Principal Product Manager - Cloud Applications & Data Services

Recruitment Fraud Alert

We’ve learned that scammers are impersonating Commvault team members—including HR and leadership—via email or text. These bad actors may conduct fake interviews and ask for personal information, such as your social security number.  

What to know:

• Commvault does not conduct interviews by email or text.
• We will never ask you to submit sensitive documents (including banking information, SSN, etc) before your first day.

If you suspect a recruiting scam, please contact us at www.recruitingteam@commvault.com.

 

About Commvault 

Commvault (NASDAQ: CVLT) is the gold standard in cyber resilience. The company empowers customers to uncover, take action, and rapidly recover from cyberattacks – keeping data safe and businesses resilient. The company’s unique AI-powered platform combines best-in-class data protection, exceptional data security, advanced data intelligence, and lightning-fast recovery across any workload or cloud at the lowest TCO. For over 25 years, more than 100,000 organizations and a vast partner ecosystem have relied on Commvault to reduce risks, improve governance, and do more with data. 

The Opportunity...

We’re seeking a seasoned Principal Product Manager to own the vision, strategy, and delivery of our next-generation cloud applications, database, and storage services. In this role, you will work cross-functionally with Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Support teams to define product roadmaps, drive go-to-market plans, and ensure world-class customer outcomes at scale.

 

What You'll Do...

• Product Strategy & Vision: Develop and evangelize the end-to-end product vision and long-term strategy for cloud apps, database engines, and storage offerings.
• Roadmap & Prioritization: Build and maintain a prioritized product roadmap based on market research, customer feedback, competitive analysis, and business objectives.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate across cross-functional teams—including Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Support—to translate requirements into clear deliverables and accelerate time to market.
• Customer & Market Insights: Engage directly with enterprise customers and partners to uncover pain points, validate product hypotheses, and shape future capabilities.
• Go-to-Market Execution: Partner with marketing and sales enablement to create positioning, collateral, and launch plans that drive adoption and revenue growth.
• Metrics & Performance: Define success metrics (e.g., usage, revenue, NPS) and use data-driven insights to optimize feature performance and guide iterative improvements.
• Thought Leadership: Represent the company at industry events, user groups, and conferences; contribute to blogs, whitepapers, and analyst briefings.

 

Who You Are...

• Experience: 10+ years in product management, with at least 5 years leading cloud-native application or data services portfolios.
• Technical Background: Deep understanding of cloud architectures (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS), database technologies (relational, NoSQL, NewSQL), and storage systems (object, block, file).
• Data Protection & Resiliency: Proven background in data protection, disaster recovery (DR) strategies, and cyber resiliency frameworks.
• Demonstrated Impact: Proven track record of successfully launching and scaling products used by large enterprises or cloud service providers.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with experience presenting to C-level executives and technical audiences.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering required; MBA or other advanced degree preferred.
• Location & Travel: Must be based in the United States and able to travel domestically or internationally up to 30% annually.

 

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working at or with hyperscale cloud providers (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Experience in data analytics and open table formats (e.g., Apache Iceberg, Delta Lake).
• Advanced degree with specialization in product management or technology strategy.
• Hands-on experience with modern data pipelines and data flows.
• Experience in designing and delivering developer tools or APIs for database administrators, data engineers, and ML/AI application developers.

Meet the Hiring Manager: 

Zahid Ilkal, Senior Director, Product Management

 

You’ll love working here because: 

• Continuous professional development, product training, and