Senior Product Manager, Cloud Networking

Description

Were not just building better tech. Were rewriting how data moves and what the world can do with it. With Confluent data doesnt sit still. Our platform puts information in motion streaming in near real-time so companies can react faster build smarter and deliver experiences as dynamic as the world around them.

It takes a certain kind of person to join this team. Those who ask hard questions give honest feedback and show up for each other. No egos no solo acts. Just smart curious humans pushing toward something bigger together.

One Confluent. One Team. One Data Streaming Platform.

About the Role

Confluent Cloud delivers a complete end-to-end streaming experience via a Software as a Service (SaaS) model. To deliver a simple, understandable, and scalable product experience requires abstracting the complex interactions of underlying cloud infrastructure, networking, storage, and compute powering a stateful distributed system.

As a Senior Product Manager on the Cloud Networking Product team, youll contribute to the mission of making connectivity to and from Confluent Cloud reliable, scalable, secure, cost-efficient, and simple to use so that users can focus on building streaming applications instead of managing infrastructure. Cloud networking with a focus on private networking is an enabler for all services offered on Confluent Cloud and is a strategic investment area for Confluent with the potential to impact the companys top and bottom lines.

What You Will Do

• Understand our users
• Conduct interviews and analyze data to define personas, user journeys, and key jobs to be done
• Drive crucial aspects of Confluent Cloud Network Roadmap supporting Confluent Cloud services like Kafka, Flink, Connectors, Data Governance, etc. with a heavy focus on user experience and cost efficiency
• Define flexible interfaces powering API, CLI, and Terraform data models and processes and launch a variety of new network options and rapidly iterate on existing ones
• Be responsible for the whole lifecycle
• Drive multi-team, cross-functional initiatives from conception through initial delivery and ongoing iteration after launch
• Close the loop
• Define quantitative and qualitative targets, measure performance against them, share results with stakeholders, and incorporate those learnings into the product
• Manage complexity
• Deliver value while handling the surprises and challenges of a quickly evolving product, ambitious partnership targets, and a rapidly growing organization

What You Will Bring

• 5 years of experience as a Product Manager with a focus on cloud technologies
• Experience building and supporting enterprise-grade products as a product manager, engineer, or solutions architect
• Experience building, writing, maintaining, and defending a clear product roadmap and backlog backed by user stories and customer research
• Excellent analytical, communication, and collaboration skills
• Ability to build relationships with co-workers and customers located around the world
• Demonstrated ability to drive business outcomes through product changes

What Gives You an Edge

• 6 years of experience in Networking in a PM or technical role
• Experience with enabling AWS, Azure, GCP private networking features such as Private Link, VPC Peering, Transit Gateway, etc. for a SaaS product
• Experience with Envoy Service Mesh, DNS, and Kubernetes Networking
• Experience with network traffic metering and billing
• Domain expertise in networking technologies combined with Product Management experience
• An MBA degree is a plus

Come As You Are

Belonging isnt a perk here. Its the baseline. We work across time zones and backgrounds knowing the best ideas come from different perspectives. And we make space for everyone to lead, grow, and challenge whats possible.

Were proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Employment decisions are based on job-related criteria without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other classification protected by law.

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Global Benefits to Help You Do Your Best Work

• Remote-First Work
• Robust Insurance Benefits
• Flexible Time Away
• The Best Teammates
• Experience Ambassadors
• Open and Honest Culture
• Well-Being and Growth

Leadership Principles Define How We Act

Our Leadership Principles outline a shared set of expectations for how we think and behave at Confluent. Theyre an extension of our company values which we all live each day. You can learn more here.

Confluent is Remote-First

We care about how you work not where. Confluent is built for flexibility so we encourage you to apply from anywhere. But we also know that trust and purpose are built face-to-face. Thats why we combine remote freedom with in-person onboarding to jumpstart your journey. Its the best of both worlds the autonomy you want with the community you need. Read why we prioritize in-person onboarding

Compensation

• 193.2K - 227K
• Offers Equity

At Confluent, we are committed to providing competitive pay and benefits that are in line with industry standards. We analyze and carefully consider several factors when determining compensation including work history, education, professional experience, and location. The actual pay may vary depending on your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Confluent offers a wide range of employee benefits. To learn more about our benefits, click here.