Remote Staff Product Manager, Cloud Networking

Confluent; Montgomery (AL); Remote; USD 232,000 - 272,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Confluent is seeking a Staff PM for Cloud Networking to own the platform strategy and multi-cloud surface. You will define architecture, multi-year roadmaps, and drive alignment across engineering, field, and executives to deliver scalable, secure networking across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

You will mentor PMs, develop business cases, and engage strategic customers while balancing cost, security, and performance as part of a globally distributed team.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in product management with 3+ years owning cloud infrastructure, platform, or networking products.
• Proven track record setting strategy and roadmap at platform scope, not just features.
• Deep fluency in cloud networking concepts across AWS, Azure, GCP.
• Experience with enterprise customers with complex security and connectivity needs.
• Partner with engineering leadership as a co-decision-maker on architecture.
• Strong analytical skills to model unit economics and cost/risk sensitivity.
• AI-native product management mindset integrated into research, prioritization, and design.
• Experience growing and mentoring PMs; elevates product thinking within teams.

Responsibilities

• Own platform strategy for Confluent Cloud Networking across major clouds.
• Define frameworks and standards used by PMs, designers, and engineers.
• Drive architectural decisions with engineering leadership.
• Expand scope into adjacencies like observability and cost tooling.
• Develop the product team through mentorship and feedback.
• Align stakeholders across product, engineering, sales, field, and security.
• Define and own success metrics linking milestones to business outcomes.
• Engage with strategic customers and prospects in credible technical discussions.

Skills

Product management

Cloud networking

Enterprise experience

Executive collaboration

AI-native PM

Mentor PMs

Cost modeling

Technical leadership

Tools

Envoy

Service Mesh

DNS

Kubernetes Networking

Terraform

Infrastructure-as-code

Job description

Confluent is seeking a Staff PM for Cloud Networking to own the platform strategy and multi-cloud surface. You will define architecture, multi-year roadmaps, and drive alignment across engineering, field, and executives to deliver scalable, secure networking across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

You will mentor PMs, develop business cases, and engage strategic customers while balancing cost, security, and performance as part of a globally distributed team.