Senior Product Manager – Core, Storage

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

📋 Description

• Formulate and implement product strategy encompassing cloud infrastructure, virtualization, and storage elements.

• Collaborate with engineering teams on system architecture, Requests for Comments (RFCs), design assessments, and technical documentation.

• Propel product advancements in performance engineering, scalability, and infrastructure optimization.

• Conduct competitive analysis and influence product trajectory based on insights and market dynamics.

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

• Synchronize roadmap and delivery across virtualization, cloud management platforms, and infrastructure tools for Cloud Service Providers (CSPs), Managed Service Providers (MSPs), and enterprise vendors.

• Oversee cross-product initiatives and guarantee integration with both internal and external tools.

• Recognize emerging technology trends and steer long-term innovation investments.

• Assist in defining and enforcing product quality Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), customer use cases, and performance metrics.

• Direct strategic product initiatives for Virtuozzo Infrastructure and Virtuozzo Storage core platform solutions.

⛳️ Requirements

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

• Proficiency in containers, hypervisors, orchestration, or GPU virtualization.

• Expertise in block, file, or object storage, including erasure coding, tiering, caching, or replication.

• Proven experience in crafting 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, architecture evaluations, and participating in RFC processes.

• Strong cross-functional leadership skills across Quality Assurance (QA), DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), benchmarking, and compliance.

• Familiarity with FIPS, GDPR, and PCI-DSS standards.

• Ability to analyze performance metrics, establish KPIs, and make data-driven product decisions.

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

• Exceptional communication capabilities and skill in fostering alignment among product, engineering, and field teams.

• Minimum of 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.

• Must be a contractor based in Europe.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible working hours and options for remote work.

• Share Options—everyone participates in our success through share options.

• We assist our team in obtaining private medical insurance.

• Employee engagement and recognition programs.

• Supportive, engineering-focused culture with minimal bureaucratic obstacles.

• Opportunity to influence Product and R&D decisions from the outset.

• Depending on your location and preferred employment style, additional perks and benefits may apply.