Product Manager, Stream Data Plane

Cribl is a remote-first company focused on empowering employees to excel in their roles. As the Product Manager for the Stream Data Plane, you will oversee the core functionalities of data movement within Cribl Stream, collaborating with various teams to enhance performance and reliability.

Responsibilities:

• Drive the Stream Data Plane roadmap — from core routing and pipeline performance to scale, resiliency, and observability of distributed systems
• Deeply understand deployment models for Cribl Stream across cloud, hybrid, and customer-managed environments — including Kubernetes, containers, and on-prem orchestrations
• Collaborate closely with engineering to define technical priorities around scalability, reliability, and performance tuning
• Partner with UX and documentation to create intuitive, low-friction experiences for configuring and operating large-scale streaming environments
• Engage with enterprise customers to understand their operational, security, and compliance needs across IT and SecOps ecosystems
• Analyze usage and performance data to make data-driven decisions that improve reliability, reduce friction, and accelerate adoption
• Evangelize internally and externally — translating complex data plane concepts into clear business value for Cribl customers and partners
• We are a remote-first company and work happens across many time-zones – you may be required to occasionally perform duties outside your standard working hours

Requirements:

• 5+ years as a Technical Product Manager or similar role in enterprise data or infrastructure software
• Proven experience with data streaming, observability, or distributed data systems (Kafka, Flink, Logstash, Splunk, Cribl, etc.)
• Strong understanding of modern deployment architectures — cloud-native, hybrid, and containerized (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm)
• Experience with enterprise IT and security products, including integrations across complex ecosystems of data sources and destinations
• Ability to translate technical performance and scalability concepts into clear product strategy and customer outcomes
• Hands-on curiosity — you enjoy running your own labs, learning new technologies, and understanding how things actually work under the hood
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in a remote-first environment
• Able to demo and explain products both at a conceptual level and with technical depth
• Experience in remote-first, distributed organizations
• Background in observability, log management, or data pipeline platforms
• Familiarity with enterprise compliance and security frameworks (e.g., FedRAMP, SOC 2, ISO 27001)
• No fear — speak your mind, share your ideas
• Good jokes (or better yet, bad ones)
• A love for goats. 🐐