Senior Product Manager - File Servers

Commvault is a leader in cyber resilience, providing solutions that protect data and ensure business continuity. They are seeking a deeply technical Senior Product Manager to oversee their File Server data protection and recovery portfolio, requiring hands-on expertise with major NAS platforms and cloud services.

Responsibilities:

• Own product strategy and roadmap for enterprise File Server data protection across on-prem NAS and cloud-native file services
• Define technically rigorous requirements grounded in deep knowledge of file systems, metadata structures, snapshot technologies, replication models, and change tracking mechanisms
• Hands-on experience with at least one major NAS vendor (NetApp,Dell EMC Isilon, HPE, Pure Storage, VAST) and Cloud File services (Azure Files Amazon FSx, EFS, Google Filestore)
• Leverage vendor APIs, NDMP, snapshot orchestration, replication frameworks, and scale-out architectures to deliver differentiated capabilities
• Design and evolve backup and recovery workflows for large-scale, petabyte-class unstructured data environments
• Partner directly with Engineering in architecture reviews, API design discussions, scalability planning, and performance optimization
• Validate real-world deployability by engaging hands-on with lab environments, proof-of-concepts, and customer production architectures
• Define performance and recovery SLAs, optimize metadata indexing strategies, and address bottlenecks in large directory structures and high-velocity environments
• Support technical sales engagements, competitive positioning, and field enablement with strong architectural credibility

Requirements:

• 8+ years of product management experience in enterprise storage, NAS systems, or data protection platforms
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline, MBA preferred
• Understanding of file system internals, snapshot and replication technologies, NDMP, quotas, tiering, multiprotocol access (NFS/SMB), and scale-out storage architectures
• Experience with cloud-based file services (Amazon FSx, Azure Files, Google Filestore, or cloud-hosted NAS solutions)
• Ability to engage engineering teams at a design and architectural level, not just at a requirements level
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence senior technical stakeholders
• Experience designing backup architectures for petabyte-scale NAS deployments
• Hybrid cloud file architecture experience spanning on-prem NAS and cloud-native file platforms
• Experience influencing storage vendor roadmaps or working with OEM/technology alliance partners
• Exposure to high-performance file workloads (AI/ML pipelines, media rendering, analytics datasets)