Role Description We are seeking a Senior Technical Marketing Engineer (Security) to help drive adoption and understanding of Forward’s security capabilities across customers, partners, and the broader security community. As a Senior Security TME, you will sit at the intersection of product and go-to-market execution. You will translate Forward’s differentiated security capabilities into compelling security workflows, technical content, and field enablement that resonate with security practitioners and decision-makers. This is a non-quota-carrying, highly technical, and externally visible role with meaningful influence on product direction and market positioning. - Partner with Product Management to define, validate, and shape security-related capabilities and use cases. - Design and evangelize customer workflows to realize the value of security features. - Build and maintain lab environments to support demos, technical validation, and security use-case exploration. - Develop high-quality technical collateral for internal audiences, including training materials, demo guides, and sales enablement content. - Collaborate with Marketing to create external-facing assets such as whitepapers, solution briefs, blogs, presentations, and videos. - Enable Sales and Solutions teams with security-focused demos, messaging, and technical training. - Represent Forward Networks at customer meetings, webinars, and industry events, including security conferences and trade shows. - Contribute thought leadership on network security trends and Forward’s role in modern security architectures. - Gather field and market feedback to influence product roadmap and security positioning. Qualifications - 8+ years of experience as a Technical Marketing Engineer, Sales Engineer, Security Engineer, or similar customer-facing technical role. - Strong understanding of enterprise network security concepts, including firewall rules and security policy management. - Experience working with complex enterprise networks across on-prem, virtualized, and cloud environments. - Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud platform and familiarity with virtualization and containerized environments. - Proven ability to build and operate lab environments for demos and technical validation. - Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to explain complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences. - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Networking, or a related field. - Ability to work effectively across Product, Sales, and Marketing teams. Requirements - Experience with Attack Surface Management (ASM), Vulnerability Management, or related security platforms. - Familiarity with Threat Intelligence, SIEM, or broader risk management workflows. - Background in SOC operations, incident response, or Red Team activities. - Interest in AI/ML and how AI can improve security and network operations. Prior experience is not required, but curiosity and willingness to experiment with AI-driven workflows is encouraged. - Working knowledge of Python or similar scripting languages. - Working knowledge of Linux administration. - Familiarity with Forward Networks or similar network visibility, verification, or analytics platforms. - Experience presenting at conferences, webinars, or customer-facing technical events. Benefits - Opportunity to shape how modern enterprises approach network security and risk reduction. - Direct impact on product direction, security messaging, and customer success. - Collaborative, high-caliber team with strong technical depth. - Competitive compensation, benefits, and long-term career growth.

• Oversee planning, execution, and delivery of complex IT projects. • Manage cross-functional teams, coordinating project timelines. • Facilitate communication among stakeholders. • Develop project plans, monitor progress, and implement risk mitigation strategies. • Optimize processes to ensure technology solutions are delivered on time and budget.

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver—The World's Most Experienced Driver™—to improve access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes. The Waymo Driver powers Waymo’s fully autonomous ride-hail service and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over ten million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving over 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 15+ U.S. states. Waymo's Technical Program Managers are accountable for Waymo's roadmap execution by providing thoughtful cross-functional planning, clarity, and proactive risk management. In the face of complex technical and operational challenges with no established playbooks to follow, we act with thoughtful urgency, driving conversations, discussions, and outcomes. Our team partners closely with every function of Waymo to structure, own and drive work towards real-world deployments of the Waymo Driver across platforms and geographies. In this role, you will report to a Lead TPM, Release Management You will: Ensure release tasks are followed and on track Communicate and facilitate resolution of potential issues as we become aware of them Continuously improve processes to ensure more efficient releases You have: 2+ years of experience with managing software releases 2+ years of experience managing technical projects Bachelor’s Degree Experience working within the context of Software Development Lifecycle Good understanding of system architecture and design principles Quality Assurance, validating quality of software Demonstrated ability to interpret and analyze source code for understanding system behavior and requirements Salary Range $196,000 — $248,000 USD

• Drive execution for major cross-functional programs, ensuring timely, high-quality delivery. • Employ advanced forecasting, risk management, and intake strategies to mitigate potential delays and dependencies. • Quickly understand the scope, requirements, and risks associated with new and existing programs. • Be ready to dive deep into technical and operational details, rapidly get up to speed, and identify and mitigate potential risks to ensure smooth program execution; all while being able to keep the big picture in mind. • Cultivate solid relationships with stakeholders across R&D, Product, and Engineering, including senior management, collaborating on feature planning and resource allocation to ensure strategic alignment and operational efficiency. • Able to “the Toast way” and to adapt to change and iterate quickly; comfortable recalibrating plans, processes, and stakeholder expectations in complex and ambiguous environments. • Leverage your technical fluency to guide teams, establishing best practices and fostering continuous improvement all in service of reaching the teams’ most critical outcomes. Encourage innovation within program teams by setting technical fluency standards and facilitating professional growth.