Remote Director of Product

Summary

Join Elastic, the Search AI Company, as Elasticsearch Product Lead and manage, build, and scale Elasticsearch, a high-impact and high-visibility role. Focus on growth and bringing its long-term vision to life.

Requirements

• History of leading product teams working on deeply technical products that have been through a comparable growth-stage
• Strong technical background, preferably in related domains such as databases, distributed data stores, and search engines; must have the ability to discuss technical concepts in detail
• Experience operating at scale in a product leadership role in similar companies, with cloud products targeting technical audiences
• A player-coach who can drive high-level strategy and execute alongside their team to deliver the needs of the customer first
• High EQ: bring technical and business acumen, compassion to the team, and someone who can help scale Elastic to the next level
• A low-ego and open-minded driver of business who cares deeply about their people. A natural problem solver
• Intellectually curious, player coach with a drive towards the end user
• Experience leading product management for multiple product lines. Can point to clear articulation of ownership and decision making across the product team and broader organisation to drive business outcomes
• Experience working with globally distributed teams and client/user base
• Cultural ambassador who has attracted, retained, and developed diverse Product teams

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team of top-notch product managers
• Define the vision and roadmap for Elasticsearch including search functionality, storage strategies, query languages, analytics, and capabilities and cloud compatibility
• Partner with the engineering and technical leads to prioritize the roadmap and estimate realistic delivery timelines
• Work with downstream solution teams at Elastic to discover, align, and prioritize their needs: understanding their use cases, timing requirements, and helping think through phased approaches
• Work with our Sales & Marketing teams on go-to-market, messaging, competitive analysis, and enablement
• Interface with customers and the community for feedback and usage information to develop product insights
• Capture market competitive and trend data and inform product direction

Benefits

• Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary
• Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
• Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles
• Generous number of vacation days each year
• Increase your impact - We match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service
• Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love
• Embracing parenthood with minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave