Technical Product Security Manager
Posted Jul 15, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a time you got engineers to build security in early instead of bolting it on at the end.
What they are checking: Whether they can influence teams they do not manage and make secure development a habit.
Tell me about a security program you built or matured. What did you measure to show progress?
What they are checking: Whether they can lead security activities with clear goals rather than producing reports nobody acts on.
What would you do
A researcher reports a vulnerability in a fielded device. Walk me through what you do in the first week.
What they are checking: Whether they can run coordinated disclosure, assess patient risk and plan remediation without panic or delay.
Development wants to ship a release and your penetration test found a medium finding. How do you decide whether it blocks?
What they are checking: Whether they weigh exploitability and patient safety risk sensibly instead of treating every finding as a stop.
How do you explain a technical security risk to leadership who need to decide on budget or schedule?
What they are checking: Whether they translate risk into business and patient terms so leaders can make a real decision.
About the work
WatchPAT spans a wearable device, mobile app and cloud analysis. Where would you start a threat model for that whole system?
What they are checking: Whether they can map data flows and trust boundaries across device, software and cloud in one coherent view.
What do FDA premarket cybersecurity expectations require from a manufacturer, and how have you produced that evidence?
What they are checking: Whether they know the regulatory side of medical device security, including SBOMs, threat models and testing documentation.
How do you manage third-party and open-source components so you know what's affected when a new CVE comes out?
What they are checking: Whether they run a living software bill of materials and vulnerability triage rather than reacting by email.
How would you secure patient data moving from a home device to the cloud and on to a clinician?
What they are checking: Whether they understand encryption, authentication and access control in a health data pipeline handled across regions.
What security controls matter most in a cloud environment that hosts medical analysis software?
What they are checking: Whether they have practical cloud security depth, like identity, logging, segmentation and configuration management.
How do you handle security for devices already in the field that can't easily be updated?
What they are checking: Whether they think about compensating controls and lifecycle support for legacy medical devices.
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