Director of Product Management, Observability
About The Position
Elastic is hiring a Director of Product Management to own Streams end to end and lead the product management team behind it. Streams is Elastic’s shared telemetry pipeline and ingest layer for Observability, Security, and Search. It collects data from any source, processes and routes it, and stores it in Elasticsearch or customers’ own object storage, using open standards such as OpenTelemetry and Prometheus. The role’s goal is to make Elastic the easiest platform for bringing data in for every solution and customer. The Director will set strategy and roadmap for data collection, ingestion, processing, routing, and the integrations framework; define and track adoption KPIs; and work with product leaders across Observability, Security, and Search to provide a shared service. The role will make ingestion self-service, with time to first data measured in minutes, and lead distributed product managers toward measurable outcomes. The Director will also shape priorities with customers, internal teams, and the community; work with engineering and design on feature definition; and enable sales, marketing, and partners with clear positioning and messaging. Compensation is base salary with no variable compensation component. The typical starting range is $199,700–$315,900 USD, or $239,800–$379,300 USD in select locations. The role is eligible for Elastic’s stock program. Benefits include company-matched 401(k), health coverage in many locations, flexible locations and schedules for many roles, vacation days, donation matching, volunteer time, and parental leave.
Requirements
- 10+ years of product management experience.
- 4+ years leading product management teams in data infrastructure, observability, or data pipelines.
- Deep technical fluency in telemetry ingestion, including OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, log processing, routing, and agent management.
- Experience shipping SaaS products with usage-based pricing.
- Experience building platform capabilities shared by several product lines.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with the Elastic Stack.
Responsibilities
- Own the strategy and roadmap for data collection, ingestion, processing and routing, and the integrations framework.
- Define and track KPIs focused on product and feature adoption.
- Partner with Observability, Security, and Search product leaders to provide a shared service that their teams can leverage.
- Make data ingestion self-service, targeting time-to-first-data measured in minutes.
- Lead a distributed team of product managers and enable them to deliver measurable outcomes.
- Drive roadmap priorities by working with customers, internal teams, and the community.
- Work with engineers and designers to scope and define compelling features.
- Enable sales, marketing, and partners with clear messaging and positioning.
Benefits
- Company-matched 401(k), with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6% of eligible earnings.
- Eligibility to participate in Elastic’s stock program.
- Health coverage for employees and their families in many locations.
- Flexible locations and schedules for many roles.
- Vacation days each year.
- Donation matching up to $2,000 or local currency equivalent for financial donations and service.
- Up to 40 hours each year for volunteer projects.
- At least 16 weeks of parental leave.
- Competitive pay based on the work performed, not previous salary.
- A benefits package with a holistic emphasis on employee well-being.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Education Level
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