# Principal Product Manager

**Company:** [Confluent](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/confluent)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Product Management
**Salary:** $273k – $328k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Python, Java, Scala, SQL, Distributed Systems, Data Engineering, Cloud Platforms, Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, Spark
**Posted:** 2026-06-01

> Principal Product Manager (IC) owning multi-year strategy and roadmap for Apache Flink across Confluent Cloud and on-prem. Requires 10+ years PM experience, deep technical expertise in distributed systems and data engineering, and proven ability to scale complex cloud data products.

## Job Description

## What You Will Do
- Define and drive the multi-year product strategy and roadmap for Apache Flink across cloud and on-prem products
- Establish structured processes to align product, engineering, GTM, and executive stakeholders
- Identify high-leverage, 0-to-1 product opportunities for Flink and in adjacent areas like AI, data engineering, data warehousing, and event-driven applications
- Define how Confluent Flink offerings will work across Confluent and IBM product portfolio

## What You Will Bring
- Proven ability to own and deliver product strategy for complex cloud data products for customers ranging from data engineers to software developers
- Deep technical expertise in distributed systems, data engineering, and cloud
- Domain expertise in streaming technologies such as Kafka, Flink, or Spark is a plus but not required
- Experience leading product development across the entire lifecycle, scaling businesses from early product-market fit to substantial revenue
- 10+ years of experience in product management for a technical software or cloud service product

## What Gives You an Edge
- Hands-on engineering or technical background, including comfort with systems design, API design, and several languages (e.g., Python, Java, Scala, SQL, etc.)
- Experience with open-source software and determining commercialization strategy while building the community
- Track record in data infrastructure, analytics, AI/ML platforms, real-time systems, or streaming systems, especially where the product serves customers with a diversity of technical depth

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