Principal Product Manager, Capella

Tbwa Chiat/Day Inc; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a visionary Principal Product Manager to lead the product roadmap for a cutting-edge Database-as-a-Service platform. This role offers a unique opportunity to drive innovation in cloud infrastructure and observability, ensuring the platform delivers exceptional value and performance. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, gather customer insights, and shape critical features that position the product for long-term success. Join a dynamic team that values creativity and excellence, and contribute to redefining customer experiences in the modern application landscape.

Benefits

Generous Time Off Program

Wellness Benefits

Financial Planning

Fun Perks

Qualifications

• 5+ years of product management experience in cloud infrastructure or observability.
• Strong understanding of cloud components and cost drivers.

Responsibilities

• Own the product roadmap for cloud infrastructure and observability features.
• Collaborate with teams to enhance platform monitoring and logging capabilities.

Skills

Product Management

Cloud Infrastructure

Observability

Communication Skills

Cross-functional Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

MBA or advanced degree

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Job description

As industries race to embrace AI, traditional database solutions fall short of rising demands for versatility, performance, and affordability. Couchbase is leading the way with Capella, the developer data platform for critical applications in our AI world. By uniting transactional, analytical, mobile, and AI workloads into a seamless, fully managed solution, Couchbase empowers developers and enterprises to build and scale applications with unmatched flexibility, performance, and cost-efficiency—from cloud to edge. Trusted by over 30% of the Fortune 100, Couchbase is unlocking innovation, accelerating AI transformation, and redefining customer experiences. Come join our mission.

Couchbase is seeking a highly skilled and visionary Principal Product Manager to drive the product roadmap and execution for Capella, our Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) platform, focusing on cloud infrastructure and observability. In this role, you will collaborate across multiple teams to ensure Capella delivers unparalleled value and performance for customers leveraging modern cloud technologies. This is an opportunity to own and shape critical aspects of a leading DBaaS platform, positioning it for long-term success in a competitive and rapidly evolving market.

Location: Manchester, UK

Key Responsibilities

• Own the product roadmap for cloud infrastructure and observability features, balancing short-term priorities with long-term objectives.
• Partner with engineering, operations, and finance teams to design and implement robust billing and metering systems that ensure accuracy, transparency, and scalability.
• Collaborate with the observability team to enhance platform monitoring, logging, and alerting capabilities, empowering customers to manage their applications effectively.
• Identify emerging opportunities in cloud infrastructure and observability to position Capella as a leader in the DBaaS space.
• Act as the voice of the customer, gathering insights from direct interactions and leveraging them to prioritize features and improvements.
• Collaborate with technical writers to deliver clear and comprehensive product documentation.
• Provide technical enablement content for field engineering, marketing, and customer success teams, supporting adoption and customer engagement.

Experience and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. MBA or advanced degree is a plus.
• 5+ years of product management experience, with at least 3 years focused on cloud infrastructure, metering/billing, or observability in a SaaS or DBaaS environment.
• Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure components (e.g., compute, storage, networking) and their cost drivers.
• Experience with observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry) and a deep understanding of monitoring and alerting best practices.
• Exceptional communication skills, capable of articulating complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and lead cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Why Couchbase?

Modern customer experiences need a flexible cloud database platform that can power applications spanning from cloud to edge and everything in between. Couchbase’s mission is to simplify how developers and architects develop, deploy and consume modern applications wherever they are. We have reimagined the database with our fast, flexible and affordable cloud database platform Capella, allowing organizations to quickly build applications that deliver premium experiences to their customers– all with best-in-class price performance. More than 30% of the Fortune 100 trust Couchbase to power their modern applications and build innovative new ones.

Benefits

• Generous Time Off Program - Flexibility to care for you and your family.
• Wellness Benefits - A variety of world class medical plans to choose from, along with dental, vision, life insurance, and employee assistance programs.
• Financial Planning - RSU equity program, ESPP program, Retirement program, and Business Travel Insurance.
• Fun Perks - An ergonomic and comfortable in-office / WFH setup. Food & Snacks for in-office employees.
• And much more!

Couchbase is committed to being an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Join an impact initiative group and experience the amazing feeling of Couchbase can-do culture.

By using this website and submitting your information, you acknowledge our Candidate Privacy Notice and understand your personal information may be processed in accordance with our Candidate Privacy Notice following guidelines in your country of application.

Apply for this job