Staff Product Manager, Cloud Networking — Remote & Equity

Confluent; Sacramento (CA); Remote; USD 232,000 - 272,000; Full time

Job summary

Confluent is seeking a Staff PM for Cloud Networking to own the platform strategy and multi-cloud roadmap. You will shape how enterprises connect to Confluent Cloud, aligning across engineering, sales, and leadership to drive secure, cost-efficient networking offerings.

You will lead architectural decisions, mentor PMs, and work with executives to secure multi-year platform investment while engaging with strategic customers and partners.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in product management with cloud infrastructure experience.
• Proven track record defining platform roadmaps.
• Deep cloud networking knowledge across AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Experience with enterprise security/compliance requirements.
• Ability to partner with engineering leadership.
• Strong cost and value storytelling.
• AI-native product management mindset.
• Experience mentoring PMs.

Responsibilities

• Own the platform strategy across cloud networking.
• Define frameworks and standards for decisions.
• Drive architectural decisions with engineering leadership.
• Expand scope to adjacencies with business cases.
• Develop the product team through mentoring.
• Build senior stakeholder alignment with executives.
• Define and own success metrics linking to revenue.
• Engage strategic customers in technical conversations.

Skills

8+ years PM experience

Cloud infra/Networking

Product strategy & roadmap

Cloud networking concepts

Enterprise security/compliance

Architectural direction collaboration

Cost analytics & unit economics

AI-native product management

Mentorship & leadership

Tools

Envoy

Service Mesh

Terraform

Kubernetes Networking

Job description

Confluent is seeking a Staff PM for Cloud Networking to own the platform strategy and multi-cloud roadmap. You will shape how enterprises connect to Confluent Cloud, aligning across engineering, sales, and leadership to drive secure, cost-efficient networking offerings.

You will lead architectural decisions, mentor PMs, and work with executives to secure multi-year platform investment while engaging with strategic customers and partners.