Director, Product Management (PaaS)

We want people who are passionate about creating products that millions of developers will love.

Reporting to the SVP of the AI/ML and PaaS Business Unit, the Director of Product Management will lead DO’s product vision and strategy across our PaaS portfolio, and manage a seasoned team of Product Managers . 

The reward? You will get to work on the most cutting-edge technologies with a talented team of Product Managers, Designers and Engineers to deliver products that enable our community of more than 4 million developers to build innovative solutions without needing to handle the complexities around managing large services. This role is a great opportunity for a product leader who has technical and business expertise in data management services and application platforms for the Cloud, and has a customer-first mindset with a proven track record of building great products and teams.

In joining our team, you'll enjoy a competitive salary, great benefits, a creative and comfortable work environment, and the exciting opportunity to be part of a fast-paced and growing technology company.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Define a cloud-centric product vision, strategy, and prioritized roadmap for DO’s data management services, Kubernetes and application platforms, grounded in simplicity and differentiation.
• Work across the DO organization (product marketing, sales, etc.) to influence and ensure alignment, support and commitment on product vision, strategy and prioritized roadmap.
• Identify new opportunities and areas of investment for the business unit that delight DO’s customers.
• Interact and learn from customers to better understand pain points and to identify opportunities for improving the DO experience.
• Actively lead and participate in all phases of DOs rhythm of business, including quarterly planning, P&L data analysis and reporting, monthly and weekly product and business unit reviews and more.
• Define scope, objectives and key results for the PaaS business unit that drive business objectives.
• Support DO Executive Leadership Team during quarterly & annual planning through clear roadmap prioritization, development and presentation of business cases, data-driven proposals and justifications that simplify decision-making.
• Lead and manage a team of experienced Product Managers. Along the way you will mentor, develop and grow your team to be the next generation of leadership for the organization.
• Drive Product Management and Engineering best practices to improve consistency, accelerate delivery cadence and sustain organizational growth.

What We’ll Expect From You:

• Leadership experience in Product Management or Engineering running a large business or business unit across a public or private cloud-centric infrastructure.
• Demonstrated technical knowledge and experience driving Cloud platforms and services. 
• Ability to handle ambiguity and drive the team forward by building a compelling vision and aligning stakeholders. 
• Leadership experience managing high performing Product Managers.
• Experience with financial and business case modeling.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced and agile product development and delivery environment.
• Experience interacting with external customers directly with a passion for customer success.
• Past success in shaping software products with an eye on simplicity.
• Successfully managed a complex technical product.
• Hands-on experience as a user of cloud infrastructure is a plus.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communications skills.
• Bachelor's degree or higher in a technical or business field, such as Computer Science, Engineering, Economic/Finance is a plus. 
• MSc or MBA is a plus.

Why You’ll Like Working for DigitalOcean:

• We are proud to work here. You’ll be a part of a cutting-edge technology company with an upward trajectory, who are proud to simplify cloud computing so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. As a member of the team, you will be a Shark who thinks big, bold, and scrappy, like an owner with a bias for action and a powerful sense of responsibility for customers, products, employees, and decisions. 
• We prioritize career development. At DO, you’ll do the best work of your career. You will work with some of the smartest and most interesting people in the industry. We are a high-performance organization that will always challenge you to think big. Our organizational development team will provide you with resources to ensure you keep growing. We provide employees with reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education. All employees