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# Product Manager, Detection Pipeline at Expel

- **Company:** Expel
- **Location:** Remote
- **Compensation:** $114k–$166k
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-08-13
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09
- **Apply:** https://expel.com/about/career-listing/8706149002?gh_jid=8706149002

## Job description

You live at the intersection of security and product management, and there's no place you'd rather be. You understand that the detection pipeline isn't just plumbing. It's the connective tissue that turns raw security data into signal, and if ingestion, normalization, or correlation break down, everything downstream suffers. You're not intimidated by the scale and complexity of data flowing through a modern security platform. Quite the opposite: you pride yourself on knowing how data moves from source to detection, where the pipeline breaks, and what it takes to make it fast, reliable, and cost effective.

You’ve got an informed opinion about what an MDR should detect, an opinion that comes from customer empathy, hands-on industry knowledge, and a set of experiences that didn’t always go as planned. You can hold a technical conversation with a SOC analyst and turn around and explain the same thing to a Sales team in plain English. You've been waiting for a role where that combination of skills actually matters.

Still reading? Great. This role isn't for all PMs. Yes, all the standard PM things apply: plan, prioritize, communicate, and own a roadmap, build relationships, and become the authority on how internal teams and customers use your platform. But in this role, you'll bring your security experience to bear on one of the most foundational parts of Expel's platform. If you get your energy from untangling how security data flows through a platform at scale and turning that into a roadmap that makes customers safer, you'll thrive here.

What Expel can do for you

- Give you clear ownership of a product area with measurable impact on customer value and business outcomes.
- Surround you with experienced security practitioners, engineers, and operators who are genuinely invested in building something great.
- Offer a foundation to build on: the detection pipeline is critical to Expel's platform, and there's meaningful work ahead.

## What you can do for Expel

- Own the end-to-end lifecycle of Expel's detection pipeline (normalization, correlation, and automated detections and suppressions), from defining the six month vision to driving execution with Engineering and UX.
- Establish relationships with internal teams (SOC, Detection Engineering, Engineering) and customers, and use their input, alongside market and competitive signals, to build and prioritize a roadmap that maximizes impact.
- Be the voice of your roadmap: clearly articulating value to Detection Engineering, SOC, Sales, Customer Success, and internal stakeholders.
- Collaborate with Product Marketing to effectively communicate the value of the detection pipeline internally and externally.

## What you should bring with you

- A curious, customer-obsessed mindset — you're comfortable asking "why" until you get to the real problem.
- 2–4 years of experience in product management or a directly relevant role, with experience in the security industry strongly preferred.
- Familiarity with product management and software engineering processes, from requirements definition through to launch.
- Familiarity with security tools — EDR, SIEM, and firewall products — and how they fit into a customer's security stack.
- Broad knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and where security risks emerge in those environments.
- Experience with SIEM technologies is highly desired — bonus points if you've navigated integration or data pipeline challenges firsthand.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills — you can write a crisp user story and present to a customer in the same afternoon.
- The ability to build trust across Engineering, Security Operations, Sales, Customer Success, and UX.

Additional notes

This role is remote within the United States.

The base salary range for this role is between $114,300 USD and $165,700 USD + bonus eligibility and equity. While the full salary band reflects our long-term compensation framework, we're primarily targeting candidates between $125,000 and $145,000 based on experience, skills, and market data.

We believe in paying transparently and equitably. Your salary will ultimately be based on factors such as your experience, skills, team equity, and market data. You’ll also be eligible for unlimited PTO (which we model and encourage), work location flexibility, up to 24 weeks of parental leave, and really excellent health benefits

We’re only hiring those authorized to work in the United States. We do not currently sponsor immigration visas.

We're an Equal Opportunity Employer: You'll receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability.

We’ll ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please let us know if you need accommodation of any kind.

#LI-Remote Salary Range $114,300—$165,700 USD

## About Expel

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Expel provides managed detection and response (MDR) security services, combining practitioner-led human analysts with AI augmentation to deliver rapid, transparent threat remediation.
- **Entity Type**: Private (late-stage, unicorn status reached in November 2021)
- **Headquarters**: Not explicitly stated in provided sources (publicly known as Herndon, Virginia, USA)
- **Founded**: 2016
- **Founders**: Dave Merkel

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Cybersecurity, Managed Detection and Response (MDR)
- **Target customers**: B2B – enterprise and SMB organizations seeking outsourced security operations
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “To evolve security operations through practitioner-led, AI-augmented solutions that adapt to our customers, integrate easily, and prove value with measurable outcomes”

## Products & Services
- **Expel Managed Detection and Response (MDR)**: 24×7 monitoring and response using clients’ existing security tools, with direct access to human analysts via Slack or Teams. Achieves a 14-minute mean time to remediate.  
- **Ruxie AI**: Agentic AI models that work across the full threat lifecycle, accelerating analyst decision-making without replacing human judgment.  
- **Expel Workbench™**: A transparency portal providing real-time visibility into every alert, investigation, and action taken by the SOC.  
- **Managed Phishing Service**: Dedicated phishing detection and response (launched October 2020).  
- **Partner Program**: Relaunched in September 2023 with a new partner portal and program structure.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: $1B+ unicorn valuation (as of November 2021).  
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue not publicly disclosed; total funding amount not specified in provided sources.  
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not specified in the provided search results.  
- **Growth Signals**:  
  - Named a Leader in Forrester Wave™: MDR Services, Q1 2025 (5/5 in 15 of 21 criteria).  
  - Five consecutive years on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 Rankings.  
  - Expanded into EMEA (October 2022).  
  - 90% reduction in investigation volume and 50% improvement in recovery time for a customer.  
  - Recognized on multiple Great Place to Work® lists in 2023.

## Competitive Advantages
- **AI‑intentional MDR**: Ruxie AI augments human analysts across the entire threat lifecycle, delivering speed (14-minute MTTR) without sacrificing accuracy.
- **Full transparency**: Expel Workbench gives customers real-time visibility into every alert and action – “go ahead; check our work.”
- **Practitioner‑led approach**: Founded by industry veterans who were “fed up with MDR” noise and hidden metrics.
- **Vendor‑agnostic integration**: Works with the security tools customers already own, minimizing disruption.
- **Measurable outcomes**: Publishes verified results (e.g., 64% MTTR improvement for one customer).

## Strategic Focus
- **Agentic MDR**: Deepening AI capabilities to automate where it counts while keeping humans in the loop.
- **Global expansion**: Growing presence in EMEA and building out partner channels.
- **Continuous improvement**: Culture of “everything must get a little bit better the next time” and “measure what matters.”

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Values include “intentionally transparent,” “get it done. do it together,” “treat people like people,” and “improve continuously.” Employee Resource Groups (BOLD for Black Expletives, WE for women, Treehouse for LGBTQ+, and Connection for mental well-being).
- **Work flexibility**: “Flexible work hours and locations” – start early, stay late, step away; remote-friendly environment.
- **Benefits**: 24 weeks parental leave, unlimited vacation (with encouragement to actually take it), 401(k) 100% match up to 3%, 100% medical deductible coverage, one paid conference per year, and group life/income protection (UK/Ireland roles).
- **Recognition**: 99% of employees say management is honest and ethical, 99% felt welcome on joining, and 98% are proud to tell others they work there. Great Place to Work® certifications include Fortune Best Workplaces for Women (#12, 2023), Best Workplaces in Technology (#8, 2023), and Best Medium Workplaces (#15, 2023).

## Sources
1. [expel.com](https://expel.com/about/) – Company overview, mission, history, leadership
2. [expel.com](https://expel.com/) – Product details, MDR capabilities, Forrester recognition
3. [expel.com](https://expel.com/about/careers/) – Career page, values, benefits, interview process
4. [expel.com](https://expel.com/about/eid/) – Equity, inclusion & diversity, ERGs
5. [expel.com](https://expel.com/blog/what-makes-expel-a-great-place-to-work/) – Great Place to Work awards and employee survey results

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