As a Lead Principal Product Manager, you will be responsible for a major strategic product area, influencing cross-organizational outcomes and driving product success from conception through launch. You will translate customer needs, market signals, and technical constraints into a coherent strategy and lead cross-functional execution. Your portfolio will focus on AI/ML, Cloud Native, and Dedicated Cloud environments, aiming for a clearer path to production, reduced operational risk, stronger economics, and scalable product capabilities.
Key responsibilities include aligning product development with strategic customer needs, building relationships with customer executives, partnering with engineering for scalable capabilities, and leading design-partner and beta programs. You will translate customer insights into product requirements, manage product documentation, and lead complex cross-functional initiatives. Maintaining a view of the competitive landscape and providing leadership with clear recommendations on roadmap priorities and investment decisions are also crucial. The role involves enabling the field with validated architectures and deployment patterns, representing OCI externally, and mentoring other product managers.
Medical, dental, and vision insurance, short term and long term disability, life insurance and AD&D, supplemental life insurance, Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts, Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits, 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match, Paid time off (Flexible Vacation), 11 paid holidays, Paid sick leave, Paid parental leave, Adoption assistance, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Financial planning and group legal, Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance.
Requirements
Requires 10+ years of experience in product management, cloud infrastructure, or enterprise technology. A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline is required; an MBA or advanced technical degree is valued. Must have proven success in owning product strategy, roadmaps, and operational quality for complex technical products and deep expertise in areas like AI/ML, distributed systems, or cloud infrastructure. Experience engaging with strategic customers and strong analytical, communication, and economic skills are essential.
Description
As a Lead Principal Product Manager, you will own a major strategic product area that reaches across organizations and influences line-of-business outcomes. You will translate strategic-customer adoption patterns, competitive signals, field insight, and technical constraints into a coherent strategy and lead cross-functional execution through influence. Your portfolio will support strategic customers across AI/ML, Cloud Native, and Dedicated Cloud environments. Success means a clearer path to production, lower operational risk, stronger economics, and scalable product capabilities—not one-off custom solutions.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Align product development and prioritization with strategic-customer needs, company goals, workload patterns, and market signals; own and continuously evolve a clear, prioritized roadmap that drives product success from conception through launch and beyond.
Build deep relationships with strategic customer executives, architects, and engineering leaders to understand priorities, target architectures, adoption barriers, and operational requirements.
Partner with Engineering to deliver scalable capabilities that meet customer needs with industry-leading reliability, security, performance, and price-performance.
Lead design-partner, early-adopter, and beta programs that validate product direction, accelerate production deployments, and generate reusable customer patterns.
Translate customer insights into product requirements, product specifications, reference architectures, and roadmap investments; create and review product documentation, including design and functional specifications and product collateral, while distinguishing repeatable product opportunities from account-specific requests.
Lead complex cross-functional initiatives from discovery through launch, field readiness, and adoption; communicate effectively with internal partners across teams and maintain clear success measures, decisions, risks, and owners.
Maintain a current view of the AI/ML, Cloud Native, and Dedicated Cloud competitive landscape to sharpen OCI differentiation and product strategy.
Provide leadership with clear recommendations on roadmap priorities, investment decisions, customer commitments, and strategic tradeoffs.
Enable the field with validated architectures, deployment patterns, operational best practices, collateral, and executive narratives; represent OCI with customers, partners, analysts, and industry audiences.
Mentor and coach product managers and peers, raising the quality of product thinking, customer insight, and decision-making across the team.