines, allocate resources, and monitor project progress

Preferred Qualifications:

• Understanding of the market for Cyber-Security products, technologies (i.e. NGFW, IPS, Anti-Virus, Sandbox, WAAP, XDR)
• Understanding of security risk assessment and mitigation strategies.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and communicate complex security concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Knowledge of network/sandbox evasions and anti-analysis techniques

Non-Exempt Role:  Base Pay is Hourly*

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