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Posted May 15Staff Product Manager, Cloud Networking
at Confluent
United StatesRemote
Requirements
- ABOUT THE ROLE: Confluent's Cloud Networking team is responsible for making connectivity to and from Confluent Cloud reliable, scalable, secure, cost-efficient, and simple to use — across Kafka, Flink, Connectors, Data Governance, and Tableflow, on AWS, Azure, and GCP.
- You will work across all networking connection types — PrivateLink, VNet peering, Transit Gateway, Private Service Connect, and egress optimization — and drive alignment across engineering, field, and executive stakeholders on what we build and why.
- WHAT YOU WILL DO: - Own the platform strategy for Confluent Cloud Networking across AWS, Azure, and GCP — defining the north star, multi-year roadmap, and sequencing of bets that balance customer connectivity needs, cost efficiency, security posture, and engineering leverage - Define frameworks and standards that other PMs, designers, and engineers use to evaluate networking decisions — connection model selection criteria, cost attribution models, security control frameworks, and launch readiness standards
- requirements - Proven ability to partner with engineering leadership as a co-decision-maker on architectural direction — not just translating engineering output - Strong analytical foundation: can model unit economics, build business cases with cost/risk sensitivity, and measure platform health through leading and lagging indicators - Practices AI-native product management — uses AI tools as a genuine thought partner throughout the product lifecycle (research, prioritization, spec writing, analytics), with
- Experience developing PMs and raising the bar on product thinking — through direct mentorship, feedback, or team processes PREFERRED -
- Experience with Envoy, Service Mesh, DNS and Kubernetes Networking - Familiarity with Terraform, API-first and infrastructure-as-code workflows, and how enterprise engineering teams operate networking automation - Exposure to network traffic metering, data transfer billing attribution, cost transparency tooling, or pricing and packaging strategy for cloud infrastructure products — defining packaging tiers, price points, and commercial model for enterprise buyers -
Additional details
- We’re rewriting how data moves and what the world can do with it.
- Our platform puts information in motion, streaming in near real-time so companies can react faster, build smarter, and deliver experiences as dynamic as the world around them.
- It takes a certain kind of person to join this team.
- Those who ask hard questions, give honest feedback, and show up for each other.
- Just smart, curious humans pushing toward something bigger, together. One Confluent. One Team.
- As Staff PM for Cloud Networking, you will own the platform strategy for how enterprises connect to Confluent Cloud.
- This is not a feature-level role — you will define the architecture of our networking product surface across all clouds and connection models, set the multi-year roadmap, and operate as a co-decision-maker alongside engineering leadership on the technical direction of the platform.
- Experience owning products that serve enterprise customers with complex compliance, security, and connectivity