Redpanda is pioneering the Agentic Data Plane (ADP) - a new category in AI
infrastructure that makes it simple and secure to connect AI agents with
enterprise data and systems. Built on a multi-modal data streaming engine,
Redpanda empowers agentic applications that reason and act in real-time with
speed, autonomy, and precision.
Global leaders including Activision Blizzard, Cisco, Moody's, Texas Instruments,
Vodafone and 2 of the top 5 banks in the U.S. rely on Redpanda to process
hundreds of terabytes of data a day.
Backed by premier venture investors Lightspeed, GV and Haystack VC, Redpanda is
a diverse, people-first organization with teams distributed around the globe.
About the Role:
We are looking for a Senior Product Manager for Redpanda Connect, our high
performance data integration platform. Redpanda Connect’s open source roots
created a rich ecosystem of hundreds of connectors and its efficient
architecture and low-code DevEx makes it easy for developers to build and deploy
real-time and agentic AI pipelines at scale. You will guide the evolution of
Redpanda Connect—including shaping new connectors and data transformation
features, designing how developers deploy and manage data pipelines, and
defining data integration and orchestration features for Agentic AI workflows.
Reporting to the Head of Product, you will work with customers, study the market
to gather data, and drive the strategic roadmap for Redpanda Connect that makes
working with streaming data approachable and powerful.
This is an opportunity to work closely with product and engineering leadership
and teams at a fast-growing, well-funded startup. This role requires experience
with enterprise infrastructure technology, working closely with customers, and
collaborating cross-functionally across technical and non-technical teams.
YOU WILL:
- Meet with customers, analyze the competitive landscape, and identify market
opportunities to shape our company's product strategy
- Define requirements for new Redpanda Connect features such as new connectors,
transformations, Agentic AI use cases, UI/UX workflows, observability, and
integration points with Redpanda’s streaming platform
- Communicate new features internally and externally and help define value
propositions, messaging, and pricing
- Analyze the data integration landscape and translate insights into a
differentiated product strategy
- Collaborate with multiple internal teams (including Engineering, Sales,
Customer Success and Marketing ) to ensure we ship the right features at the
right time, with the right scope and user experience context
- Own delivery of features end-to-end, picking up tasks wherever needed,
reviewing documentation, and defining analytics required to measure success
after rollout
YOU HAVE:
- 5+ years of product management experience in enterprise software platforms,
ideally in data infrastructure, with data storage and/or real-time streaming
experience a plus
- 7+ years total experience in enterprise software companies
- Experience with Cloud infrastructure products, e.g. for IaaS, PaaS, or SaaS
platforms
- Familiarity with event streaming, data integration tools (like Kafka Connect,
Debezium), real-time pipeline platforms (FiveTran, Airbyte, Streamsets)
and/or CDC-based applications
- Experience working cross-functionally with technical and non-technical teams
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to to
concisely explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences (and
vice-versa)
- Strong project management skills, including the ability to guide and lead
multiple complex projects simultaneously
- Comfortable working with a 100% distributed / remote team, collaborating in
GitHub/JIRA, Slack, Google docs and other modern productivity tools
independently, in the open
- Comfortable switching context frequently to address customer, engineering,
and go-to-market issues and requests
- Experience working closely with highly technical products and customers
NICE TO HAVE:
- Shipped enterprise-grade feature sets for data infrastructure products and
services (especially distributed systems)
- Worked with public cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure) and cloud-native
infrastructure, including any of the following:
- Deep knowledge of cloud provider infrastructure, architectures and
deployment models
- Building features that integrate or leverage cloud ecosystem integrations
(e.g. monitoring, logging, telemetry, metering, billing, etc.)
U.S. base salary range for this role is $188,000 - $235,000 (CA, NY, WA) and
$180,000 - $220,000 (other US locations). Our salary ranges are determined by
role, level, and location. As a remote-first company, we strive to consider each
candidate's job-related skills, location, experience, relevant education or
training to determine individual base salary. Your talent partner will share
more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the
hiring process.
Redpanda is used by Fortune 1000 enterprises pushing hundreds of terabytes a
day, as well as by the solo dev prototyping a React application on her laptop.
Think of it as a streaming data API platform that scales with you from the
smallest projects to petabytes of data distributed across the globe.
Join Redpanda if you’d enjoy being part of a fast-moving, 100% remote
organization with team members around the globe and a culture based on trust,
transparency, communication, and kindness.
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