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Lead Principal Product Manager - Database Solutions

DigitalOceanSan Francisco
On-site Full-time $211.2K/yr - $264K/yr
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Experience Level

Senior Level Manager

Qualifications

Key Responsibilities:Develop and execute the strategic roadmap for DigitalOcean’s database offerings. Collaborate with engineering and design teams to create high-performance, reliable experiences. Engage with developer relations, marketing, and sales to enhance product awareness, adoption, and retention. Conduct extensive customer research and usability testing to inform product prioritization and validate solutions. Monitor competitive trends in the PaaS and serverless landscape to pinpoint differentiation opportunities. Work together with internal platform and infrastructure teams to ensure service scalability and cost-effectiveness. Performance Metrics:Customer adoption and retention ratesDeveloper satisfaction and Net Promoter Score (NPS)Application performance and deployment reliabilityRevenue growth and usage statisticsQualifications:Over 10 years of product management experience, with a minimum of 5 years focused on database technologies. Proficient in relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc.), NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Linux Foundation DocDB, etc.), vector databases, and AI initiatives within database contexts. Strong technical acumen with proven collaboration skills alongside engineering teams.

About the role

Join DigitalOcean and take your career to new heights! Work alongside a vibrant community of innovative minds dedicated to crafting the simplest and most scalable cloud solutions. If you thrive in a dynamic setting, enjoy thinking creatively, and are passionate about making a meaningful impact for developers and entrepreneurs, you’ll find your place with us. We celebrate collaboration, continuous learning, and fun while driving significant change for dreamers and builders around the globe.

We are seeking a Principal Product Manager to spearhead the advancement of our Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) offerings. In this pivotal role, you will influence the developer experience on DigitalOcean by creating solutions such as AI-optimized databases, while enhancing scalability, security, and durability. Your efforts will empower startups, SMBs, and enterprises to scale seamlessly from code to production.

As the Principal PM, you will be responsible for defining the product vision, strategy, execution, and ensuring customer success in both relational and non-relational database sectors. You will collaborate closely with engineering, design, and marketing teams, leveraging your profound understanding of cloud-native databases and your strong customer empathy to deliver exceptional products. Reporting directly to the Director of Product Management, you will play a key role in shaping the future of application deployment on DigitalOcean.

About DigitalOcean

DigitalOcean is a leading cloud service provider that empowers developers with simple and cost-effective infrastructure solutions. Our mission is to simplify cloud computing, enabling developers to launch and scale applications effortlessly. We foster a collaborative work environment where innovation thrives, and everyone contributes to our mission of supporting the world's dreamers and builders.

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