Kibana - Principal Product Manager II

Elastic is an open source search company that powers enterprise search, observability, and security solutions built on one technology stack that can be deployed anywhere. From finding documents to monitoring infrastructure to hunting for threats, Elastic makes data usable in real time and at scale. Thousands of organizations worldwide, including Barclays, Cisco, eBay, Fairfax, ING, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, The Mayo Clinic, NASA, The New York Times, Wikipedia, and Verizon, use Elastic to power mission-critical systems. Founded in 2012, Elastic is a distributed company with Elasticians around the globe. Learn more at elastic.co

Kibana is the UI and frontend for everything we do at Elastic. It is the application platform that powers our Elastic Observability, Security, and Search Solutions. It provides building blocks and user experiences that delight our users, accelerate development, and optimize our operations. Deployed both in the cloud and on-premises, it is one of the largest open-source projects, used by millions to answer complex questions with large data sets at scale.

Role Overview

We are seeking a Principal Product Manager II (Director Level) who can make a significant impact on product design and user experience as a highly influential individual contributor and thought leader. This leader will work across the entire Kibana platform and collaborate with other product teams to drive next-generation user experiences. Success in this role requires experience with Observability or Security products and expertise in delivering top-notch user experiences in data visualizations and analytics products.

What you will be doing

• Lead and drive the product vision of Kibana.
• Deliver key product initiatives across Kibana product areas, focusing on data visualizations and administrative experiences.
• Collaborate with other product managers and the engineering team to align roadmaps, making informed product choices and trade-offs.
• Review and approve Kibana product requirements and designs on key features.
• Interface with customers and the community to gather feedback and usage information to develop product insights.
• Capture market trends and competitive data to inform product direction, and provide insights for sales enablement and engineering awareness.
• Facilitate and participate in design thinking sessions, brainstorming concepts, testing hypotheses, and creating visual examples with wireframes.
• Collaborate with the engineering team to define and manage platform components, and understand platform architecture to drive strategic initiatives.

What you bring along:

• 5+ years of experience working on Observability or Security products.
• 10+ years of product management experience in data products and data visualizations.
• Excellent ability to distill complex concepts into clear wireframes and requirements with a focus on user experience.
• End-to-end thinking on all aspects of a use case, clearly defining customer problems and benefits.
• Proven experience working with large engineering teams and diverse stakeholders on complex UX problems, with the ability to articulate the “why” both internally and externally.
• Technical proficiency with a passion for creating scalable services that enable our community and internal developers to query, render, and take actions on data in Elasticsearch.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Comfort working in a highly cross-functional role with a distributed, global team.
• Bonus Points: Experience using Kibana and the Elastic Stack.

Additional Information - We Take Care of Our People

As a distributed company, diversity drives our identity. Whether you’re looking to launch a new career or grow an existing one, Elastic is the type of company where you can balance great work with great life. Your age is only a number. It doesn’t matter if you’re just out of college or your children are; we need you for what you can do.

We strive to have parity of benefits across regions and while regulations differ from place to place, we believe taking care of our people is the right thing to do.

• Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary
• Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
• Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles
• Generous number of vacation days each year
• Increase your impact - We match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service
• Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love
• Embracing parenthood with minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave

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