Staff Product Manager, Cloud Networking

8+ years of product management experience, with at least 3 years owning a cloud infrastructure, platform, or networking product

Demonstrated track record of setting product strategy and roadmap at platform or portfolio scope — not just feature-level delivery

Deep fluency in cloud networking concepts: PrivateLink, VNet peering, Transit Gateway, Private Service Connect, DNS, security groups, CIDR/IP management, and their trade-offs across AWS, Azure, and GCP

Experience owning products that serve enterprise customers with complex compliance, security, and connectivity requirements

Proven ability to partner with engineering leadership as a co-decision-maker on architectural direction — not just translating engineering output

Strong analytical foundation: can model unit economics, build business cases with cost/risk sensitivity, and measure platform health through leading and lagging indicators

Practices AI-native product management — uses AI tools as a genuine thought partner throughout the product lifecycle (research, prioritization, spec writing, analytics), with sound judgment on when to use, override, and validate AI output; and brings that same mindset to product design, building features and APIs that are composable, observable, and easy for AI agents and automation to consume

Experience developing PMs and raising the bar on product thinking — through direct mentorship, feedback, or team processes

Experience with Envoy, Service Mesh, DNS and Kubernetes Networking

Familiarity with Terraform, API-first and infrastructure-as-code workflows, and how enterprise engineering teams operate networking automation

Exposure to network traffic metering, data transfer billing attribution, cost transparency tooling, or pricing and packaging strategy for cloud infrastructure products — defining packaging tiers, price points, and commercial model for enterprise buyers

Experience operating in a product-led growth or usage-based pricing environment

An MBA degree is a plus

At the Staff level, we expect more than excellent execution on a defined scope. We're looking for someone who:

Defines the playing field — identifies problems the team isn't yet working on and builds conviction for why they should be

Multiplies others — makes the PMs and engineers around them better through frameworks, feedback, and the way they structure problems

Operates without a ceiling — can go from a whiteboard architecture discussion to a customer negotiation to an executive strategy review, and adds value in all of them

Takes a position — has a clear point of view on where cloud networking is going and can defend it under scrutiny, while remaining open to updating when given new information

Belonging isn’t a perk here. It’s the baseline. We work across time zones and backgrounds, knowing the best ideas come from different perspectives. And we make space for everyone to lead, grow, and challenge what’s possible.

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