Application Experience - Senior Product Manager

Full Time
5 months ago

Elastic is a free and open search company that powers enterprise search, observability, and security solutions built on one technology stack that can be deployed anywhere. From finding documents to monitoring infrastructure to hunting for threats, Elastic makes data usable in real-time and at scale. Thousands of organizations worldwide, including Barclays, Cisco, eBay, Fairfax, ING, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, The Mayo Clinic, NASA, The New York Times, Wikipedia, and Verizon, use Elastic to power mission-critical systems. Founded in 2012, Elastic is a distributed company with Elasticians around the globe. Learn more at elastic.co.

We're looking to add a Senior Product Manager to the Platform Team for the Elastic Stack on Elastic Cloud, the official managed service for running Elasticsearch. In this role you will be responsible for defining and delivering core services and components for which our search, observability, and security user experiences are built off of. You will help create and maintain amazing user experiences that help administrators and superusers easily manage Elastic at scale. To be successful, you will bring a strong eye for all things UX, be technically minded, and thrive in cross-functional environments.

What You Will Be Doing:

  • Partnering with teams across the organization to deliver great user experiences for administrator and security personas that simplifies what it means to manage and operate Elastic at scale
  • Gathering, synthesizing, and disseminating feedback from internal and external partners to support business requirements for core platform services and components
  • Work closely with our UI/UX teams on crafting simple journeys in and out of our products
  • Develop detailed use-cases and product requirements, working closely with engineering teams through the design, development, and release processes
  • Lay out a product strategy and prioritization for new services that will provide value to application teams across Elastic, enabling our customers, users and community to be successful
  • Define and measure product KPIs and metrics to monitor performance and growth
  • Support product marketing and sales enablement to craft customer-focused messaging and content

What You Bring Along:

  • You have 5+ years in product management for a SaaS product(s) and have a deep understanding of SaaS products
  • Very strong eye for what makes great UX. You regularly partner with design teams.
  • Experience on the administration and security areas of SaaS products
  • Experience with IAM, RBAC, and data management
  • The ability to dive deeply into the technical understanding of how a product works. An engineering background is a plus.
  • Must be comfortable rolling up your sleeves and working closely with design and engineering teams to deep dive into the details.
  • Open source experience and knowledge of the Elastic Stack is also a plus
  • Excellent spoken and written English communication skills
  • Experience or willingness to work in a distributed organization

Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary.  This role does not have a variable compensation component.  

The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is listed below.  In select locations (including Seattle WA, Los Angeles CA, the San Francisco Bay Area CA, and the New York City Metro Area), an alternate range may apply as specified below. 

These ranges represent the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting.  We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the ranges may be modified in the future.  

An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

Elastic believes that employees should have the opportunity to share in the value that we create together for our shareholders. Therefore, in addition to cash compensation, this role is currently eligible to participate in Elastic's stock program.  Our total rewards package also includes a company-matched 401k with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6% of eligible earnings, along with a range of other benefits offered with a holistic emphasis on employee well-being.

The typical starting salary range for this role is:$126,800—$200,600 USDThe typical starting salary range for this role in the select locations listed above is:$152,200—$240,800 USDAdditional Information - We Take Care of Our People

As a distributed company, diversity drives our identity. Whether you’re looking to launch a new career or grow an existing one, Elastic is the type of company where you can balance great work with great life. Your age is only a number. It doesn’t matter if you’re just out of college or your children are; we need you for what you can do.

We strive to have parity of benefits across regions and while regulations differ from place to place, we believe taking care of our people is the right thing to do.

  • 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
  • Double your charitable giving - We match up to $1500 (or local currency equivalent)
  • Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love
  • Embracing parenthood with minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave

Different people approach problems differently. We need that. Elastic is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation.

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