Principal Product Manager – Open Meter & Billing

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

📋 Description

• Take charge of the strategy and narrative.

• Establish the roadmap.

• Manage competitive positioning.

• Lead the go-to-market initiatives.

• Foster alignment across teams.

• Develop the open source strategy.

• Propel the product forward.

⛳️ Requirements

• Experience as a founder.

• Strong technical fluency.

• Expertise in the relevant domain.

• Outstanding written communication skills.

• Strong product judgment in ambiguous situations.

• Preference for simplicity.

• Preferable: Experience in API infrastructure, FinOps, or AI infrastructure, along with a background in leading open-source product strategy.

🏝️ Benefits

• Kong is the leader in cloud connectivity.

• Our platform manages trillions of API calls and is relied upon by some of the world's largest companies.

• Metering & Billing represents one of our most significant opportunities: as AI transitions software pricing from seats to consumption, every organization utilizing Kong will need a method to meter and monetize their output.

• You will be the product leader influencing this layer, with the scope of a founder, executive support, and a clear mandate to excel in the category.

• You will oversee strategy, product development, go-to-market efforts, positioning, hiring input, and executive communications: not just a part of it, but the entirety.

• You will make impactful decisions that have real consequences, on a product integral to the company, within a dynamic market.