Staff Product Manager, Cloud Networking Platform (Remote)

Confluent; Springfield (IL); 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-year roadmap across cloud providers. You will shape architecture, drive alignment with engineering and leadership, and mentor the PM team to raise product thinking.

You will engage with executives and strategic customers, balancing cost, security, and performance while delivering observable business value across the Confluent Cloud Networking surface.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in product management, incl. cloud/infrastructure ownership.
• Led platform or portfolio roadmaps, not only features.
• Deep cloud networking knowledge across AWS, Azure, GCP.
• Experience with security/compliance requirements for enterprises.
• Partnered with engineering leadership on architectural direction.
• Mentored PMs and elevated product thinking.

Responsibilities

• Own platform strategy and multi-year roadmap for Confluent Cloud Networking.
• Define frameworks and standards for evaluating networking decisions.
• Drive architectural decisions with engineering leadership.
• Expand scope into adjacencies and build business cases.
• Develop senior PMs and raise the bar on research and decision-making.
• Build stakeholder alignment and present the platform vision to executives.
• Define success metrics linking to revenue, retention, and cost.
• Engage with strategic customers and prospects in technical discussions.

Skills

Product management

Cloud networking

Roadmap strategy

Enterprise experience

AI in product

Mentorship

Tools

Envoy

Terraform

Kubernetes networking

Service Mesh

DNS

API-first

Job description

Confluent is seeking a Staff PM for Cloud Networking to own the platform strategy and multi-year roadmap across cloud providers. You will shape architecture, drive alignment with engineering and leadership, and mentor the PM team to raise product thinking.

You will engage with executives and strategic customers, balancing cost, security, and performance while delivering observable business value across the Confluent Cloud Networking surface.