About the position
We want people who are passionate about creating products that millions of developers will love. Reporting to the SVP of the AI/ML and PaaS Business Unit, the Director of Product Management will lead DO's product vision and strategy across our PaaS portfolio, and manage a seasoned team of Product Managers. The reward? You will get to work on the most cutting-edge technologies with a talented team of Product Managers, Designers and Engineers to deliver products that enable our community of more than 4 million developers to build innovative solutions without needing to handle the complexities around managing large services. This role is a great opportunity for a product leader who has technical and business expertise in data management services and application platforms for the Cloud, and has a customer-first mindset with a proven track record of building great products and teams.
Responsibilities
- Define a cloud-centric product vision, strategy, and prioritized roadmap for DO's data management services, Kubernetes and application platforms, grounded in simplicity and differentiation.
- Work across the DO organization (product marketing, sales, etc.) to influence and ensure alignment, support and commitment on product vision, strategy and prioritized roadmap.
- Identify new opportunities and areas of investment for the business unit that delight DO's customers.
- Interact and learn from customers to better understand pain points and to identify opportunities for improving the DO experience.
- Actively lead and participate in all phases of DOs rhythm of business, including quarterly planning, P&L data analysis and reporting, monthly and weekly product and business unit reviews and more.
- Define scope, objectives and key results for the PaaS business unit that drive business objectives.
- Support DO Executive Leadership Team during quarterly & annual planning through clear roadmap prioritization, development and presentation of business cases, data-driven proposals and justifications that simplify decision-making.
- Lead and manage a team of experienced Product Managers. Along the way you will mentor, develop and grow your team to be the next generation of leadership for the organization.
- Drive Product Management and Engineering best practices to improve consistency, accelerate delivery cadence and sustain organizational growth.
Requirements
- Leadership experience in Product Management or Engineering running a large business or business unit across a public or private cloud-centric infrastructure.
- Demonstrated technical knowledge and experience driving Cloud platforms and services.
- Ability to handle ambiguity and drive the team forward by building a compelling vision and aligning stakeholders.
- Leadership experience managing high performing Product Managers.
- Experience with financial and business case modeling.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced and agile product development and delivery environment.
- Experience interacting with external customers directly with a passion for customer success.
- Past success in shaping software products with an eye on simplicity.
- Successfully managed a complex technical product.
- Hands-on experience as a user of cloud infrastructure is a plus.
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communications skills.
- Bachelor's degree or higher in a technical or business field, such as Computer Science, Engineering, Economic/Finance is a plus.
- MSc or MBA is a plus.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Great benefits
- Creative and comfortable work environment
- Reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education
- Access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses
- Work from home stipend
- Wellness allowance
- Flexible time off policy
- Bonus eligibility based on company and individual performance
- Equity compensation including equity grants upon hire and participation in Employee Stock Purchase Program
