Sandbox and Platform Services Product Manager

Addepar•New York, NY

30d•$178,000 - $223,000

About The Position

Addepar is seeking a Senior Product Manager for its Platform Services organization. This role will cover a broad product portfolio including demo environments for sales, training academies, and end-client sandboxes. The responsibilities span infrastructure, shared services, applications, and data. The client base for this role includes developers, designers, and product managers in R&D, sales specialists, and end customers. This is a highly visible position within R&D, impacting developer experience and efficiency, and also holds significant commercial potential for accelerating customer adoption and building product-led revenue streams.

Requirements

5+ years in product management, preferably in developer tools, platform products, or API products.
Proven track record managing technical products with developer/B2B audiences.
Experience with product-led growth and self-serve adoption models.
Deep understanding of APIs, integration testing, and CI/CD workflows.
Familiarity with sandbox/staging environment architectures.
Ability to engage technically with engineering teams.
Practical examples of usage of AI to automate systems and workflows.
Strong analytical skills with experience defining and tracking KPIs (activation, engagement, conversion).
Ability to translate ambiguous developer needs into clear product requirements.
Experience conducting user research with technical audiences.
Ability to build defensible commercial models, tracking customer adoption rates and satisfaction.
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without requiring current or future visa sponsorship.
Must be authorized to begin work in the U.S. on their first day of employment.

Responsibilities

Lead the prioritization of Platform Services across multiple initiatives, aligning cross-functional stakeholders on a unified platform roadmap.
Execute the Platform Services product roadmap aligned with developer and end customer adoption and satisfaction.
Design isolated testing environments with realistic test data, simulated workflows, and feature parity to production.
Balance sandbox capabilities with security, cost, and resource management constraints.
Create frictionless onboarding experiences with clear documentation, test credentials, and quick setup.
Build self-serve capabilities including API testing tools, CLI interfaces, and debugging dashboards.
Define usage limits, geographic restrictions, and environment refresh policies.
Determine key capabilities upgrade to move configuration from sandbox/trial to production environments.
Ensure sandbox environment stability, service level agreements, performance, and data isolation.
Partner with Engineering on technical architecture and implementation.
Collaborate with Sales to agree commercial strategy, including pricing and understanding value propositions.
Build relationships with key R&D community, especially developers, to ensure community engagement and feedback loops.