Senior Product Manager, Redpanda Data
Cloud
$171-220k
Salary is benchmarked for candidates based in the US; varies by location
Open-source data streaming platform
Open for applications
Open-source data streaming platform
101-200 employees
Open for applications
$171-220k
Salary is benchmarked for candidates based in the US; varies by location
101-200 employees
Company mission
The best present and future of real-time data.
Role
Who you are
- 4+ years of experience in direct role-related product management for B2B enterprise software platforms, particularly data infrastructure, data integration or other SaaS or distributed systems
- 7+ years of experience overall experience in enterprise software companies
- Experience working cross-functionally with technical and non-technical teams
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to concisely explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences (and vice-versa)
- Experience working with a 100% distributed / remote team, collaborating in GitHub/JIRA, Slack, Google docs and other modern productivity tools independently and efficiently
- Experience switching context frequently to address customer, engineering, and go-to-market issues and requests
- Experience working closely with highly technical products and customers
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related technical field, or equivalent experience
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Senior Product Manager to guide the evolution of our cloud service capabilities for the Redpanda data platform
- Reporting to the VP of Product, you will work with customers and study the market to gather data, drive the strategic roadmap for several of Redpanda’s cloud capabilities, and guide their inclusion into our Dedicated and BYOC cloud offerings
- You will also help drive the technological vision in these areas, following the latest trends and advising the team on new technologies, standards, approaches, and potential partners in order to stay on the leading edge
- This is an opportunity to work closely with product and engineering leadership and the respective teams at a fast-growing, well-funded startup, building and delivering category-leading products
- This role requires deep comfort with enterprise data and infrastructure technology, working closely with customers often in high pressure situations, and collaborating cross-functionally across technical and non-technical teams in a fast-paced environment, juggling many tasks and responsibilities
- Meet with customers, analyze the competitive landscape, and identify market opportunities to shape the company's product strategy in your areas of responsibility
- Define requirements for new features through PRDs and prioritize them appropriately in the product roadmap
- Some examples of major functional areas Cloud PMs work on include new cloud compute infrastructure, releasing storage engine features (Tiered Storage), security features (SSO/OIDC), and performance/multi-tenancy features such as resource quotas
- You will also focus on delivering these capabilities end-to-end and often includes working with our design team to deliver the optimal UX through a mix of GUI, CLI, and API interfaces
- Communicate new features internally and externally and help articulate the value proposition, messaging, and pricing
- This involves training GTM teams, sharing roadmap and product pitches with customers, writing public blogs, and attending industry conferences
- Collaborate with multiple internal teams (including Engineering, Marketing, Sales, and Customer Success) to ensure we ship the right features, at the right time, with the right user experience to match the expectations of various user personas inside our customer’s organizations
- Own delivery of features end-to-end, picking up tasks wherever needed, reviewing documentation, and creating the telemetry required to measure the success of feature launches after rollout
Our take
When dealing with real-time data streaming workloads, the simpler the infrastructure the better. RedPanda was developed as an alternative to the complex industry standard, Apache Kafka (which needed to be used in tandem with ZooKeeper). RedPanda’s Kafka compatible platform increases business’ operational efficiency by allowing them to switch to a single platform.
Formerly known as Vectorized, the company launched the RedPanda in 2021, eventually renaming the company after the product. Its platform is already running on hundreds of thousands of machines, reliably enabling enterprises to continue to run the software that they’ve already invested in while addressing and eliminating past pain points with the status quo of data streaming infrastructures.
The company is using its funding to expand marketing, research, and development, increasing its speed, reducing latencies, and adding features such as its RedPanda Cloud service. RedPanda is also focusing on limitless data retention, capturing the attention of developers, and resulting in the company’s substantial growth.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
47% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jun 2023
$100m
SERIES C
Feb 2022
$50m
SERIES B
Total funding: $165.5m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive Healthcare
- 401(k) Matching
- Unlimited PTO
- Remote-first
- Home Office & Education Reimbursement
- Redpanda Swag
Company values
- Build
- Grow
- Succeed
Company HQ
Inner Richmond, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Alexander Gallego
(CEO)Founder & previous CTO of Concord Systems, Inc. Previous Principal Software Engineer at Akamai Technologies, and was a Software Engineer at both YeildMo and FactSet Research Systems. Also worked as a REU - Student Researcher for the Polytechnic Institute of New York Univeristy.
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