Principal Product Manager

Backblaze External Website

17h

About The Position

Backblaze is seeking an ambitious and accomplished Principal Product Manager to join their Product team. The B2 cloud object storage offers multi-exabyte, S3-compatible, globally available object storage that unlocks app builder innovation across AI neoclouds and traditional hyperscalers at a fraction of the cost from traditional cloud infrastructure hyperscalers. The Principal Product Manager for B2 will work closely with key stakeholders to understand the evolution of cloud storage and the customer problems in the space and determine product strategies and roadmap to address those problems. This role involves working independently to lead efforts for new feature discovery and delivery, and improvements to execute on strategies. Understanding customer problems through interviews and market research and translating them into requirements is critical.

Requirements

8+ years of Product Management experience in tech businesses, preferably on IaaS and/or SaaS offerings.
A proven track record of successfully launching and scaling technical products / platforms in high-growth businesses involving in-depth cross-functional collaboration and leadership across R&D and go-to-market functions.
Strong grasp of cloud architecture, APIs, and security and compliance.
Proven success in owning product roadmaps, defining MVPs, and driving the complete product life cycle.
Strategic thinker who can translate market trends, customer needs, and technical innovations into a clear product vision and actionable roadmap.
Deep empathy for customers / users in gathering and synthesizing input and a passion for solving their most pressing security challenges.
Outstanding communication and leadership skills with a collaborative and team-oriented approach to identifying problems, determining potential solutions, and building consensus around your vision with internal and external stakeholders.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Experience applying data and metrics to inform product decisions and measure success.

Nice To Haves

Expertise in cloud storage and computing from hyperscale and neocloud providers, such as AWS, Azure, GCP, GPU clouds, CDNs, etc.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
MBA degree.
Application development programming experience.
Expertise in applying GenAI in solution prototyping and agentic workflow development.

Responsibilities

Drive B2 product strategy and roadmap development through to delivery execution.
Lead the end-to-end product development lifecycle from discovery through delivery in feature development.
Gather and synthesize inputs for discovery and prioritization from internal functions, customers, and partners across the full spectrum of R&D development of feature capabilities, user experience challenges, cost optimization, and technical debt.
Translate complex customer challenges into clear, concise and actionable product requirements in collaboration with Design, Engineering and GTM teams.
Collaborate with Product Marketing to launch and drive adoption of new products and features.
Act as a subject matter expert and evangelist for Backblaze's solutions, presenting to customers, prospects, partners, and to internal teams.
Establish and track key product metrics (KPIs), using data to guide iteration and growth decisions.
Maintain a deep understanding of the latest advancements in the object storage market across its application in customer use cases and competitive offerings to identify new opportunities and ensure Backblaze’s market leadership position.