Principal Product Manager, Certificate Authority
Core
Define product strategy, roadmap, and commercial model for Cloudflare's new public Certificate Authority business to serve the whole Internet.
Role type
Principal Product Manager (Zero-to-one, Strategy & Go-to-Market)
Builds
A public, redundant, transparent Certificate Authority providing automated certificates and resilience for the encrypted web.
Domain
Cybersecurity / Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) / Internet Infrastructure
Required skills
Product strategy definition, Go-to-market planning, PKI and certificate lifecycle management, ACME protocols, Compliance and legal alignment, Technical fluency with engineering, B2B pricing and packaging, Stakeholder management across security/legal/ops
Preferred skills
Experience with post-quantum cryptography, Merkle Tree Certificates, WebPKI ecosystem dynamics, HSM integration, Zero Trust architecture
Technologies
ACME, X.509, TLS, HSM, Certificate Transparency, mTLS, WebPKI
Responsibilities
Define product strategy for publicly trusted certificates and automation workflows; Build for diverse customers including developers, SaaS providers, and enterprise security teams; Design resilience principles for certificate replacement and revocation; Drive ACME-first customer experience; Partner with engineering on lifecycle automation and key protection; Align with compliance, legal, and security teams on CA/Browser Forum requirements; Own go-to-market strategy including pricing and launch sequencing; Represent the ecosystem in high-stakes product decisions; Ensure internal usage (Customer Zero) informs the roadmap.
