Product Manager – Core, Storage

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

📋 Description

• Develop and implement the product strategy for cloud infrastructure, virtualization, and storage components.

• Collaborate with engineering teams on system architecture, request for comments (RFCs), design evaluations, and technical documentation.

• Propel innovation in performance engineering, scalability, and infrastructure enhancement.

• Conduct competitive analysis and guide product direction using data insights and market trends.

• Partner with CPU, GPU, storage, and networking hardware suppliers to create integrated solutions.

• Synchronize roadmaps and delivery processes for virtualization, cloud management platforms, and infrastructure tools.

• Facilitate cross-product initiatives and ensure integration with both internal and third-party tools.

• Recognize emerging technological trends and direct long-term innovation investments.

• Assist in maintaining product quality KPIs, customer use cases, and performance benchmarks.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive technical knowledge in virtualization, storage, networking, and security within distributed systems.

• Proficiency in drafting Product Requirements Documents (PRDs) with comprehensive technical details.

• Capability to unify engineers, architects, and kernel developers around common product objectives.

• Experience leading technical design discussions and architecture assessments.

• Involvement in RFC processes.

• Strong cross-functional leadership skills across QA, DevOps, SRE, benchmarking, and compliance.

• Knowledge of FIPS, GDPR, and PCI-DSS regulations.

• Proven expertise in analyzing performance benchmarks, establishing KPIs, and making informed product decisions based on data.

• Experience collaborating on patentable technologies or filing intellectual property in infrastructure areas.

• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to foster alignment between product, engineering, and field teams.

• At least 5 years of experience in technical product management or 5+ years of hands-on experience in OS/storage/networking development or system-level Linux administration.

• Open to contractor applications.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible working hours and options for remote work.

• Support for private medical insurance.

• Employee engagement and recognition programs.

• A supportive, engineering-focused culture with minimal bureaucracy.

• An opportunity to impact Product and R&D decisions from the outset.

• Additional perks and benefits based on location and level of seniority.