Staff Product Manager, Cloud Networking

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Responsibilities

• ▹Own the platform strategy for Confluent Cloud Networking across AWS, Azure, and GCP, defining the north star, multi-year roadmap, and sequencing of bets
• ▹Define frameworks and standards for connection model selection, cost attribution, security controls, and launch readiness
• ▹Drive architectural decisions in partnership with engineering leadership, weighing user experience, cost, and operational complexity
• ▹Identify adjacencies the team should move into (network observability, cost transparency tooling, next-generation isolation models) and build the business case
• ▹Mentor Senior PMs on the team and raise the bar on customer research and decision-making
• ▹Build senior stakeholder alignment across product, engineering, sales, legal, and security, and present the platform vision to executive leadership
• ▹Define and own success metrics at the platform level, connecting technical milestones to revenue, retention, and infrastructure cost efficiency
• ▹Engage directly with strategic customers and prospects, representing the roadmap credibly with enterprise CTOs and network engineers

Requirements

• ▹8+ years of product management experience, with at least 3 years owning a cloud infrastructure, platform, or networking product
• ▹Demonstrated track record of setting product strategy and roadmap at platform or portfolio scope
• ▹Deep fluency in cloud networking concepts: PrivateLink, VNet peering, Transit Gateway, Private Service Connect, DNS, security groups, and CIDR/IP management across AWS, Azure, and GCP
• ▹Experience owning products serving enterprise customers with complex compliance, security, and connectivity requirements
• ▹Proven ability to partner with engineering leadership as a co-decision-maker on architectural direction
• ▹Strong analytical foundation: modeling unit economics and building business cases with cost/risk sensitivity
• ▹Practices AI-native product management, using AI tools as a genuine thought partner with sound judgment
• ▹Experience developing PMs and raising the bar on product thinking

Nice to have

• ▹Experience with Envoy, Service Mesh, DNS, and Kubernetes Networking
• ▹Familiarity with Terraform, API-first, and infrastructure-as-code workflows
• ▹Exposure to network traffic metering, data transfer billing attribution, cost transparency tooling, or pricing strategy
• ▹Experience operating in a product-led growth or usage-based pricing environment
• ▹An MBA degree is a plus

Soft skills

About the company

Confluent is a data streaming platform company (founded by the creators of Kafka), an IBM subsidiary, that puts data in motion for enterprises in near real time.