Senior Product Manager, Cloud Networking
Core
Define and execute the roadmap for Confluent Cloud's private networking features to ensure reliable, scalable, and cost-efficient connectivity for streaming applications.
Role type
Senior Product Manager, Cloud Networking
Builds
Confluent Cloud networking capabilities (Private Link, VPC Peering, Transit Gateway) enabling Kafka, Flink, and Connectors
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure / Data Streaming / Networking
Deliverable
product features
Required skills
Product roadmap definition, user research, cross-functional leadership, API/CLI/Terraform interface design, quantitative target setting, complexity management
Preferred skills
Networking domain expertise, AWS/Azure/GCP private networking, Service Mesh/DNS/Kubernetes networking, network traffic metering
Technologies
Kafka, Flink, Private Link, VPC Peering, Transit Gateway, Envoy, Kubernetes, Terraform
Responsibilities
Conduct user interviews to define personas and user journeys; Drive the Cloud Network Roadmap with focus on UX and cost efficiency; Define flexible interfaces for API, CLI, and Terraform; Manage multi-team initiatives from conception to iteration; Measure performance against quantitative/qualitative targets; Handle evolving product challenges and partnership targets
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC