Senior Product Manager

Position Overview

We are seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead the strategy, roadmap, and development of a cloud-based enterprise research platform. This role requires strong technical product management experience, hands-on knowledge of cloud infrastructure, and the ability to work closely with engineering, security, data, research, and business stakeholders.

Job Details

• Role: Senior Product Manager
• Focus Area: Cloud-Based Research / Enterprise Platform
• Location: On-site; exact location to be shared with qualified candidates
• Work Arrangement: On-site requirement applies
• Work Authorization: Must be authorized to work in the United States
• Contract Duration: Short-term contract; exact dates to be shared during the screening process

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years of technical product management experience.
• At least 4 years of hands-on experience working directly with cloud infrastructure such as AWS, Azure, or GCP in a product or engineering capacity.
• Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure and services, including compute, storage, networking, security, containers, and orchestration.
• Hands-on experience with system design for cloud-based applications and systems.
• Strong knowledge of platform engineering principles, including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, observability, and monitoring.
• Strong understanding of modern AI-based development workflows.
• Proven track record of shipping successful enterprise or research-and-development-focused products from concept through launch.
• Experience collaborating with security and compliance teams, including data governance, access controls, and risk review processes.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, security, data, business, and end-user stakeholders.
• Experience defining strategy and roadmaps for enterprise platforms.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage business, technical, and executive stakeholders.
• Experience with academic research-based workflows is a strong plus.

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Important: Candidates with only project management or program management experience should not be submitted. This role requires true technical product management experience with direct cloud infrastructure exposure.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end product strategy and roadmap for a cloud-based enterprise platform.
• Partner with researchers and business stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into clear product specifications and priorities.
• Understand user needs, pain points, workflows, and use cases to drive prioritization and solution design.
• Partner with architecture, cloud engineering, enterprise data platform, security, and delivery teams to design and develop secure, scalable platform capabilities.
• Lead discovery efforts, including user research, journey mapping, and workflow design.
• Demonstrate ownership, operate with high agency, and hold teams accountable for cross-team alignment and timely delivery.
• Balance short-term delivery needs with long-term platform strategy.
• Define success metrics and continuously measure, iterate, and improve the product based on usage data and user feedback.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and communicate product updates clearly and consistently.
• Communicate product vision, progress, priorities, risks, and tradeoffs to technical, non-technical, and executive stakeholders.

Pay: $70.00 - $90.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40.0 per week

Work Location: In person