About the Role:

As a Staff Product Manager, you will be a key leader, working closely with engineering, go-to-market, and partner teams to define and deliver products that simplify the deployment and management of Confluent Platform across various environments and enable strategic go-to-market channels through OEM. You will deeply understand the needs of DevOps teams, platform engineers, and potential OEM partners, translating those needs into a compelling product vision and detailed requirements.

What You Will Do:

• Define and execute the product strategy and roadmap for Confluent for Kubernetes (CFK), ensuring it meets the evolving needs of customers deploying and managing Confluent Platform on Kubernetes.

• Drive the product strategy and roadmap for Confluent's Ansible playbooks, catering to users who prefer or require Ansible for automation and deployment.

• Develop and champion the product strategy for Confluent's OEM program, identifying target partners, defining integration requirements, and enabling successful go-to-market motions.

• Gather and prioritize product requirements from a variety of sources, including customer feedback, market analysis, competitive landscape, and internal stakeholders.

• Work closely with engineering teams throughout the product development lifecycle, from ideation to launch and iteration.

• Collaborate with product marketing, sales, and partner teams to develop go-to-market strategies, messaging, and sales enablement materials for deployment automation and OEM solutions.

• Analyze product usage and market trends to identify opportunities for growth and improvement.

• Act as a subject matter expert for CFK, Ansible, and Confluent's OEM capabilities internally and externally.

• Present product strategies and updates to internal teams, customers, and partners.

What You Will Bring:

• Experience with Enterprise software deployment, monitoring and security architectures

• Proven track record owning 0→1 or complex technical products at scale.

• Deep understanding of Kubernetes, distributed systems, and cloud-native infrastructure (preferred: AWS, GCP, Azure).

• Experience building and supporting enterprise-grade products as an engineer, product manager, or solutions architect.

• Experience building, writing, maintaining and defending a clear product roadmap and backlog backed by user stories and customer research.

• 7+ years of product management experience, with at least 3+ in platform/infrastructure domains.

• Exceptional written and presentation skills. At Confluent we rely heavily on documents to explain the vision and facilitate concrete communication.

• Ability to build relationships with co-workers and customers located around the world.

• Demonstrated ability to drive business outcomes through product changes