Director, Product Management – Infrastructure Automation

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee product management for Perforce’s infrastructure automation division.

• Report directly to the VP of Product.

• Develop a growth strategy for infrastructure automation within the context of AI advancements.

• Implement compliance measures and controls for infrastructure.

• Take ownership of the product vision, strategy, and multi-year roadmap throughout the platform’s complete lifecycle.

• Manage, mentor, and nurture a team of 5–6 senior product managers.

• Define and prioritize resource allocation across core business areas and emerging opportunities.

• Establish success metrics and outcomes for key initiatives.

• Supervise product development from initial discovery to launch and post-release evaluation.

• Collaborate with Engineering to fulfill product commitments.

• Confirm customer issues before making substantial build investments.

• Ensure product instrumentation evaluates feature impacts, including on-premise implementations.

• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration on release planning, packaging, pricing, and go-to-market readiness.

• Interact with customers, partners, and the open-source and DevOps communities.

• Work alongside Sales, Customer Success, and Support to translate customer insights into roadmap decisions.

• Monitor competitor activities and analyst viewpoints to refine product positioning.

• Assess new technologies and trends in infrastructure automation, security, compliance, and AI-assisted operations.

• Represent the product at industry events and in discussions with customers and analysts.

• Identify opportunities for partnerships, ecosystems, and build/buy decisions.

• Recruit and retain product talent while adding specialized skills as necessary.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related discipline.

• Over 8 years of experience in product management.

• Minimum of 3 years in a leadership capacity within the DevOps, cloud, or software development sectors.

• Proven history of delivering complex enterprise software solutions from inception to launch.

• Extensive experience in managing and expanding product teams.

• Demonstrated capability to lead and inspire cross-functional teams.

• Strong familiarity with Agile development methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban.

• Solid technical understanding and ability to engage in architectural and technical discussions.

• In-depth knowledge of DevOps practices, such as configuration management, infrastructure as code, continuous integration and delivery, and containerization technologies like Kubernetes and Docker.

• Excellent communication skills tailored to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Proficiency in product lifecycle management tools like Jira, Confluence, and Aha!

• Strong customer-centric approach.

• Proven experience in defining and delivering AI-powered product features, including evaluation, governance, and production metrics.

• Experience in leading product managers within an AI-enabled product management framework.

• All employees are expected to demonstrate AI fluency appropriate to their role and level, including responsible use of AI tools, sound judgment, and compliance with the company’s AI governance and security policies.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical benefits.

• Dental benefits.

• Vision benefits.

• Retirement benefits.

• Life insurance.

• Wellness programs.

• Generous time off.

• Additional employee perks.

• Opportunities for learning and career development.

• AI fluency training and responsible use of AI tools.

• Start-up experience combined with the stability of an established, privately held, profitable company.