Staff Product Manager, OpenTelemetry
Core
Staff-level product leadership role focused on simplifying OpenTelemetry onboarding, instrumentation, and telemetry management to drive meaningful observability outcomes for developers and AI-powered coding agents.
Role type
Staff Product Manager (Developer Tools/Observability)
Builds
OpenTelemetry SDKs, automatic instrumentation, Collector pipelines, and developer experiences for telemetry ingestion and validation.
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure / Observability / Developer Tools
Deliverable
product features
Required skills
Product strategy & roadmap definition, cross-functional leadership without direct authority, OpenTelemetry technical knowledge (SDKs, OTLP, Collectors), developer experience design, data-driven decision making, AI tool integration, global remote collaboration
Preferred skills
OpenTelemetry ecosystem contribution, automatic instrumentation/eBPF experience, SRE or platform engineering background, product-led onboarding at scale
Technologies
OpenTelemetry, OTLP, Kubernetes, Cloud environments, AI tools
Responsibilities
Define vision and roadmap for telemetry journey, create instrumentation experiences, address onboarding failure causes, establish product principles, prioritize investments via research/analytics, partner on product activation, define go-to-market positioning, develop product narratives, collaborate on developer experience, design AI-agent workflows, represent needs in ecosystem discussions
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic influence
