Key skills
AIAgileCI/CD
About this role
Sonatype is the software supply chain security company providing end-to-end solutions for secure software development. The Product Manager role involves representing developers in an AI-first environment, understanding developer workflows, and collaborating with engineering to build trusted products.
Responsibilities:
- Lead a product area, balancing customer needs, technical constraints, and business goals
- Develop a deep understanding of developer workflows such as dependency management, CI/CD, and software supply chain security
- Work directly with developers to understand real-world problems
- Partner closely with engineering on technical decisions and developer experience
- Use AI tools, APIs, CLIs, and prototypes to rapidly validate and iterate on ideas
- Define and manage a roadmap aligned to company objectives
- Use data to inform decisions and measure success
Requirements:
- 5+ years in product development, with experience leading product initiatives
- Experience with developer-facing, DevOps, infrastructure, or security products
- Experience working in Agile environments
- Solid understanding of modern software development tooling
- Is technically fluent and comfortable discussing APIs, system design, CI/CD, and developer workflows
- Has hands-on experience writing code or working in DevOps, SRE, or similar roles
- Has practical, hands-on experience using AI tools to build prototypes, explore solutions, or accelerate product work
- Has experience working as a Product Manager with teams that are actively adopting AI in their development workflows
- Focuses on outcomes and can translate inputs into clear priorities
- Communicates effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Strong technical background, ideally with prior hands-on engineering experience
- Ability to engage engineers as a credible partner and reason about systems and APIs
- Proven ability to apply AI tools in a hands-on way to accelerate product discovery and delivery
- Experience supporting or leading teams adopting AI-driven development practices
- Strong intuition for developer experience and ability to build trust with technical customers