Product Manager - Cyber And Platform Security

About Alaan

Alaan is the Middle East’s first AI-powered spend management platform, built to help businesses save time and money.

Our all-in-one solution combines smart corporate cards, real-time expense tracking, AI-powered automation, seamless accounting integrations, and deep financial insights- designed to simplify finance operations and maximize control over company spend.

Founded in 2022, Alaan is already the trusted partner of over 1,300 leading businesses across the UAE, including G42, Careem, McDonald’s, Tabby, Al Barari, Rove Hotels, Rivoli, and CarSwitch. Together, our customers have saved over AED 100 million with Alaan.

In just three years, Alaan has become the #1 expense management platform in the Middle East- and we’ve done it while becoming profitable.

Backed by Y Combinator and top global investors- including founders and executives of leading startups- Alaan is built by a world-class team from McKinsey, BCG, Goldman Sachs, Barclays, Zomato, Careem, Rippling, and other high-growth companies.

We’re not just building software. We’re reimagining how finance works for modern businesses across the region.

About The Role

We are looking for a Product Manager (Cyber & Platform Security) to join our growing team and drive the vision, strategy, and execution of our security-focused products and platform initiatives. This role is ideal for someone with a strong technical foundation—preferably with prior experience as an engineer or product manager in cybersecurity, identity, or platform security domains—and a passion for building secure, scalable, and user-friendly systems.

You will work cross-functionally with engineering, security, compliance, operations, and customer-facing teams to deliver features that strengthen the security posture of our platform, protect customer trust, and support regulatory/compliance requirements (PCI DSS, SOC2, ISO 27001, etc.).

What Youll Do

• Define, prioritize, and execute the roadmap for cyber and platform security features, balancing security rigor with user experience.
• Partner with engineering and security teams to design and implement controls around authentication, authorization, session management, device trust, anomaly detection, and incident response.
• Collaborate with compliance and risk teams to ensure the platform meets or exceeds regulatory/security requirements.
• Gather input from customers, internal stakeholders, and industry benchmarks to shape security product strategy.
• Translate complex security concepts into clear product requirements and user stories.
• Monitor security threats and technology trends to anticipate needs and drive proactive improvements.
• Drive adoption of secure development practices and embed security considerations across the product lifecycle.
• Act as the voice of the security product domain in cross-team discussions and represent the company’s security capabilities with customers when required.
  
  

• Technical Background: Past experience as an engineer or product manager in cybersecurity or platform security.
• Strong understanding of security protocols, authentication/authorization flows (OAuth, SAML, JWT, MFA, etc.), encryption standards, and platform hardening techniques.
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks such as PCI DSS, SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, or similar.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to balance business priorities with security trade-offs.
• Strong collaboration skills to work with engineering, legal, compliance, operations, and customer success teams.
• Effective communicator who can translate technical security concepts into business value for stakeholders and executives.
• Prior experience building or managing security products such as identity management, threat detection, or secure session/device management.
• Exposure to fintech, payments, or other regulated industries.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure security (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Familiarity with SIEM/SOC tools, incident response frameworks, and security monitoring practices.
• Strong user empathy and ability to design frictionless security experiences.
  
  

• Contribute to building the Middle East’s most beloved fintech brand from the ground up
• Benefit from a role with significant ownership and accountability
• Thrive in a flexible hybrid culture with ample work-life balance
• Participate in exciting offsite events
• Competitive salary and equity
• Enjoy additional perks like travel allowances, gym memberships, and more