Sandbox and Platform Services Product Manager
Owns the strategy and roadmap for sandbox and platform services, creating secure, self-serve developer experiences and guiding capabilities from trial to production. Requires 5+ years of technical product management experience, ideally with developer or B2B products.
About the job
Responsibilities
Product Strategy & Vision
- Lead prioritization of Platform Services across multiple initiatives, aligning cross-functional stakeholders on a unified platform roadmap.
- Execute the Platform Services product roadmap to drive developer and end-customer adoption and satisfaction.
- Design isolated testing environments with realistic test data, simulated workflows, and feature parity with production.
- Balance sandbox capabilities with security, cost, and resource-management constraints.
Sandbox Experience
- Create frictionless onboarding experiences with clear documentation, test credentials, and quick setup.
- Build self-serve capabilities, including API testing tools, CLI interfaces, and debugging dashboards.
Platform & Infrastructure
- Define usage limits, geographic restrictions, and environment refresh policies.
- Determine the key capabilities required to move configuration from sandbox or trial to production environments.
- Ensure sandbox environment stability, service-level agreements, performance, and data isolation.
Cross-Functional Leadership
- Partner with Engineering on technical architecture and implementation.
- Collaborate with Sales on commercial strategy, including pricing and value propositions.
- Build relationships with the R&D community, especially developers, to ensure community engagement and feedback loops.
Requirements
Experience
- 5+ years of product management experience, preferably in developer tools, platform products, or API products.
- Proven track record managing technical products for developer and B2B audiences.
- Experience with product-led growth and self-serve adoption models.
Technical Skills
- Deep understanding of APIs, integration testing, and CI/CD workflows.
- Familiarity with sandbox and staging environment architectures.
- Ability to engage technically with engineering teams.
- Practical experience using AI to automate systems and workflows.
Product Skills
- Strong analytical skills, with experience defining and tracking KPIs such as activation, engagement, and conversion.
- Ability to translate ambiguous developer needs into clear product requirements.
- Experience conducting user research with technical audiences.
- Ability to build defensible commercial models and track customer adoption rates and satisfaction.
Skills
APIs, Integration Testing, CI/CD, Sandbox Environments, Staging Environments, Cli, Debugging Dashboards, Product-Led Growth, Self-Serve Adoption, KPI Tracking, User Research, AI Automation
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