Sr. Product Manager

vCluster Labs • New York, NY

56d • Remote

About The Position

As vCluster's Senior Product Manager, you'll own technical direction across one of three product surfaces — the vCluster platform, vNode, or vMetal. You'll partner directly with the Head of Product and Engineering leadership on the decisions that shape where the product goes next. This role requires the candidate to reside in the Eastern Time Zone (EST). The Senior Product Manager will be responsible for technical roadmap ownership, translating strategy into executable specifications for engineering. They will partner with the Head of Product and Engineering leadership on architectural trade-offs, conduct hands-on validation of alpha and beta builds, and engage directly with platform engineers at AI Cloud operators, regulated enterprises, and large internal platform teams to gather customer intelligence. Additionally, the role involves tracking the cloud-native ecosystem, sharpening the narrative for technical buyers, and partnering with Go-To-Market teams on messaging. The Senior Product Manager will also act as a cross-functional leader, bridging engineering, sales, and marketing.

Requirements

• 6+ years in product management, in cloud infrastructure, platform services, or distributed systems.
• Shipped something other engineers depend on in production.
• Kubernetes Fluency: Operate at the implementation level — controllers, CRDs, API machinery, admission webhooks — not just as a user.
• Customer-Facing Infra Experience: Sat across from platform engineers and architects, and comfortable in that conversation.

Nice To Haves

• Kubernetes-as-a-Service: Built a KaaS offering at a cloud provider, vendor, or large internal platform team.
• AI & MLOps Infrastructure: GPU scheduling, multi-tenant accelerator workloads, LLM deployment patterns.
• Internal Developer Platforms: Platform PM experience building IDPs that abstract infrastructure complexity for developer teams.
• Bare Metal & HPC: Worked with or built for bare metal infrastructure or high-performance computing environments.
• Startup Growth: Navigated a Series A through C scaling phase.

Responsibilities

• Set the roadmap for your product surface and translate strategy into specs engineering can execute against.
• Partner directly with the Head of Product and Engineering leadership on the architecture tradeoffs that determine the product's trajectory.
• Run alpha and beta builds yourself.
• Engage directly with platform engineers at AI Cloud operators, regulated enterprises, and large internal platform teams.
• Track the cloud-native ecosystem and emerging tenancy primitives.
• Sharpen the narrative for technical buyers and partner with GTM on messaging that lands.
• Bridge engineering, sales, and marketing so what we ship matches how we sell and support it.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Equity
• Platinum-Level Insurance: Health, dental, vision, and life Insurance, including plans for you and eligible dependents (benefits vary depending on country).
• Flexible Working Schedule
• Workplace Flexibility

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed