Confluent

Technology

SeniorProductManager,DeveloperExperience

$175–250k ~AI est. United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Senior Product Manager, Developer Experience at Confluent. Skills: API platform, Developer experience, AI-ready interfaces. Empower developers and operators. Automate customer operations”

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Solve customer problems; Address end user needs

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years of experience, Highly technical, Deep understanding of API/CLI/TF interfaces, Experience in making infrastructure product AI-ready, Experience building enterprise-grade products, Experience building product roadmap and backlog, Exceptional written and presentation skills

Nice to Have

Familiar with LLMs programmatic interactions

What You'll Do.

Empower developers and operators

Automate customer operations

Evolve Confluent's API platform

Make API platform AI-ready

Drive vision and strategy for API platform

Deliver AI-powered API

Think about developer & data scientist journeys

Unblock developers and data scientists

Collect customer feedback

Conduct customer interviews

Analyze data for user journeys

Define key jobs to be done

Drive API Platform Strategy & Roadmap

Simplify experience for developers

Simplify experience for operators

Simplify experience for data scientists

Define and prioritize key initiatives

Link initiatives to business outcomes

Govern API/CLI/TF interfaces

Offer consistent experiences

Empower product teams

Execute on key initiatives

Drive adoption after launch

Define quantitative targets

Define qualitative targets

Measure performance against targets

Share results with stakeholders

Incorporate learnings into strategy

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional collaboration; Multiple teams

Communication Scope

Written skills; Presentation skills

Process & Methodology

Roadmap, Backlog, User stories

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: As a product manager on the Platform team, you will be responsible for empowering developers and operators of all Confluent customers to automate their operations by evolving Confluent's API platform and making it AI-ready. You will own and drive the vision and strategy for the API platform. You think like a developer, are familiar with LLMs programmatic interactions and know how to deliver the most AI-powered, developer-friendly API, CLI, Terraform interfaces in the industry. You are also able to think about the developer & data scientist journeys end-to-end and unblock them across their jobs & interfaces. WHAT YOU WILL DO: - Understand our users: Collect customers’ feedback, conduct interviews and analyze data to define user journeys, and key jobs to be done for developers, operators, and data scientists. - Drive the API Platform Strategy & Roadmap to drastically simplify the experience for developers, operators, and data scientists across all Confluent products with AI. - Define and prioritize key initiatives by linking them to measurable business outcomes (ROI) and validated customer demand. - Govern the API/CLI/TF interfaces across all Confluent products to offer consistent experiences while empowering product teams to move fast. - Execute on key initiatives across multiple teams through initial delivery and by driving adoption after launch. - Close the loop

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