Staff Product Manager, Compute Platform

DigitalOcean

. Own the vision, strategy, and roadmap for App Platform, Serverless Functions, and DOCR .

Posted 10/31/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesLead💰 $186,400 - $279,600 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in product management for managed cloud compute, PaaS, and serverless solutions, with a strong focus on platform economics, performance, and user experience. Capable of driving cross-functional collaboration and data-driven decision-making to enhance product adoption and efficiency.

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Product Management ExperiencePaaS ExpertiseServerless Product KnowledgeKubernetes ExperienceData-Driven Decision-Making

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Hard Skills

Managed Cloud ComputeContainer ProductsCost-To-Serve ModelsAPIs SpecificationBuildpack-Based DeploysFunction RuntimesVirtualization UnderstandingMicroVMs KnowledgeCPU Architecture UnderstandingPricing Models

Soft Skills

Excellent CommunicationCross-Functional Leadership

Tools & Technologies

KubernetesHerokuCloud RunLambdaFargateECRGCRACR

Industry Keywords

Platform EconomicsWorkload MappingContainer Registry ModelsMulti-Tenant ServicesDatacenter Fundamentals

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudHerokuKubernetes

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the vision, strategy, and roadmap for App Platform, Serverless Functions, and DOCR
Define prioritized features that are simple to use and efficient to run
Own platform economics, including workload mapping, cost to serve, utilization, density, and bin-packing improvements
Track processor, virtualization, microVM, and container runtime trends and translate them into platform decisions
Define the end-to-end developer journey from source repository or container image to deployed, autoscaled, observable applications or functions
Run discovery with developers, startups, and SMB platform teams
Analyze support and community feedback and translate it into jobs-to-be-done, user stories, and acceptance criteria
Own packaging and pricing for platform services
Partner with engineering on control-plane and data-plane architecture tradeoffs
Drive performance, reliability, and efficiency outcomes through SLOs and cost targets
Monitor the competitive landscape for managed compute and PaaS offerings
Lead launches with product marketing, documentation, sales, and support
Own post-GA results including adoption, activation, retention, and margin
Report to the Director of Product and collaborate with engineering, infrastructure, finance, and GTM teams

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of product management experience
Proven track record defining and launching managed cloud compute, PaaS, serverless, or container products
Strong working knowledge of PaaS, serverless, and container registry models
Knowledge of buildpack-based deploys, function runtimes and triggers, concurrency and cold start tradeoffs, and OCI image build, storage, and distribution
Understanding of CPU architectures including Intel, AMD, and ARM and their price/performance characteristics
Understanding of virtualization, microVMs, container runtimes, and isolation
Understanding of compute, memory, storage, and network cost drivers
Ability to build cost-to-serve models for multi-tenant services and turn them into pricing and utilization targets
Ability to specify simple APIs, CLIs, and console flows
Data-driven decision-making using utilization, margin, and product dashboards
Excellent communication and cross-functional leadership
Preferred: hands-on Kubernetes experience
Preferred: prior experience on an IaaS or compute team
Preferred: experience with Heroku, Render, Fly.io, Cloud Run, Lambda, Fargate, ECR/GCR/ACR, or similar
Preferred: familiarity with datacenter fundamentals
Preferred: prior experience as an early or lead PM for a product area in a new geography
Preferred: familiarity with DigitalOcean's existing product portfolio

Benefits

Comp & perks

Reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education, subject to company policy
Flexible time off
Local team meetups
Mental health and well-being support
Equity compensation, which may include a new hire equity grant
Employee Stock Purchase Program in participating countries
Annual bonus plan eligibility for non-sales roles
Remote work