Staff Product Manager (Lifecycle and Operations)

Workato•Palo Alto, CA

About The Position

At Workato, we're dedicated to transforming the way businesses integrate, automate, and harness data. Our platform empowers enterprises to streamline complex workflows by seamlessly connecting applications, data, and people. As we expand our platform capabilities, we are seeking a visionary leader to drive the development of next-generation Lifecycle and Operations capabilities - including advanced CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows, and enterprise-grade deployment orchestration. As Staff Product Manager for Lifecycle & Operations, you will define and execute the strategy to establish Workato as the enterprise leader in Integration Platform Operations. Your goal is to build a unified platform that enables the entire integration lifecycle - from development to deployment to monitoring - eliminating the need for fragmented DevOps tools and enabling enterprises to create robust operational strategies for their integration ecosystems.

Requirements

7+ years of product management experience in SaaS or B2B environments, specializing in DevOps, CI/CD, or Platform Engineering products
Proven success in shipping and scaling complex platform products with measurable business impact
Strong track record in leading cross-functional teams, influencing product strategy, and driving execution in fast-paced environments
Deep familiarity with modern CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows, Infrastructure as Code, and deployment strategies (blue-green, canary, progressive delivery) with the ability to translate these concepts into product requirements, not just implement them
Strong conceptual understanding of cloud-native architectures, containerization, orchestration, and observability toolchains, and an informed perspective on when and why customers adopt specific tools across these categories
Experience building or managing developer platforms, internal tooling, or integration lifecycle products that improve engineering productivity and operational reliability
Familiarity with the shift toward composable, API-first platform design including how enterprises embed vendor tooling into their existing CI/CD and delivery pipelines rather than adopting standalone workflows
Knowledge of security best practices in CI/CD pipelines including secrets management, vulnerability scanning, and compliance automation
Ability to deeply understand customer needs across platform teams, development teams, and operations teams
Proven ability to translate complex technical concepts into intuitive, user-friendly product capabilities
Skilled at collaborating with engineering, UX, security, and go-to-market teams to drive enterprise adoption
Strong ability to use customer research, data analytics, and competitive insights to inform product decisions
Experience analyzing large-scale platform usage to optimize developer experience and operational efficiency

Responsibilities

Develop and execute the product strategy for a unified Lifecycle & Operations Platform supporting Test, Deploy, Monitor, and Governance.
Define and prioritize the roadmap for a leader in Enterprise Grade Integration Platform
Deliver the best experience for Platform Engineers, Integration Developers, and Operations Teams
Build industry-leading CI/CD capabilities that enable rapid, reliable deployment of integration workflows across multi-cloud and hybrid environments
Implement GitOps methodologies to provide declarative, version-controlled application deployment
Design API-first, composable lifecycle capabilities that plug into customers' existing CI/CD toolchains enabling enterprises to orchestrate Workato deployments as a native step in their broader delivery pipelines rather than adopting a parallel workflow
Leverage Configuration as Code principles to automate environment provisioning and management of environment variables and settings
Integrate advanced testing frameworks including unit testing, integration testing, and end-to-end workflow validation
Leverage AI to enhance deployment automation, predictive failure detection, and intelligent rollback capabilities
Integrate machine learning to optimize CI/CD pipeline performance, reducing deployment times and improving success rates
Implement AI-driven observability that automatically identifies anomalies, predicts integration failures, and suggests remediation actions
infuse intelligent automation into Workato's lifecycle services, driving continuous optimization and smarter operational decision-making
Develop comprehensive observability and monitoring capabilities with distributed tracing, metrics collection, and intelligent alerting
Build advanced deployment strategies including blue-green deployments, canary releases, and progressive delivery
Ensure platform capabilities support enterprise requirements for security, compliance, audit trails, and governance
Create self-service capabilities that enable development teams to independently deploy and manage their integration workloads
Collaborate with engineering, UX, and GTM teams to ensure seamless feature adoption
Act as a thought leader internally and externally, driving customer trust and enterprise adoption