Senior Staff Product Manager, Kong Mesh and K8s at Kong Full Time

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Make Kong the default choice for North/South and East/West traffic on Kubernetes.
• Build a data-informed product roadmap, defining priorities, and overseeing the success of features for our Kubernetes products.
• Work directly with customers to make them successful with our current features and get feedback on proposed roadmap items.
• Craft and implement go-to-market strategies, including field enablement and community feedback.
• Act as a technical advocate, delivering presentations and promoting Kong’s full-lifecycle API management capabilities.

Requirements:

• Empathy, curiosity, and a willingness to try new things.
• 5+ years of software product management (or related) experience.
• The ability to get hands-on with Kubernetes and its ecosystem and debug when things don’t quite go to plan.
• A strong knowledge of API design, including breaking changes and how best to manage them with existing customers.
• Exceptional communication skills, capable of articulating complex technical concepts to a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Adaptability and agility in a fast-paced and evolving technology landscape, with a keen eye for emerging trends and technologies.

Benefits:

• Kong has different base pay ranges for different work locations globally, which allows us to pay employees competitively and consistently in different geographic markets.
• The compensation varies depending on a wide array of factors, including but not limited to specific candidate location, role, skill set, and level of experience.
• Certain roles are eligible for additional rewards including sales incentives depending on the terms of the applicable plan and role.
• Benefits may vary depending on location.
• US-based employees are typically offered access to healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan, short and long-term disability benefits, and basic life and AD&D insurance, among others.