Principal Product Manager OpenShift GitOps

About the Job

Are you a visionary product leader passionate about GitOps and Continuous Delivery Red Hat is seeking a Principal Product Manager to join our Hybrid Platforms product management team to work on our Kubernetes container this role you will shape the future of cloud-native continuous delivery by leading our OpenShift GitOps offering empowering developers and platform engineers with seamless automated deployments.

You will be responsible for evolving and delivering our product roadmap by collaborating with customers engineering marketing support and field teams. As the accountable party for driving the delivery of solutions that will impact hundreds of thousands of OpenShift users globally you will oversee timelines roadmap execution and ongoing stakeholder engagement. You will also engage with open source communities that support our container initiatives including Kubernetes Argo CD Argo Rollouts and other Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) projects.

As a Principal Product Manager you need to have great communication teamwork and persuasion skills. This is a great opportunity to work on a fast-growing offering alongside some of the brightest minds in open source.

What Youll Do

Collect and document input from Red Hat OpenShift users customers community members and Red Hat partners to understand customers needs; develop strategy and roadmap for OpenShift GitOps.

Research competitive solutions commercial and do-it-yourself alternatives documenting their relative strengths and weakness to develop competitive positioning and collect input for new releases

Prioritize and document requirements epics and user stories for new releases of our offerings

Guide major enhancements of our offerings by working cross-functionally with core teams across our Engineering team and the upstream open source community

Work with the OpenShift Engineering team and the overall Product team to manage releases and updates of our offerings and bring new Red Hat OpenShift solutions to market

Work with our Sales teams to respond to customer inquiries; deliver customer presentations and demos and support the overall sales process

Support sales and marketing activities including creating presentations blogs demos and other technical collateral for our offerings

Review and provide feedback on the documentation for our offerings

Participate in technical aspects of go-to-market engagements like live streams roadshows workshops webinars demos of offerings and solutions industry and partner events and sales enablement and training

Demonstrate proficiency in utilizing LLMs (e.g. Google Gemini) as relevant for tasks such as brainstorming solutions deep research summarizing technical documentation drafting communications summarizing complex technical information and enhancing problem-solving efficiency across the development lifecycle.

Explore and experiment with emerging AI technologies relevant to product management and prototyping proactively identifying opportunities to incorporate new AI capabilities into existing workflows and tooling.

What Youll Bring

5 years of enterprise software industry experience working in product management technical marketing or a similar technical product or customer-facing role

Strong understanding of the CI / CD landscape and cloud-native application architectures deployment and operations

Ability to translate complex technical concepts (e.g. CI / CD GitOps Kubernetes) into product strategy and customer value.

Strong understanding of developer experience and design principles

Familiarity with the Kubernetes and the Cloud-Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)

Familiarity with GitOps tools such as Argo CD Flux Fleet etc

Understanding of and experience with open source projects and communities

Proven track record of leading cross-functional teams to deliver impactful products

Ability to think strategically influence cross-functional teams and manage without direct authority

Capacity to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Ability to work in cross-functional environment with a distributed remote and global workforce

Understanding of technical challenges to drive well-informed decisions with the development team

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The salary range for this position is $151170.00 - $249390.00. Actual offer will be based on your qualifications.

Pay Transparency

Red Hat determines compensation based on several factors including but not limited to job location experience applicable skills and training external market value and internal pay equity. Annual salary is one component of Red Hats compensation package. This position may also be eligible for bonus commission and / or equity. For positions with Remote-US locations the actual salary range for the position may differ based on location but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience.

About Red Hat

Red Hat is the worlds leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions using a community-powered approach to deliver high-performing Linux cloud container and Kubernetes technologies. Spread across 40 countries our associates work flexibly across work environments from in-office to office-flex to fully remote depending on the requirements of their role. Red Hatters are encouraged to bring their best ideas no matter their title or tenure. Were a leader in open source because of our open and inclusive environment. We hire creative passionate people ready to contribute their ideas help solve complex problems and make an impact.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical dental and vision coverage

Flexible Spending Account - healthcare and dependent care

Health Savings Account - high deductible medical plan

Retirement 401(k) with employer match

Paid time off and holidays

Paid parental leave plans for all new parents

Leave benefits including disability paid family medical leave and paid military leave

Additional benefits including employee stock purchase plan family planning reimbursement tuition reimbursement transportation expense account employee assistance program and more!

Note : These benefits are only applicable to full time permanent associates at Red Hat located in the United States.

Inclusion at Red Hat

Red Hats culture is built on the open source principles of transparency collaboration and inclusion where the best ideas can come from anywhere and anyone. When this is realized it empowers people from different backgrounds perspectives and experiences to come together to share ideas challenge the status quo and drive innovation. Our aspiration is that everyone experiences this culture with equal opportunity and access and that all voices are not only heard but also celebrated. We hope you will join our celebration and we welcome and encourage applicants from all the beautiful dimensions that compose our global village.

Equal Opportunity Policy (EEO)

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Required Experience :

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Key Skills

Time Management,Data Analytics,Analytical,Agile,Requirement Gathering,Strategic thinking,Visio,Communication,Problem Solving,Market Research,UML,Cross Functional Teams

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 151170 - 249390