Senior Product Manager - Core Platform

About the Role

This opportunity is offered through a partner company operating remotely from New Zealand. The Senior Product Manager for Core Platform will have the privilege of guiding the future trajectory of a sophisticated technical platform utilized globally by enterprises to coordinate intricate business workflows.

The primary responsibility is to own and steer the product strategy for essential platform features, bridging engineering teams, client needs, and business objectives. This role merges deep technical insight with product leadership focus areas such as scalability, dependability, performance, and innovation.

You will directly influence the development and enhancement of distributed systems, delivering solutions that empower organizations to automate and refine critical operational processes. Collaboration occurs in a global, remote environment alongside skilled engineering, customer-facing, and product leadership teams.

This position suits a product leader passionate about emerging cloud-native technologies, enterprise-grade platforms, and addressing complex technical challenges.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the vision, strategy, and roadmap for core platform capabilities.
• Convert customer, market insights, and business demands into precise product requirements and priorities.
• Collect and analyze feedback from customers, partners, community members, and internal stakeholders to identify enhancement opportunities.
• Assess and prioritize feature requests by considering customer impact, business value, and technical feasibility.
• Support engineering teams by providing clear priorities, well-articulated initiatives, and actionable product specifications.
• Monitor industry trends, competitor positioning, and client needs to inform product decisions.
• Work alongside engineering, sales, and solution teams to secure effective product adoption and successful delivery.
• Lead best practices in product activities, including customer research, setting objectives and key results (OKRs), backlog management, product design, and go-to-market planning.

Candidate Requirements

• Minimum of five years’ product management experience, preferably focused on distributed systems, technical SaaS solutions, Platform as a Service (PaaS), or cloud-native platforms.
• Experience managing products targeted at enterprise IT users, such as developers, automation engineers, and operations personnel.
• Solid grasp of distributed systems principles including scalability, fault tolerance, event-driven architecture, and performance enhancements.
• Proven expertise in product strategy, customer insights gathering, roadmap development, backlog grooming, and Agile working methodologies.
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate effectively with both technical and business teams.
• Capability to clearly present product concepts and solutions to customers, partners, and internal groups.
• Experience engaging with enterprise clients and understanding complex technical requirements.
• Knowledge of technologies like Kubernetes, Docker, cloud service providers (AWS, GCP, Azure), and messaging platforms such as Kafka or RabbitMQ is advantageous.
• Experience with IT products in sectors like banking, financial services, or insurance, particularly in regulated environments is a plus.
• Technical insight into deployment, lifecycle management, and scaling of platform products is helpful.

Benefits and Perks

• Competitive salary package tailored to location, skills, and experience.
• Equity options available through a virtual stock option plan where applicable.
• Fully remote working arrangement offering location flexibility.
• Provision of home office budget and assistance with coworking facilities.
• Flexible leave policies to support a balanced work-life dynamic.
• Company-wide events, team offsites, and regional meetups to build connections.
• Health and wellness resources, including mental health support and lifestyle benefits.
• Financial protection benefits such as pension plans and insurance coverage, where applicable.
• Budget allocated for professional development including courses, certifications, and self-learning materials.
• An inclusive and collaborative culture that embraces diverse perspectives and backgrounds.

Additional Information

The recruitment process utilizes an AI-driven matching system to evaluate candidates rapidly and fairly against the fundamental job requirements, forwarding a shortlist to the hiring company. Subsequent interview and assessment stages are managed internally by the employer. The employer handles all applications and further communication.

Applicants’ personal data will be processed under applicable data privacy laws, including GDPR, for recruitment purposes. AI tools may assist in application review and analysis but do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions remain with human recruiters.