Principal Product Manager - Distributed Search
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About the role:
Splunk is looking for a hardworking, enthusiastic, and driven Product Manager to drive the future of search & data platform at Splunk. You would initially be responsible for Splunk’s distributed search processing across Splunk and Cloud Storage, which is an integral part of our core value to customers. In this role, you will define the critical features and roadmap for bringing high-scale, high-performance search to Splunk customers and app developers.
You will use your understanding of the data platforms, cloud services, and data management to synthesize ideas that improve Splunk's search platform offering. Your cross-team collaboration skills will enable those improvements to be conceptualized and delivered to drive meaningful and impactful business outcomes.
You will work in the Data Platform team at Splunk, so a real appreciation for the needs of developers is vital. Exposure to other data management and platforms is likely a plus.
You will merge attention to technical detail with an ability to understand and align to business imperatives while working hand-in-glove with cross-functional execution teams to drive customer insights and inputs directly into the development process. Ideally, you have some experience running customer advisory boards.
Responsibilities
As with any fast-growing company, day-to-day responsibilities will span the entire product delivery pipeline and include deep interaction with customers, sales, and engineering.
- Own the whole product experience for your area.
- Engage with customers, develop insights into what is possible, and uncover unarticulated needs to ensure customer success.
- Build product roadmaps based on customers' needs, including market and technology forces.
- Define product specifications, user stories, mockups, and acceptance criteria independently and in collaboration with engineering.
- Interact and collaborate with Support, NOC, and field teams to understand customer issues and drive business outcomes.
- Collaborate with Engineering, QA, SRE, and release teams to plan, drive and execute product release cycles.
- Collaborate with product marketing to support the creation of content.
Requirements
- 5-7 years of proven success in product management.
- Familiarity with cloud services, batch/stream data processing, and distributed search.
- Strong sense of empathy to care deeply about customer problems and the user experience.
- Analytical thinking skills and a data-informed approach to decision-making.
- Collaborative, with strong communication skills, including the ability to translate sophisticated technical products and features into simple concepts and presentations.
Desired Skills:
- Experience building search and data platform products with a focus on search processing, query language, high availability, performance, and scalability.
- Deep understanding of data platform market and competition.
- Strong bias for action, creative thinking, innovation, and data-informed product decision-making.
- Exposure to cloud infrastructure and agile software development
- Passion for solving interesting technical problems and building enterprise products with intuitive user experience.
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical field (e.g. EE, CS); MBA or similar degree highly preferred
What We Offer You:
If you’d like to join one of the fastest-growing and most exciting tech companies in Silicon Valley, contact us!
Benefits are an important part of Splunk's Total Rewards package. This role is eligible for a competitive benefits package which includes medical, dental, vision, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, an ESPP and much more! Learn more about our comprehensive benefits and wellbeing offering here.
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Note:
Base Pay Range
SF Bay Area, Seattle Metro, and New York City Metro Area
Base Pay Range: $171,200.00 - 235,400.00 per year
California (excludes SF Bay Area), Washington (excludes Seattle Metro), Washington DC Metro, and Massachusetts
Base Pay Range: $156,000.00 - 214,500.00 per year
All other cities and states excluding California, Washington, Massachusetts, New York City Metro Area and Washington DC Metro Area.
Base Pay Range: $143,200.00 - 196,900.00 per year
Splunk provides flexibility and choice in the working arrangement for most roles, including remote and/or in-office roles. We have a market-based pay structure which varies by location. Please note that the base pay range is a guideline and for candidates who receive an offer, the base pay will vary based on factors such as work location as set out above, as well as the knowledge, skills and experience of the candidate. In addition to base pay, this role is eligible for incentive compensation and may be eligible for equity or long-term cash awards.
Benefits are an important part of Splunk's Total Rewards package. This role is eligible for a competitive benefits package which includes medical, dental, vision, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off and much more! Learn more about our comprehensive benefits and wellbeing offering at https://splunkbenefits.com.
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