Senior Product Manager - Observability Platforms

This person will be working with product and engineering partners to set a platform vision, form strong relationships with cross functional partners (both technical and non-technical), aligning on a shared vision for success, and delivering results that create meaningful business impact. This person will translate the business and user needs into a pragmatic and iterative strategy and roadmap, along with providing specifications and user stories for the engineering teams. The product manager will serve as the subject matter expert, push for adoption for new use cases, and continually improve our platform capabilities.

What You'll Do:

• Product Ownership:

  Serve as the subject matter expert and champion for release engineering, demonstrating a deep understanding of their technology, strengths, weaknesses, and market alternatives.

• Strategic Planning:

  Partner with engineering leaders to develop and maintain a compelling product vision and roadmap, prioritizing feature requests based on business value and impact, and ensuring alignment with stakeholders.

• End-to-End Delivery:

  Take full accountability for the successful delivery of platform enhancements and support, translating product outcomes into actionable engineering stories and tickets.

• Adoption and Advocacy:

  Proactively market your products internally, measuring adoption, addressing gaps, and ensuring all potential users understand the value proposition.

• Technical Acumen:

  Gain a deep understanding of the technologies underpinning your products, enabling you to influence technical pivots when necessary and architect high-level system plans.

• Stakeholder Communication:

  Maintain open and transparent communication with stakeholders, providing regular updates on product progress and ensuring alignment with organizational goals.

What you'll Need:

• Product Management Experience:

  8+ years of experience in product development, preferably with software platforms, demonstrating a proven track record of delivering successful products.

• Technical Foundation:

  3+ years of foundational understanding of software technologies, ideally with experience in accelerating deployment patterns.

• Standards Development:

  Experience in developing or influencing standards related to access management, asset provisioning, and governance processes.

• Data Analysis Skills:

  Proficiency in SQL, enabling you to extract ad hoc data for analysis and decision-making.

• Communication Skills:

  Strong written and verbal communication abilities, with a demonstrated aptitude for explaining complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

• Customer Focus:

  A passion for creating amazing, customer-centric products, with a focus on measuring their effectiveness and usability through clear KPIs.

• Collaboration and Prioritization:

  Ability to effectively collaborate across multiple stakeholder groups, juggle large initiatives, and prioritize work based on impact.

• Agile Experience:

  Experience working with engineering teams in an agile environment, including sprint planning, stand-ups, and backlog management.

• Cloud Familiarity:

  Familiarity with Google Cloud and its data offerings is a plus.