Staff Product Manager

DigitalOcean • Boston, MA

20d • $160,000 - $199,000 • Remote

About The Position

DigitalOcean is seeking a Senior Product Manager II to contribute to the development of its next-generation security and identity capabilities. This role will be instrumental in leading a core product area within the Security Products portfolio, focusing on defining secure access, identity, and workload trust across the DigitalOcean platform. Security Products is a key growth area for DigitalOcean, with a focus on building foundational features that enable customers to assess their security posture, manage access to infrastructure, handle human and non-human identities, and protect workloads while preserving DigitalOcean's characteristic simplicity. As a Senior Technical Product Manager, you will be responsible for defining product strategy, collaborating with engineering on platform capabilities, and overseeing the delivery of security and identity solutions for a large user base of developers and digital-native companies. The role specifically targets DigitalOcean's customer-facing security and IAM platform, encompassing features for managing access across users, services, workloads, automation, and emerging AI-native workflows. Key areas of focus include service accounts, workload identity, OIDC federation, scoped API access, machine and agent identity, remediation guidance, auditability, and enhancing identity and security experiences within the DigitalOcean console and API.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in Product Management or a related technical role.
• Experience working on cloud infrastructure, developer platforms, IAM, or security-related products.
• Experience releasing customer-facing IAM, access control, identity, or security products, preferably in cloud infrastructure, developer platforms, SaaS, or enterprise control-plane environments.
• Strong technical fluency with distributed systems, APIs, authentication, authorization, and modern cloud architectures.
• Familiarity with identity and access concepts such as service accounts, API tokens, scoped permissions, RBAC, federation, workload identity, auditability, and credential lifecycle management.
• Familiarity with AI-native infrastructure patterns, including machine identity, agent identity, delegated access, MCP-style workflows, and secure access for automated systems.
• Experience partnering closely with engineering teams to define technical capabilities and deliver complex platform products.
• Ability to translate customer problems into clear product strategy, requirements, and customer-facing experiences.
• Strong written communication skills and ability to produce clear product narratives, specifications, and documentation.
• Use tools like Figma, Cursor, Claude, and other prototyping or AI-assisted development tools to create mockups, workflow prototypes, and product concepts when needed to clarify requirements, test ideas, and unblock engineering, particularly in situations where design resources are limited.
• Experience working cross-functionally across engineering, design, security, infrastructure, and go-to-market teams.
• Comfort operating in fast-moving environments where product direction evolves with customer insight.
• A collaborative ownership mindset and ability to drive alignment across multiple teams while staying accountable for customer value and product outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Own the roadmap for your product surface within the Security Products portfolio, translating customer needs and platform capabilities into a clear multi-quarter product strategy.
• Translate complex identity, access, and security problems into intuitive experiences in the DigitalOcean console and API, focusing on usability for developers and small teams without sacrificing security or capability.
• Work closely with engineering leaders to define architecture, shape technical direction, and ensure product decisions reflect both customer value and platform realities.
• Engage directly with customers to understand how they manage access, credentials, automation, CI/CD workflows, service-owned workloads, and security in cloud environments today, then identify friction points and shape solutions that reduce operational complexity.
• Drive the full product lifecycle from discovery through launch and iteration. Write clear product narratives and requirements, align cross-functional teams, and ensure successful delivery.
• Collaborate with teams across Security, IAM, Accounts, Networking, Compute, App Platform, Inference, Billing, and Support to ensure security and identity capabilities integrate cleanly into the broader DigitalOcean experience.
• Use prototyping tools, including Figma, Cursor, Claude, and other AI-assisted development tools, to clarify product requirements, test experience concepts, and help move ideas from customer problem to usable product experience.
• Define clear success metrics, analyze product usage and customer feedback, and continuously refine the product to increase adoption, reduce customer risk, and improve customer value.
• Partner with developer relations, marketing, and communications to ensure the value of DigitalOcean security and IAM capabilities is clearly communicated to customers.

Benefits

• Competitive array of benefits to support you from our Employee Assistance Program to Local Employee Meetups to flexible time off policy
• Reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education
• Access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses
• Bonus in addition to base salary
• Equity compensation to eligible employees, including equity grants upon hire and the option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program

What This Job Offers

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