Senior Product Manager

Senior Product Manager

At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation.

Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

We are seeking a Senior Product Manager to join us on this journey and play a critical role in shaping the future of NGINX and its position within the Application Delivery and Security Platform.

The Role

As Senior Product Manager, you will own the product vision and strategy for how DevOps, PlatformOps, and cross-functional operations teams manage, secure, and monitor NGINX and related F5 products in software-defined environments. This is not just a management console role — it is a role at the intersection of operational control, security policy enforcement, observability, and lifecycle automation for one of the world's most widely deployed software technologies.

Working closely with engineering, design, security, and go-to-market teams, you will define and drive the capabilities that make up the xOps Services layer of the F5 ADSP platform: policy and management, analytics and insights, orchestration and automation, and AI-assisted programmability. Your work will directly shape how teams operating NGINX at scale — from a handful of instances to thousands across hybrid and multi-cloud environments — gain visibility, enforce consistency, and reduce operational toil.

To thrive in this role, you must be energized by deeply understanding customer pain — the messy realities of fleet management, security posture drift, config sprawl, fragmented observability, and the pressure DevOps teams face to ship faster without sacrificing security. You will champion the voice of the customer and translate it into a focused, prioritized roadmap that drives measurable outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in the product vision and strategy for xOps capabilities across NGINX in service of F5 ADSP platform — spanning fleet management, security policy enforcement (WAF/DoS), observability and lifecycle automation.
• Conduct ongoing customer and market research to deeply understand the pain points of DevOps, PlatformOps, SecOps, and NetOps teams managing NGINX in production at scale, translating insights into prioritized product opportunities.
• Develop and maintain a clear, outcome-driven product roadmap in collaboration with engineering, design, and cross-functional stakeholders, balancing short-term customer needs with long-term platform strategy.
• Define and drive capabilities across key xOps pillars:
• Policy & Management — Unified configuration and security policy enforcement across NGINX instances and environments
• Analytics & Insights — Fleet-wide observability, health monitoring, anomaly detection, and actionable reporting
• Orchestration & Automation — Lifecycle automation that reduces toil and accelerates deployment pipelines
• AI Assistants & Programmability — Intelligent, developer-friendly tooling that integrates into existing DevOps workflows
• Partner with marketing and sales to position NGINX One and related xOps capabilities as the operational backbone for NGINX within the F5 ADSP, crafting narratives that resonate with DevOps engineers and platform operations leaders alike.
• Collaborate with Technical Product Managers and engineering to deliver solutions that are developer-centric, technically sound, and deployable across on-prem, cloud, Kubernetes, and SaaS environments.
• Ensure deep alignment with cloud-native ecosystems, including Kubernetes (NGINX Ingress Controller), Docker, Helm, CI/CD pipelines, and API gateway workflows.
• Act as a trusted advisor to the Director of Product Management, providing data-backed insights, competitive intelligence, and strategic recommendations.
• Define and monitor KPIs and success metrics — including adoption, fleet coverage, time-to-value, and security posture improvements — and iterate strategy based on product and customer data.
• Clearly communicate product strategy, customer outcomes, and roadmap priorities to diverse audiences, from engineering teams to executive stakeholders.

About You

• Strategic yet hands-on, capable of defining a vision while ensuring its execution through practical, well-scoped products and detailed roadmaps.
• Customer-obsessed and operationally empathetic — you've spent time with DevOps and platform teams and understand the real friction of managing infrastructure at scale.
• A natural connector who excels at collaborating across highly technical and non-technical teams, bringing stakeholders along on the journey without losing speed or focus.
• Security-aware, with an appreciation for how security and operations intersect — and why closing that gap matters for DevOps teams.
• Detail-oriented but adaptable, ready to shift priorities as customer needs or market signals evolve while still driving toward long-term platform goals.
• Team-oriented, energized by supporting and mentoring others while contributing to a culture of growth and excellence.
• Resilient, thriving in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and navigating complexity with a resourceful, solutions-first mindset.

What You Bring

• Proven product management experience in the software industry, with a strong focus on operational tooling, developer platforms, or infrastructure software — encompassing on-premise, installed, and SaaS-delivered solutions.
• Strong track record of delivering global products to a diverse customer base, from SMBs to enterprise-scale organizations managing complex, distributed infrastructure.
• Deep familiarity with DevOps workflows and toolchains, including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, and API gateways — and how teams integrate security and observability into those workflows.
• Hands-on familiarity with NGINX or similar technologies (e.g., HAProxy, Envoy, Kong), and an understanding of how operations teams manage, monitor, and secure them at scale.
• Demonstrated success in end-to-end product management for platforms that serve both developers and operations/security teams, including scaling adoption in hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
• Exceptional ability to synthesize complex operational and security challenges into clear, actionable strategies that deliver measurable customer outcomes.
• Strong customer orientation, with the ability to balance user feedback, market insights, competitive dynamics, and business objectives into a coherent product strategy.
• Exceptional communication, facilitation, and collaboration skills, with a talent for simplifying complex ideas and driving alignment across engineering, design, marketing, and executive stakeholders.
• Strong business acumen, with the ability to identify market opportunities, build compelling business cases, and prioritize initiatives that drive product growth and platform adoption.
• Willingness to travel up to 20% as required to engage with customers and stakeholders.

Why Join Us?

At F5, we believe the most valuable work is powered by actionable ideas, inspiring collaboration, and enthusiastic purposes. As a Senior Product Manager, you will work with world-class teams to deliver solutions that meet customers and developers where they are. Joining F5 offers the opportunity to work in a global, customer-focused environment that celebrates innovation and supports professional growth.