Sr. Product Manager Ii, Identity & Authentication (hybrid, Bangalore)

Smartsheet Smartsheet · Seattle · India · Product Mgt

Sr. Product Manager II for Identity & Authentication at Smartsheet, focusing on core features like SSO, user provisioning, and MFA for enterprise users. The role involves owning the execution roadmap, collaborating with engineering and security teams, and ensuring secure, compliant, and friction-free user experiences. Requires deep technical understanding of identity protocols and IAM experience.

What you'd actually do

  1. Contribute to the long-term vision for Smartsheet’s Identity and Authentication capabilities, including Single Sign-On (SSO), MFA, and secure login experiences
  2. Own the execution roadmap for critical IAM features, including integration with major Identity Providers, user provisioning, federated identity, and user lifecycle management
  3. Serve as the primary product owner for core authentication protocols (e.g., SAML, OAuth 2.0, OIDC), ensuring compliance, reliability, and ease of setup for IT administrators
  4. Identify and scope enhancements to existing monetizable features, working with pricing and sales teams to improve the adoption and value of our premium security and identity offerings.
  5. Collaborate closely with Security and Platform Engineering teams to drive platform-wide standards for authorization and session management that are scalable and resilient

Skills

Required

  • 6+ years of product management experience, including delivering impactful SaaS or enterprise software solutions
  • 2+ years of direct experience in Identity and Access Management (IAM), focusing on B2B authentication, authorization, or user lifecycle management products
  • Proven ability to define and execute feature-level roadmaps for complex and highly technical platform areas
  • Deep technical understanding of core identity protocols (SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect), user provisioning standards (SCIM), and security best practices for session management and MFA
  • Demonstrated success in driving cross-functional team collaboration, particularly with platform and security engineering teams
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to articulate technical security concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Data-driven mindset with a focus on core metrics like successful login rates, setup time, and security feature adoption
  • Legally eligible to work in India on an ongoing basis
  • Fluency in English is required

What the JD emphasized

  • mission-critical Single Sign-On (SSO)
  • user provisioning
  • multi-factor authentication (MFA)
  • secure, compliant, and friction-free user experience
  • highly reliable solutions
  • stringent security requirements
  • deeply technical
  • complex authentication and user lifecycle management challenges at scale
  • core authentication protocols (e.g., SAML, OAuth 2.0, OIDC)
  • compliance, reliability, and ease of setup
  • premium security and identity offerings
  • platform-wide standards for authorization and session management
  • scalable and resilient
  • security requirements
  • direct experience in Identity and Access Management (IAM)
  • B2B authentication, authorization, or user lifecycle management products
  • highly technical platform areas
  • Deep technical understanding of core identity protocols (SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect), user provisioning standards (SCIM), and security best practices for session management and MFA
  • cross-functional team collaboration
  • platform and security engineering teams
  • technical security concepts clearly