# Senior Product Manager, Cloud Networking

**Company:** [Confluent](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/confluent)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Product Management
**Salary:** $193k – $227k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** AWS, Azure, GCP, Private Link, Vpc Peering, Transit Gateway, Envoy, Service Mesh, DNS, Kubernetes, Terraform, API, Cli, Kafka, Flink
**Posted:** 2026-02-27

> Senior Product Manager leads cloud networking initiatives for Confluent Cloud, focusing on reliable, scalable private connectivity. Drives roadmap, user research, cross-functional execution, and iteration for services like Kafka and Flink; requires 5+ years PM experience in cloud tech.

## Job Description

## What You Will Do

- Understand our users: Conduct interviews and analyze data to define personas, user journeys, and key jobs to be done.
- Drive crucial aspects of Confluent Cloud Network Roadmap supporting services like Kafka, Flink, Connectors, Data Governance, etc with a heavy focus on user experience and cost efficiency.
- Define flexible interfaces powering API, CLI and Terraform, data models, and processes and launch a variety of new network options and rapidly iterate on existing ones.
- Be responsible for the whole lifecycle: Drive multi-team, cross-functional initiatives from conception through initial delivery and ongoing iteration after launch.
- Close the loop: Define quantitative and qualitative targets, measure performance against them, share results with stakeholders, and incorporate those learnings into the product.
- Manage complexity: Deliver value while handling the surprises and challenges of a quickly evolving product, ambitious partnership targets, and a rapidly growing organization.

## What You Will Bring

- 5+ years of experience as a Product Manager with focus on cloud technologies.
- Experience building and supporting enterprise-grade products as a product manager, engineer or solutions architect.
- Experience building, writing, maintaining and defending a clear product roadmap and backlog backed by user stories and customer research.
- Excellent analytical, communication & collaboration skills.
- Ability to build relationships with co-workers and customers located around the world.
- Demonstrated ability to drive business outcomes through product changes.

## What Gives You an Edge

- 6+ years of experience in Networking in a PM or technical role.
- Experience with enabling AWS/Azure/GCP private networking features such as Private Link, VPC Peering, Transit Gateway, etc for a SaaS product.
- Experience with Envoy, Service Mesh, DNS and Kubernetes Networking.
- Experience with network traffic metering and billing.
- Domain expertise in networking technologies combined with Product Management experience. An MBA degree is a plus.

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