Platform - Elasticsearch - Senior Director of Product Management

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106d • $249,700 - $394,900

About The Position

The Elasticsearch product lead will manage, build, and scale Elasticsearch which is at the heart of Elastic - it’s the core search engine that everything we do at Elastic (Observability, Security, Enterprise Search) is built on top of, and as such, this is a high impact and high visibility role. Elasticsearch is one of the top 10 open source projects, ever, the responsibility to lead this product brings a lot of public attention with it. You will focus on growth and bringing its long-term vision to life.

Requirements

• History of leading product teams working on deeply technical products that have been through a comparable growth-stage.
• Strong technical background, preferably in related domains such as databases, distributed data stores and search; must have the ability to discuss technical concepts in detail.
• Experience operating at scale in a product leadership role in similar companies, with cloud products targeting technical audiences.
• A player-coach who can drive high-level strategy and execute alongside their team to deliver the needs of the customer first.
• High EQ: bring technical and business acumen, compassion to the team, and someone who can help scale Elastic to the next level.
• A low-ego and open-minded driver of business who cares deeply about their people. A natural problem solver.
• Intellectually curious, player coach with a drive towards the end user.
• Experience leading product management for multiple product lines. Can point to clear articulation of ownership and decision making across the product team and broader organization to drive business outcomes.
• Experience working with globally distributed teams and client/user base.
• Cultural ambassador who has attracted, retained and developed diverse Product teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team of top notch product managers.
• Work with leadership to define the vision and roadmap for Elasticsearch including search functionality, storage strategies, query languages, analytics capabilities and cloud strategy and compatibility.
• Partner with the engineering and technical leads to prioritize the roadmap and estimate realistic delivery timelines.
• Work with downstream solution teams at Elastic to discover, align and prioritize their needs: understanding their use cases, timing requirements and helping think through phased approaches.
• Interface with customers and the community for feedback and usage information to develop product insights.
• Capture market competitive and trend data and inform product direction.

Benefits

• Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary.
• Health coverage for you and your family in many locations.
• Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles.
• Generous number of vacation days each year.
• Increase your impact - We match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service.
• Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love.
• Embracing parenthood with minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees