Director, Product Management (PaaS)

Do you ever wonder what happens inside the cloud?

DigitalOcean (NYSE: DOCN) simplifies cloud computing so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. With our mission-critical infrastructure and fully managed offerings, DigitalOcean enables startups and small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to rapidly deploy and scale modern applications. As a remote-first organization, our employees, like our customers, are based around the world.

We want people who are passionate about creating products that millions of developers will love.

Reporting to the SVP of the AI/ML and PaaS Business Unit, the Director of Product Management will lead DO’s product vision and strategy across our PaaS portfolio, and manage a seasoned team of Product Managers . 

The reward? You will get to work on the most cutting-edge technologies with a talented team of Product Managers, Designers and Engineers to deliver products that enable our community of more than 4 million developers to build innovative solutions without needing to handle the complexities around managing large services. This role is a great opportunity for a product leader who has technical and business expertise in data management services and application platforms for the Cloud, and has a customer-first mindset with a proven track record of building great products and teams.

In joining our team, you'll enjoy a competitive salary, great benefits, a creative and comfortable work environment, and the exciting opportunity to be part of a fast-paced and growing technology company.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Define a cloud-centric product vision, strategy, and prioritized roadmap for DO’s data management services, Kubernetes and application platforms, grounded in simplicity and differentiation.
• Work across the DO organization (product marketing, sales, etc.) to influence and ensure alignment, support and commitment on product vision, strategy and prioritized roadmap.
• Identify new opportunities and areas of investment for the business unit that delight DO’s customers.
• Interact and learn from customers to better understand pain points and to identify opportunities for improving the DO experience.
• Actively lead and participate in all phases of DOs rhythm of business, including quarterly planning, P&L data analysis and reporting, monthly and weekly product and business unit reviews and more.
• Define scope, objectives and key results for the PaaS business unit that drive business objectives.
• Support DO Executive Leadership Team during quarterly & annual planning through clear roadmap prioritization, development and presentation of business …