Search - Principal Product Manager (Serverless)

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87d • $179,800 - $232,800

About The Position

Elastic seeks an exceptional Technical Principal Product Manager to lead our teams who are pioneering the capabilities for our fully managed Elasticsearch offering. Our Search team brings the capabilities of Elasticsearch and our platform to market for a large range of use cases including applied AI for agentic applications, and traditional search experiences. You will lead cross-team initiatives to define and deliver breakthrough technical features and platform capabilities. Our diverse, global team spans over 40 countries, building inclusive, user-focused products at significant scale.

Requirements

• History of owning and driving SaaS product lines or services
• P&L responsibility over prior projects
• Demonstrated leadership in defining and launching complex technical products in search, databases, query languages, or AI/ML platforms.
• Deep expertise in understanding of distributed systems, cloud services, data platforms, and cloud-native architectures (e.g., AWS ML services).
• Exceptional communication skills for complex technical concepts.
• Curiosity to truly understand the technology that serves the majority of the world’s search experiences.
• Deep empathy for developer challenges, translating them into product opportunities.
• Experience defining technical value propositions and competitive differentiation.
• Strong interest and understanding of cutting-edge technologies like vector databases, ML, and generative AI (e.g., RAG, LLM integration).
• Direct PM experience with search platforms, AI/ML platforms, or developer tooling is highly desirable.
• Ability to read and understand code (e.g., Python, Java, Go) and engage in technical discussions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic vision and execution to drive adoption and scale of our fully managed Elasticsearch offering
• Be accountable for driving rapid growth and adoption of Elasticsearch, with continued evaluation of our pricing, packaging, margins and COGS of released features.
• Drive complex, cross-functional initiatives with engineering, platform, and research teams to deliver groundbreaking technical innovations in search, vector storage, and AI-driven relevance.
• Champion the evolution of Elastic's search architecture, focusing on driving unique usage of object store for storage and retrieval.
• Write detailed product artifacts such as PRDs, PRFAQs for new search language constructs and vector database features.
• Conduct in-depth market analysis, competitive technical assessments, and engage with thought leaders to inform the technical roadmap.
• Collaborate with developers, data scientists, and the open-source community to gather feedback, validate designs, and drive adoption of new capabilities.

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
• Company-matched 401k with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6% of eligible earnings
• Participation in Elastic's stock program

What This Job Offers

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