Product Manager, Distributed Compute & Headless Execution

nTop; United States; On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

nTop is seeking a Product Manager to own how customers run and scale large‑scale distributed computing. You will define, launch, monitor, and collect results from thousands of design variants evaluated in parallel, turning insights into a prioritized roadmap for first‑party integrations with tools customers rely on.

This role focuses on a greenfield area, shaping the native headless execution experience, and understanding usage and pricing implications to guide product leadership.

Qualifications

• 4–7 years of PM experience in complex, technical B2B software.
• Experience shipping enterprise software across cloud, on‑prem, or customer‑managed environments.
• Knowledge of containerization, Kubernetes, HPC schedulers, or cloud‑native execution.
• Strong data orientation: define instrumentation and leading indicators.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the distributed computing roadmap.
• Define native experience and first integration with HEEDS, ModelCenter, PhysicsX Flux, and cloud‑native job services; decide build vs. partner.
• Define metrics: headless executions, concurrent job volume, time‑to‑result, integration adoption.
• Work with field engineers to gather requirements and validate roadmap against IT governance, security, and compute costs.
• Collaborate with design, UX research, Marketing, Sales, and CS to translate distributed computing into value for engineers and program leaders.

Skills

Product management

Roadmap ownership

Data-driven decisions

Cross-functional leadership

Tools

HEEDS

ModelCenter

OpenMDAO

Dakota

PhysicsX Flux

Job description

nTop is seeking a Product Manager to own how customers run and scale large‑scale distributed computing. You will define, launch, monitor, and collect results from thousands of design variants evaluated in parallel, turning insights into a prioritized roadmap for first‑party integrations with tools customers rely on.

This role focuses on a greenfield area, shaping the native headless execution experience, and understanding usage and pricing implications to guide product leadership.