Principal Product Manager

Principal Product Manager

Dive in and do the best work of your career at DigitalOcean. Journey alongside a strong community of top talent who are relentless in their drive to build the simplest scalable cloud. If you have a growth mindset, naturally like to think big and bold, and are energized by the fast-paced environment of a true industry disruptor, you'll find your place here. We value winning togetherwhile learning, having fun, and making a profound difference for the dreamers and builders in the world.

We serve the developer community and the businesses they build with a relentless pursuit of simplicity. With our customers at the heart of what we do - and powered by a diverse culture that values boldness, speed, simplicity, ownership, and a growth mindset - we are committed to building truly useful products. Come swim with us!

We are seeking a Staff Product Manager, Compute Infrastructure and hardware to lead the strategy and execution of our core compute offerings. You will be responsible for defining the roadmap and driving innovation for our compute platform, ensuring we deliver powerful, reliable, and cost-effective solutions that meet the evolving needs of our customers. This role requires a solid understanding of the cloud computing landscape, including processor technologies, virtualization, and infrastructure optimization.

What You'll Do:

• Compute Platform Strategy: Develop and champion the long-term vision and strategy for DigitalOcean's compute platform. Define the roadmap for new compute offerings, features, and enhancements, aligning with overall company goals and customer needs.
• Processor Roadmap Expertise: Stay ahead of the curve on processor technologies from Intel, AMD, ARM, and other vendors. Analyze performance benchmarks, cost-efficiency, and emerging trends to inform compute platform decisions.
• Fleet Management and Utilization: Drive initiatives to optimize the efficiency and utilization of our compute infrastructure. Identify opportunities to reduce costs, improve performance, and maximize resource allocation.
• Virtualization and Containerization: Deepen our expertise in virtualization and containerization technologies. Explore and evaluate new technologies to enhance our compute offerings and support evolving customer workloads.
• Performance and Reliability: Champion efforts to ensure the performance, reliability, and scalability of our compute platform. Collaborate with engineering teams to address performance bottlenecks, improve system stability, and enhance the customer experience.
• Cost Optimization: Identify and implement strategies to optimize the cost-efficiency of our compute infrastructure. Analyze pricing models, negotiate with vendors, and drive initiatives to reduce operational expenses.
• Competitive Analysis: Continuously monitor the competitive landscape for compute offerings. Analyze competitor strengths and weaknesses to identify opportunities for differentiation and innovation.
• Customer Collaboration: Engage with customers to understand their compute needs and gather feedback on our offerings. Incorporate customer insights into the product roadmap and prioritize features that deliver maximum value.
• Cross-functional Leadership: Collaborate effectively with engineering, finance, marketing, and sales teams to ensure alignment on compute platform strategy and execution.

Key Metrics:

• Compute Platform Growth: Track the growth and adoption of our compute offerings, including virtual machines, bare metal servers, and container services.
• Infrastructure Efficiency: Monitor key metrics related to infrastructure utilization, cost per unit of compute, and operational efficiency.

What You'll Add to DigitalOcean:

• 8+ Years of Product Management Experience: Proven track record in defining and launching successful compute infrastructure products, ideally within a cloud computing environment.
• Compute Knowledge:
• Strong understanding of CPU architectures (Intel, AMD, ARM), including microarchitectures, instruction sets, and performance characteristics.
• Ability to translate the benefits of different CPU architectures to customer use cases and articulate the value proposition of each offering.
• Datacenter Fundamentals: Familiarity with datacenter design principles, including rack layouts, power distribution, cooling systems, and networking infrastructure.
• Cost Optimization:
• Understanding of server component costs, including CPUs, memory, storage, and networking.
• Ability to analyze and optimize the cost of compute infrastructure at scale.
• Data-Driven Decision Making: Ability to analyze data, derive insights, and make informed decisions to drive product strategy and execution.
• Leadership and Collaboration: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams.

Compensation Range:

• $218,400 - $273,000

*This is a hybrid role

Why You'll Like Working for DigitalOcean:

• We innovate with purpose. You'll be a part of a cutting-edge technology company with an upward trajectory, who are proud to simplify cloud and AI so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. As a member of the team, you will be a Shark who thinks big, bold, and scrappy, like an owner with a bias for action and a powerful sense of responsibility for customers, products, employees, and decisions.
• We prioritize career development. At DO, you'll do the best work of your career. You will work with some of the smartest and most interesting people in the industry. We are a high-performance organization that will always challenge you to think big. Our organizational development team will provide you with resources to ensure you keep growing. We provide employees with reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education. All employees have access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses to support their continued growth and development.
• We care about your well-being. Regardless of your location, we will provide you with a competitive array of benefits to support you from our Employee Assistance Program to Local Employee Meetups to flexible time off policy, to name a few. While the philosophy around our benefits is the same worldwide, specific benefits may vary based on local regulations and preferences.
• We reward our employees. The salary range for this position is based on market data, relevant years of experience, and skills. You may qualify for a bonus in addition to base salary; bonus amounts are determined based on company and individual performance. We also provide equity compensation to eligible employees, including equity grants upon hire and the option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program.
• DigitalOcean is an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.

Application Limit: You may apply to a maximum of 3 positions within any 180-day period. This policy promotes better role-candidate matching and encourages thoughtful applications where your qualifications align most strongly.