Product Manager – Kubernetes

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

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the Kubernetes application-delivery product tailored for teams utilizing Argo CD in a production setting.

• Manage the entire product lifecycle, from customer discovery through to delivery, launch, and eventual adoption.

• Engage with platform engineers, DevOps teams, infrastructure leaders, prospects, and customers.

• Analyze production workflows that involve governance, coordination, visibility, reliability, and user adoption.

• Integrate insights from customer interviews, product usage, support cases, commercial feedback, and market research to pinpoint solvable issues.

• Establish product requirements, success metrics, and recommendations utilizing the 5 Questions framework, PR/FAQs, specifications, and decision records.

• Prioritize tasks based on customer value, strategic alignment, effort, risk, and potential learning opportunities.

• Collaborate with Design to explore, prototype, validate, and refine innovative solutions.

• Work alongside the Engineering Manager to discuss scope and trade-offs while Engineering leads the architectural and technical execution.

• Recruit design-partner customers and conduct pilot programs for early versions.

• Collaborate with the Director of New Product Development to shape product direction, investment choices, and market entry strategies.

• Ensure launch readiness in coordination with Product Marketing, Sales, Customer Success, and Support teams.

• Evaluate adoption and customer feedback post-release to decide on improvements, expansions, or discontinuation of the work.

• Develop and apply a comprehensive understanding of Spacelift, infrastructure as code, CI/CD, policies, cloud infrastructure, and the execution engine.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years of product management experience, including independent management of a technical B2B product or product area from discovery to delivery and adoption.

• Practical experience with Kubernetes application delivery through product management, engineering, solutions engineering, or a related technical role.

• Familiarity with Argo CD, Helm, Kustomize, and GitOps promotion across multiple environments.

• Capability to articulate how Kubernetes application-delivery tools function and identify operational or organizational challenges faced by teams.

• Working knowledge of Terraform or OpenTofu and fundamental infrastructure-as-code workflows, including Git changes, planning and applying, state management, policy, and drift detection.

• Proven ability to identify user challenges, synthesize qualitative and quantitative data, and convert insights into clear product decisions.

• Excellent written communication skills and the ability to collaborate directly with engineers and technical customers.

• Demonstrated good judgment, curiosity, and adaptability to shift direction based on evidence.

• Proficient in written and spoken English (B2 level or higher).

• Must be based in the European Union.

• Preferred: experience with Kargo, Flux, Argo Rollouts, Harness, or another GitOps delivery tool.

• Preferred: experience with cloud infrastructure, OPA/Rego, CI/CD, RBAC, audit systems, or internal developer platforms.

• Preferred: experience in B2B SaaS or developer tools.

• Preferred: familiarity with Working Backwards, 5 Questions, or other evidence-driven product practices.

• Preferred: experience using SQL, product analytics, or AI tools for research and analysis.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible work environment with options for remote-first arrangements.

• Competitive compensation packages.

• Opportunities for professional growth.

• Collaborative team culture.

• Recruitment process includes HR introduction, interview with the Director of Product Management, a take-home exercise, and a debriefing panel.