Staff Product Manager, Lifecycle & Operations

Workato • Palo Alto, CA

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About The Position

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

• 6+ 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 expertise in CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows, Infrastructure as Code, and modern deployment strategies.
• Strong understanding of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), orchestration, and cloud-native architectures.
• Familiar with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, CircleCI) and GitOps platforms (ArgoCD, Flux, Tekton).
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and their native DevOps services (CodePipeline, Azure DevOps, Cloud Build).
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, New Relic) and their integration into platform workflows.
• Experience building developer platforms and internal tooling that improve engineering productivity.
• Strong understanding of microservices architectures, service mesh technologies, and distributed systems.
• Knowledge of security best practices in CI/CD pipelines including secrets management, vulnerability scanning, and compliance automation.
• Experience with configuration management tools (Terraform, Ansible, Helm) and their role in platform operations.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Inspire confidence in GTM teams and customers to see Workato as the innovative leader in Integration Platform Operations.
• Act as a thought leader internally and externally, driving customer trust and enterprise adoption.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees