Upbound is hiring a
Extensions Product Manager

Summary

The Extensions Product Manager will help manage extensions for Crossplane and Upbound, collaborate with teams, define programs, create visions, drive provider roadmaps, and work closely with customer service. A developer background, familiarity with Kubernetes, enterprise product management experience, 5+ years of Product Management experience, and public examples of code on GH/GL are required. It's a plus if the candidate has built CLI, API, and SDK products in the past, demonstrated working knowledge of Crossplane, experience creating diagrams and simple illustrations, worked with open source communities, and managed public roadmaps.

Requirements

• Developer background - you can use our products and write code to try out new features
• Very familiar with Kubernetes and the related ecosystem
• Enterprise product management experience
• 5+ years of Product Management experience
• Public examples of code on GH/GL (of any quality, this role isn't shipping production code)

Responsibilities

• Define programs for ‘official’ and ‘partner’ extensions to Crossplane and Upbound
• Create and execute on a vision for add-ons to Upbound
• Drive provider roadmaps working to help users adopt and use Crossplane to manage the most critical workloads, from AWS, Azure, GCP and more
• Develop partner strategies in collaboration to drive Crossplane adoption
• Define roadmap and vision for first party Upbound functions
• Manage roadmaps and product deliveries across both open source and commercial open core products focused on extending the reach of Crossplane
• Work with the broader Upbound product team to align roadmaps and plans
• Work closely with customer service to understand and respond to customer needs

Preferred Qualifications

• Have built CLI, API, and SDK products in the past
• Demonstrated working knowledge of Crossplane
• Experience creating diagrams and simple illustrations which enhance your content
• Worked with open source communities and managed public roadmaps