Sr. Product Manager

vCluster is a venture-backed tech startup striving to be the leading force in enabling platform engineers. As a Product Manager, you will own the technical roadmap, translating complex cloud-native challenges into a high-value platform while collaborating closely with engineering and leadership teams.

Responsibilities:

• Drive the strategic direction for vCluster, translating high-level vision into clear product requirements and detailed technical specifications that enable efficient engineering execution
• Work hand-in-hand with leaders to navigate complex technical decisions, ensuring our architecture remains the gold standard for multi-tenant Kubernetes
• Go deep with engineering to scope features, validate implementations, and personally test alpha/beta builds to ensure we are shipping enterprise-grade infrastructure
• Engage directly with platform engineers at world-class organizations to gather feedback, understand real-world use cases, and identify the next "zero-to-one" opportunity for the product
• Conduct rigorous competitive analysis of the cloud-native ecosystem and partner with GTM teams to ensure our messaging resonates with highly technical buyers
• Act as the ultimate bridge between Engineering, Sales, and Marketing, ensuring that what we build aligns perfectly with how we sell and support our customers

Requirements:

• 6+ years of Product Management experience, with a proven track record of building and shipping platform services, cloud-native infrastructure, or distributed systems
• Experience building 'Kubernetes-as-a-Service' offerings, whether as a managed service for a cloud provider or as a centralized on-prem platform for a large-scale enterprise
• You are 'K8s-native.' You understand controllers, CRDs, and API machinery
• You are comfortable going toe-to-toe with senior engineers on complex system architecture and multi-tenant isolation
• You understand the infrastructure requirements of the modern era, specifically regarding MLOps, AI infrastructure (GPU slicing/scheduling), and LLM deployment patterns
• You thrive in ambiguity and are excited to build the product management playbook from scratch
• You take extreme ownership and drive outcomes without needing a pre-defined process
• You have 'seen this before' and know how to scale a technical product from early adoption to a predictable, market-leading engine
• Specific experience as a Platform PM building tools (IDPs) that abstract infrastructure complexity for developer teams
• Experience working with or building for bare metal infrastructure or high-performance computing (HPC) environments
• Experience navigating a company through a successful Series B+ scaling phase