Senior Product Manager, HashiCorp
Policy
$162.9-230k
Base pay range may vary depending on location
Cloud-computing infrastructure provider
Job no longer available
Cloud-computing infrastructure provider
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$162.9-230k
Base pay range may vary depending on location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help organisations to operate infrastructure in the cloud because it believes that infrastructure enables innovation.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of product management experience with developer tools, infrastructure-as-code, or policy enforcement products
- Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure and the HashiStack, including familiarity with Terraform and at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
- 1+ years of experience with infrastructure governance, policy frameworks, or compliance tools
- Familiarity with modern programming languages and policy definition languages (HCL, Sentinel, etc.)
- Strong technical acumen with a solid understanding of infrastructure security, compliance workflows, and policy enforcement
- Proven experience in creating and driving strategic product roadmaps with cross-functional teams
- Ability to balance technical depth with user-focused product design, ensuring that Sentinel remains a powerful but accessible framework
- Excellent communication skills: Able to simplify complex concepts and articulate the value of policy-as-code to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience with user and market research to guide product decisions, backed by analytical rigor and the ability to prioritize effectively
- Humility: You listen to understand and work collaboratively, putting team goals ahead of individual success
- Curiosity: You’re eager to dive deep into customer problems and are always seeking new ways to innovate
- Ownership: You take responsibility for delivering impactful results and driving product success
- Clear Communication: You can explain complex concepts simply, and you value transparent, concise, and engaging communication
- Reflective: You embrace feedback and seek continuous improvement, both personally and for your products
What the job involves
- We are seeking an experienced and passionate Product Manager to drive Policy-as-Code throughout our product suite and lead the development of Sentinel
- Your mission will be to enhance its capabilities and elevate policy management for the HashiCorp Product Suite and across the Cloud Ecosystem
- You’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the evolution of policy-as-code as a cornerstone of modern infrastructure management
- Product Strategy and Vision:
- Define and Build differentiated Policy workflows and enable fully compliant Infrastructure Management
- Define and own the product strategy for Sentinel with a focus on making it the industry-leading Policy-as-Code framework
- Drive alignment and deep integration between the Sentinel framework and key HashiCorp tools (Terraform, Vault, Consul, Nomad)
- Cross-Product Integration:
- Drive Policy workflow across HCP Terraform and the HashiCorp Product Suite
- Lead efforts to advance Sentinel’s integration with Terraform for policy validation during infrastructure provisioning
- Collaborate with product teams across Vault, Consul, and other HashiCorp products to expand Sentinel’s policy enforcement capabilities
- Customer-Centric Product Development:
- Engage directly with enterprise clients and community users to gather insights into policy management needs, compliance challenges, and user pain points
- Conduct user interviews, usability testing, and customer discovery sessions to refine product roadmap and prioritize new features
- Roadmap Prioritization and Delivery:
- Own the Policy product roadmap, setting priorities by balancing market opportunities, user feedback, and strategic alignment with the HashiCorp vision
- Develop and maintain Product Requirement Documents (PRDs) and user stories for engineering, ensuring that product objectives are clearly communicated and aligned with technical feasibility
- Collaborate closely with engineering to write acceptance criteria for Sentinel features and manage feature development from conception through delivery
- Innovation in Policy-as-Code:
- Stay at the forefront of policy-as-code trends and evolving industry standards to ensure Sentinel remains a cutting-edge framework
- Explore new features that can further automate policy management, enhance security and compliance workflows, and extend Sentinel’s utility across hybrid and multi-cloud environments
- Go-to-Market Support:
- Collaborate with marketing, sales, and education teams to create compelling messaging around Sentinel’s value proposition for infrastructure governance, security, and compliance
- Lead product education sessions for internal teams (Sales Engineers, Support) and external customers, empowering them to articulate Sentinel’s capabilities and benefits
- Thought Leadership and Advocacy:
- Champion policy-as-code and Sentinel within the wider infrastructure-as-code and cloud management ecosystem
- Represent HashiCorp at industry conferences, webinars, and user groups to share Sentinel’s impact on policy-driven infrastructure management
- Defining the product roadmap and strategy for a core infrastructure product in Sentinel
- Collaborating with engineering and design to build industry-defining tools for governance, security, and policy enforcement
- Conducting customer interviews and market research to shape product requirements
- Managing a product backlog to prioritize work that drives maximum impact
- Enabling go-to-market teams (sales, support, marketing) with product insights, feature releases, and competitive analysis
Our take
HashiCorp's software streamlines cloud operations for companies' teams, offering open-source solutions to facilitate cloud migration and utilization. Additionally, the company provides commercial versions of its tools, catering to businesses that prefer managed services.
With a pay-per-hour pricing model and adaptable products, HashiCorp enables companies to construct infrastructure spanning legacy systems, private clouds, and multiple cloud providers. its flagship product, Terraform, allows developers to create consistent rules, enhancing operational efficiency and reducing costs.
In a landscape increasingly reliant on AI and automation, HashiCorp simplifies the intricate architecture of data centre management, ensuring a rising demand for its services. The company was acquired by IBM in 2024, for which HashiCorp will integrate its hybrid cloud and AI software. In turn, Hashicorp will utilise IBM's worldwide reach and R&D opportunities to grow its software capabilities and market share.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
5% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Mar 2020
$175m
SERIES E
Nov 2018
$100m
SERIES D
Total funding: $349m
Company benefits
- Medical, dental & vision
- Life & disability insurance
- Flexible spending account (FSA)
- Vacation and Other Leaves
- 401(k)
- Family Expansion Benefit
- Maternity and Parental Leave
- Expanded Mental Health Support
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Mitchell Hashimoto
(Co-Founder)Has worked as CEO and CTO of the company. Was previously Operations Engineer at Kiip, and a Developer at CitrusByte.
Armon Dadgar
(Co-Founder & CTO)Former Software Engineer at Kiip. Worked as a Software Development Intern at Amazon.
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