Product Director, Aiven
Databases
+ Equity plan
AI-ready open source data platform
Job no longer available
AI-ready open source data platform
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
+ Equity plan
201-500 employees
Company mission
To help customers create outcomes and accelerate building applications.
Role
Who you are
- Don’t worry if your experience doesn’t line up perfectly – we still encourage you to apply! We believe in investing in our crabs’ professional growth
- Experience: 7+ years in a product management role for enterprise software, ideally with database, analytics, or security. Any LLM or GenAI experience is welcome
- Strategic Vision: A seasoned professional with a long-term perspective, capable of thinking beyond immediate features and empowering your team to explore new possibilities
- Market Understanding: Strong knowledge of the enterprise database market, application development, and analytics
- Leadership: Proven experience leading 2+ product managers directly
- Execution: Track record of leading multiple product teams to consistently deliver high-impact projects on time, within scope, and with high rates of revenue growth
- Technical Acumen: Comfortable with technical complexity and collaborating with engineering teams on prioritization
- Organizational Skills: Excellent administrative and organizational skills with a focus on results. Ability to manage multiple cross-functional teams and collaborate with stakeholders across the organization
- Analytical Mindset: Proficiency in statistical analysis, using data to set OKRs, monitor product health, and evaluate company-wide analyses
- Interpersonal Skills: Ability to work effectively with diverse personalities and navigate complex situations with composure, setting a positive example for the team
- Communication Skills: Excellent presentation and communication skills, capable of engaging large audiences and clearly articulating and defending strategic decisions
- Adaptability: Ability to embrace change and our team’s existing practices while proactively suggesting improvements and thriving in a dynamic environment with shifting priorities
- Global Mindedness: Enjoy working across different time zones and participating in cross-functional team meetings
What the job involves
- Aiven has an opportunity for a strategic leader to join us as Product Director, Databases, and shape the future of our database portfolio
- We are looking for someone to continuously drive innovation and position Aiven as “the” go-to solution provider for four of the fastest-growing and most popular engines, along with LLM hosting and GenAI Ops
- You will work closely with our Head of Developer Experience, to enhance and optimize our Product-Led Growth (PLG) strategy, and take ownership of Aiven’s largest business stream, with the ambitious goal of 50% growth over the next 3 years
- Thought Leadership: Establish Aiven as a thought leader in the database space by engaging with customers and industry influencers to shape the broader data narrative
- Strategic Leadership: Steer the strategic vision and outcome-focused roadmap, informed by customer insights, proactive monitoring of market trends, and competitive analysis
- Partnerships: Forge strategic partnerships to expand our market reach and impact
- Business Growth: Share responsibility for revenue growth goals at the domain level with the Head of the Domain and the Engineering Director
- Team Leadership: Lead, inspire, and develop a team of talented technical Product Managers, responsible for other products and revenue streams in the domain portfolio
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate closely with Sales and Marketing to drive product marketing, lead generation, and sales success. Partner with organizational leaders to overcome business challenges and drive growth
- Accountability and Impact: Take ownership of work and understand how individual contributions affect the entire team
- Autonomy: Thrive in a collaborative environment, yet capable of focused, independent work
- Resourcefulness and Persistence: Proactively and creatively seek out the necessary information to complete tasks
- Empathy and Support: Demonstrate empathy and actively help colleagues overcome obstacles
Application process
- If you think Aiven is the place for you, send us your CV, and we’ll get in touch!
Our take
The cloud infrastructure is booming as more businesses rely on open-source technologies to run their operations at scale. In this fast-growing space, Finnish company Aiven has carved out a strong reputation since founding in 2016. The company provides fully managed cloud services, helping organizations use open-source tools without the hassle of managing the technical details themselves.
The company works with a wide range of clients around the world, offering services that cover everything from databases to messaging systems and analytics tools. So, Aiven is helping businesses streamline their cloud operations and focus on growth instead of infrastructure headaches. Making complex technology accessible, reliable, and scalable for teams of all sizes.
Recently, Aiven his a major milestone of surpassing $100M in annual recurring revenue, a signal of its growing impact in the cloud space. To support this next phase of growth, it's opening a new hub in Cork, Ireland, creating a bunch of new jobs over three years.This expansions puts AIven in a prime position to scale internationally and bring its managed open-source solutions to more companies.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
May 2022
$210m
SERIES D
Oct 2021
$60m
SERIES C
Total funding: $420m
Company benefits
- Stocks: Stock options for permanent employees
- Learning & growth: Get ahead with an individual learning budget, access to a web learning platform, coaching, and the ever-growing Aiven library.
- Work/life balance: Flexible, regular working hours, and hybrid work friendly.
- Health care: Private health and dental care.
- Work equipment: The tools you need to do your job.
- Cool, collaborative work spaces: with free drinks, treats and fruit.
Company HQ
Kamppi, Helsinki
Leadership
Oskari Saarenmaa
(Co-Founder CEO)Senior Software Engineer and Software Architect for F-Secure Corporation from 2002 to 2011.CEO and Software Architect of Ohmu Ltd. from 2010 to 2016.
Heikki Nousiainen
(Co-Founder & Field-CTO)Experience as Information Security Specialist for TietoEnator. Lead Software Architect for F-Secure Corporation from 2008 to 2015.
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