Head of Product

Summary

Join Humanitec, a leader in cloud-native platform engineering, as their Head of Product. You will drive the evolution of their Platform Orchestrator, working with Product, Design, and Engineering teams. This role involves shaping the product strategy, collaborating with engineering, and ensuring the platform delivers both technical and cultural value. You will define and build out our product strategy, collaborate deeply with engineering and others across the organization, and ensure our platform doesn’t just deliver technical value, but also helps teams navigate the cultural and organizational change required for successful adoption. The position is fully remote, with preferred time zones between UTC-1 and UTC+3. You will need excellent communication and collaboration skills, at least 5 years of product management experience, deep technical expertise, and a strong understanding of developer experience. Hands-on experience with modern cloud technologies is also required.

Requirements

• Excellent communication & collaboration: You can translate deeply technical concepts into clear, compelling narratives for engineers, executives, and customers alike
• Product management skills: At least 5 years of experience in product management, preferably in a technical product, with a track record of owning roadmaps from concept to launch
• Deep technical expertise: You have either worked as an engineer or built products for engineers. You understand cloud infrastructure, DevOps tooling, and platform engineering concepts inside-out
• A strong opinion on what great Developer Experience looks like: You are passionate about making life easier for engineering teams and have a deep understanding of how developers work
• Hands-on experience with modern cloud technologies: You have practical knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, IaC (Terraform, OpenTofu), CI/CD, cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), and developer tooling
• A bias for action: You thrive in fast-moving, ambiguous environments where decisions need to be made quickly

Responsibilities

• Shape the future of Platform Engineering: Define and execute a product strategy that impacts engineering teams globally
• Drive product direction: Identify pain points, gather customer insights, and define user-centric requirements for product personas
• Work hand-in-hand with engineers: Collaborate with engineers to ensure technical feasibility, scalability, and a world-class user experience for our products on web, command-line tools, IaC, etc
• Define what great DX looks like: Simplify onboarding and activation for customers new to Humanitec
• Strengthen our go-to-market efforts: Work closely with marketing and sales to drive adoption and position our platform as a category leader

Benefits

• This is a fully remote position, and we work in small, senior, agile teams
• Preferred time zones for this role are UTC-1 to UTC+3