Senior Product Manager

<div class="content-intro"><p>Dive in and do the best work of your career at DigitalOcean. Journey alongside a strong community of top talent who are relentless in their drive to build the simplest scalable cloud. If you have a growth mindset, naturally like to think big and bold, and are energized by the fast-paced environment of a true industry disruptor, you’ll find your place here. We value winning together—while learning, having fun, and making a profound difference for the dreamers and builders in the world. </p></div><h2>We want people who are passionate about creating products that millions of developers will love.</h2> <p>At Digital Ocean, we want people who are passionate about creating products that millions of developers will love. We’re looking for a Senior Product Manager to lead the vision, strategy, and execution for our Digital Ocean Kubernetes (DOKS) offering. This is a key role where you’ll work on building and scaling cloud-native platforms that enable developers to rapidly deploy and manage applications with ease, flexibility, and security.You will collaborate with other high-energy Product Managers, Engineers, Designers, and Customer Success teams to deliver an intuitive, highly scalable platform that empowers our developer community.</p> <p>This is an exciting opportunity for a seasoned product leader with deep technical expertise in cloud infrastructure, developer platforms, and a customer-first mindset.In joining our team, you'll enjoy a competitive salary, great benefits, a creative and comfortable work environment, and the exciting opportunity to be part of a fast-paced, growing technology company.</p> <h2>What You’ll Be Doing:</h2> <ul> <li>Lead the vision and strategy for the DOKS product, ensuring it aligns with the broader company objectives and meets the evolving needs of developers.</li> <li>Build a prioritized product roadmap that focuses on scalability, performance, security and developer experience.</li> <li>Engage directly with customers to understand their pain points and identify areas for innovation in the Kubernetes landscape.</li> <li>Use these insights to create and improve platform features that delight our users.</li> <li>Evangelize the product via Blogs and conferences.</li> <li>Work across the organization—including product marketing, sales, engineering, and leadership- to influence and ensure alignment on product vision, strategy, and roadmap.</li> <li>Actively lead product management efforts through all phases of the product lifecycle—strategic planning, defining scope and objectives, key result tracking, and driving the execution of the roadmap.</li> <li>Ensure successful launches and continuous improvements.Support executive leadership with clear roadmap prioritization, development of business cases, and data-driven proposals.</li> <li>Present business cases that simplify decision-making and maximize impact on both product adoption and revenue growth.</li> <li>Contribute towards Product Management best practices, improve consistency, and accelerate delivery cadence.</li> </ul> <h2>What We’ll Expect From You:</h2> <ul> <li>Strong technical expertise in cloud-native technologies, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), GPU and AI infrastructure, microservices, and DevOps practices.</li> <li>You understand how these enable developers to build, deploy, and scale applications efficiently.</li> <li>A deep understanding of customer needs in the developer and Kubernetes space, including AI inference requirements on Kubernetes, with experience creating and delivering solutions that improve developer productivity and experience.</li> <li>Ability to navigate complex, ambiguous requirements and develop clear, actionable product strategies.</li> <li>Solid understanding of billing meters, financial modeling and business case development.</li> <li>Experience analyzing PL data and making data-driven decisions.</li> <li>Proven ability to work in fast-paced, agile product development environment ... (truncated, view full listing at source)