Confluent
Product
Principal,ProductManager
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“Principal, Product Manager at Confluent. Skills: Product strategy, Roadmap development, Data streaming. Define and drive multi-year product strategy. Drive multi-year product roadmap”
Industry & Context.
Translate complex systems
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
10+ years of experience in product management, Own and deliver product strategy for complex cloud data products
Nice to Have
Domain expertise in streaming technologies, Hands-on engineering or technical background, Comfort with systems design, Comfort with API design, Experience with open-source software, Experience determining commercialization strategy, Experience building the community
What You'll Do.
Define and drive multi-year product strategy
Drive multi-year product roadmap
Establish structured processes
Align product stakeholders
Align engineering stakeholders
Align GTM stakeholders
Align executive stakeholders
Identify high-leverage product opportunities
Identify 0-to-1 product opportunities
Define how Confluent Flink offerings work
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional collaboration; Executive stakeholders; Product, engineering, GTM alignment
Process & Methodology
Roadmap planning
Full Job Description
We’re not just building better tech. We’re rewriting how data moves and what the world can do with it. With Confluent, data doesn’t sit still. Our platform puts information in motion, streaming in near real-time so companies can react faster, build smarter, and deliver experiences as dynamic as the world around them. It takes a certain kind of person to join this team. Those who ask hard questions, give honest feedback, and show up for each other. No egos, no solo acts. Just smart, curious humans pushing toward something bigger, together. One Confluent. One Team. One Data Streaming Platform. ABOUT THE ROLE: This Principal Product Manager role is a high-leverage Individual Contributor position responsible for the complete product strategy and execution for Apache Flink across Confluent Cloud and Platform. This is an ambiguous and technical domain that requires a seasoned leader who can build durable platform capabilities, translate complex systems into clear strategy, and operate independently. WHAT YOU WILL DO: - Define and drive the multi-year product strategy and roadmap for Apache Flink across cloud and on-prem products. - Establish structured processes to align product, engineering, GTM, and executive stakeholders. - Identify high-leverage, 0-to-1 product opportunities for Flink and in adjacent areas like AI, data engineering, data warehousing, and event-driven applications. - Define how Confluent Flink offerings will work across Confluent and IBM product portfolio. WHAT YOU WILL BRING: - Proven ability to own and deliver product strategy for complex cloud data products for customers ranging from data engineers to software developers. - Deep technical expertise in distributed systems, data engineering, and cloud. Domain expertise in streaming technologies such as Kafka, Flink, or Spark is a plus but not required. - Experience leading product development across the entire lifecycle, scaling businesses from early product-market fit to substantial revenue. - 10+ ye
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