OPSWAT , a global leader in IT, OT , and ICS critical infrastructure cybersecurity, delivers an end-to-end platform that gives public and private sector organizations and enterprises the critical advantage needed to protect their complex networks, secure their devices, and ensure compliance. Over the last 20 years our commitment to innovative technology has earned the trust of more than 1,700 organizations, governments, and institutions globally, solidifying our role in protecting the world’s critical infrastructure and securing our way of life.
The Position
Join a pre-IPO, global cybersecurity leader at the forefront of innovation. We protect the unseen — the infrastructure that powers our way of life. OPSWAT protects the world’s critical infrastructure across IT, OT, and ICS environments, trusted by more than 2,000 organizations, governments, and institutions worldwide.
We are seeking a Vice President, Products to own OPSWAT’s diode business end to end. You will operate much like a general manager would — accountable for the full business — strategy, portfolio, hardware and software product management, partnerships, go-to-market, and commercial results. You lead the product management function for diodes as a player-coach, with product managers reporting to you, while personally owning every decision that moves the business forward.
The Product & Portfolio
OPSWAT’s diode portfolio — the MetaDefender Optical Diode and MetaDefender NetWall families, expanded through the acquisition of Fend — delivers hardware-enforced, one-way and controlled data transfer that protects OT, ICS, and segregated networks while keeping operational data flowing to where it is needed.
Hardware-enforced data diodes: optical diodes across a range of form factors and performance tiers, from rack-mount to DIN-rail and compact industrial models, built for demanding operational environments.
Unidirectional and bilateral security gateways: gateways that pair one-way enforcement with protocol handling and replication for OT systems, with connectivity spanning Ethernet, serial, and cellular for modern and legacy networks.
The software layer: management, configuration, protocol connectors, monitoring, and integration with the broader MetaDefender platform — the experience customers live with every day.
Certifications and assurance: the security, safety, and regulatory certifications that customers in critical infrastructure, government, and defense depend on.
Customers span energy and utilities, manufacturing, transportation, government, and defense — environments where reliability, assurance, and long product lifecycles matter as much as features.
About This Role
This is a hands-on, business-ownership role — not a pure strategy seat. You are the single owner of the diode business: you set its direction, run it with a general manager’s breadth and accountability, and are accountable for growth, margin, and customer success. At the same time, you lead the product management function as a player-coach, building and developing a team of product managers while staying in the details yourself.
You are equally at home in hardware and software product management. You work closely with hardware engineering and supply chain on everything from evaluating and validating hardware vendors and components to final selection, sourcing, and lifecycle — and with software engineering on the experience that runs on top. You build the partnerships and go-to-market motion that carry the entire business, grounded in a thorough understanding of the diode market, its customers, and the comparable vendors within it.
You will work alongside OPSWAT’s Diode CTO, who brings deep technical insight and strategic perspective and helps shape critical decisions, as you continue to drive OPSWAT’s success in this space. You bring an AI-first mindset, embracing AI-transformed product management processes across the team — from research and requirements to the user experience and the packaging…