Principal Technical Product Manager, Networking

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

📋 Description

• Take ownership of and lead the product strategy and roadmap for Vultr’s networking portfolio, which includes VPC, routing, NAT/IGW, firewall/security groups, private connectivity, transit, DDoS, peering, and GPU/cluster networking.

• Collaborate with engineering leadership to align customer demands and product priorities with technical architecture, engineering capacity, scalability, and long-term platform objectives.

• Convert intricate infrastructure capabilities and architectural choices into concise product requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and execution plans.

• Establish requirements for new networking functionalities, encompassing VPC features, routing and gateway operations, cross-region connectivity, and RDMA/RoCE fabric services.

• Spearhead complex cross-functional initiatives that involve multiple engineering and business teams, fostering alignment, prioritization, and decision-making.

• Discover opportunities to set Vultr’s networking platform apart in cloud, enterprise, and AI/GPU infrastructure applications.

• Maintain a comprehensive understanding of the competitive landscape in cloud networking and leverage market insights to guide roadmap and investment priorities.

• Ensure go-to-market preparedness in collaboration with marketing, documentation, support, and sales teams.

• Articulate product strategy, roadmap, technical tradeoffs, and priorities to technical stakeholders and senior leadership.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive product management experience in cloud infrastructure, networking, distributed systems, or other similarly intricate technical products.

• Experience functioning as a senior or Principal-level individual contributor with influence across various engineering teams.

• Solid understanding of data center and cloud networking principles, including EVPN-VXLAN, VRFs, routing, NAT, load balancing, firewalling, private connectivity, and network security.

• Familiarity with cloud networking technologies such as VPCs, transit networking, peering, gateways, DDoS mitigation, multi-region networking, or software-defined networking.

• Experience with high-performance networking, GPU/AI infrastructure, RDMA, RoCE, or cluster networking is highly preferred.

• Demonstrated ability to transform complex technical challenges into clear product strategies, roadmaps, and requirements.

• Strong product judgment with a background in prioritizing customer needs, technical investments, and long-term strategies.

• Proven capability to influence senior technical and business stakeholders without direct authority.

• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and establishing structure where established processes are lacking.

• Applicants must possess legal authorization to work in the United States; visa sponsorship status is requested during the application process.

🏝️ Benefits

• 100% company-paid insurance premiums for employee medical, dental, and vision plans.

• A 401(k) plan that matches 100% up to 4%, with immediate vesting.

• Professional Development Reimbursement of $2,500 each year.

• 11 Holidays + Paid Time Off Accrual + Rollover Plan.

• Increased PTO upon reaching 3-year and 10-year anniversaries.

• A 1-month paid sabbatical every 5 years.

• Anniversary Bonus awarded each year.

• $500 stipend for remote office setup in the first year, followed by $400 each subsequent year.

• Internet reimbursement of up to $75 per month.

• Gym membership reimbursement of up to $50 per month.

• Company-paid Wellable subscription.