Director/Head of Product, LocalStack
+ Performance-based bonuses
Cloud development platform
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Cloud development platform
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
+ Performance-based bonuses
21-100 employees
Company mission
To empower developers to rapidly build and test their cloud applications, saving valuable time and resources.
Role
Who you are
- Proven Leadership: 6+ years of product management experience (ideally in the cloud / dev tooling space), with at least 3 years in a leadership role, and a strong technical / engineering background
- Strategic Mindset: Ability to translate business goals into actionable product strategies and roadmaps
- Strong Communication Skills: Experience collaborating and finding alignment with diverse stakeholders, both technical and non-technical
- Cloud/Developer Tools Expertise: Deep familiarity and hands-on experience with cloud platforms, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), and developer tools
- Partnership Development: Track record of building meaningful integrations, plugin extensions, as well as technical and commercial product partnerships that add value to the product ecosystem
- If you're excited about the opportunity to lead and scale the product management team at LocalStack, we'd love to hear from you!
What the job involves
- We are looking for an experienced Director/Head of Product to co-lead our product strategy, prioritize impactful initiatives, generate valuable user insights, and help build integrations and strategic partnerships that will shape the future of our platform
- As the Director of Product, you’ll take ownership of LocalStack’s product roadmap, collaborating with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to deliver cutting-edge features and integration
- You and your team will be the driving force behind prioritizing initiatives, defining the strategic direction of our product, and identifying partnership opportunities that enhance LocalStack’s value in the developer community
- In our journey so far, our efforts have been mostly focused on building our flagship AWS emulator, which has achieved remarkable success with nearly 300 million pulls from Docker Hub by our global user community
- As we continue our exciting growth journey, we have expanded our efforts to include the development of a local Snowflake emulator (currently in public preview) and an Azure emulator (in private alpha), which are generating strong early adoption and market traction
- These new offerings mark a significant evolution in our platform, positioning LocalStack as a comprehensive solution for local cloud development
- As the scope and complexity of our product portfolio expand, we are navigating new product management challenges, from balancing the development of innovative features to maintaining a seamless user experience across multiple emulators
- We are also focused on aligning our efforts with the needs of our diverse and growing user base, while identifying opportunities to forge strategic partnerships that amplify our impact
- These challenges present an exciting opportunity for the Director of Product to step in and play a pivotal role in shaping LocalStack’s future
- Co-Define Product Strategy: Collaborate with stakeholders across the organization to develop a clear, innovative product vision that aligns with LocalStack’s overall goals and growth trajectory
- Own the Product Roadmap: Lead the development of the product roadmap, prioritizing features and initiatives to deliver maximum impact while balancing technical feasibility and strategic objectives
- Build and Scale the PM Team: Recruit, mentor, and lead a high-performing team of product managers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and accountability. Define clear roles and responsibilities, establish effective processes, and empower the team to deliver impactful results that align with LocalStack’s vision and goals
- Foster Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Engineering, GTM, DevRel, and other teams to ensure alignment and drive seamless execution of product delivery
- Establish Strategic Partnerships: Identify, evaluate, and cultivate partnerships with tools, platforms, and organizations to enhance LocalStack’s product ecosystem and expand its reach
- Champion User-Centric Development: Engage with the developer community to gather insights and feedback, ensuring that our product continues to deliver exceptional value and address user needs effectively
Our take
Developers can face high costs and delays with cloud-based testing (as centralised cloud environments are complex and expensive to maintain), which slows down development. This means that solutions to reduce these challenges are crucial for improving productivity.
LocalStack is solving this issue by providing a virtual environment that lets developers run a complete AWS setup on their laptops, cutting deployment times from 28 minutes to 24 seconds. It supports over 100 AWS services, reducing cloud costs and streamlining testing.
In an exciting move, the company raised substantial funding which will go towards expanding into the US and further developing its platform. With plans to offer new features like chaos engineering, LocalStack is ready to transform cloud development across multiple platforms.
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Company
Funding (1 round)
Nov 2024
$25m
SERIES A
Total funding: $25m
Company benefits
- Opportunities for professional development and training
- Dynamic and collaborative work environment
- Flexible work arrangements
Company values
- People first: People come first, as they are at the heart of everything we do. We're on a mission to build a product that developers love, and a workplace where everyone thrives. When people enjoy what they work on, who they work with, and how they work, productivity will follow. This is true for us just as it is for our customers
- One size does not fit all: People first also means realizing that everyone is different, and needs different things to be productive. A person may be held back in one environment, but thrive in another. The same is true for projects and how we work on them. We embrace diverse work styles and empower individuals to be their best taking all their unique strengths and weakness into account
- Through failure we learn: We are a young and growing company venturing into the unknown. Whatever we do right now may not work three months from now. We may introduce processes or tools that we think are a good idea, but turn out not to work. Question the status quo and put forth new ideas, backed by informed arguments. Own it when they fail! If we accept and embrace these failures, we can learn together and ultimately grow closer as a team
- Embracing distributed decision making: We believe in the power of individual ownership and distributed decision making. As a young and dynamic organization we can only scale if we have efficient mechanisms in place that prevent bottlenecks. Distributed decision making is all about trust—which we can achieve by focusing on transparency, accountability, and feedback mechanisms
Company HQ
Lindenhof, Zürich, ZH
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Leadership
Gerta S.
(Co-Founder & COO / Co-CEO)Previously spent 3 years at Tricentis where they worked as a Global Digital Transformation Strategist, Global Diversity Program Lead and Product Manager in AI/ML. Prior to that, they were a Project / Product Manager and Business Process Analyst at runIT Solutions.
Waldemar Hummer
(Co-Founder & CTO / Co-CEO)Previously the Head of Engineering at Zurich Insurance Company and CTO / VP of Engineering at Advanon. Was also a Cloud/AI Tech Lead and Architect at IBM, and Development Team Lead at Atlassian.
Thomas Rausch
(Co-Founder & Head of Engineering)Founder of Cognitive XR where they serve as the Technical Lead. They graduated from the Vienna University of Technology with a PhD in Computer Science and worked as a University Assistant while there.
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