Senior Product Manager - Cloud and Virtual Platforms

Your Career at Rubrik 

Rubrik is one of the fastest growing companies in Silicon Valley, revolutionizing data protection and management in the emerging multi-cloud world. We are a one-of-a-kind company with a one-of-a-kind purpose, inspiring passion and drive in team members around a meaningful purpose of securing the world’s data. What we do truly matters and our team members have unlimited potential and endless possibilities for growth. We provide you the tools, resources, and mentorship you need to develop your skills and reach new career heights.

Unleash your full potential and make a lasting impact on the world.

About the Product Org

The Product Team at Rubrik is responsible for driving Rubrik’s mission of securing the world’s data by creating products that simplify the complexity of managing cyber resilience across all applications and types of data. We seek to build consumer grade experiences to solve the hardest and most complex enterprise challenges.

About the Team

The Platform Product team is responsible for delivering Rubrik’s industry leading SaaS solution across all environments–ranging from the data center to the cloud.  We ensure that we can meet customer’s needs to deliver our solution across a range of server platforms from multiple vendors, onto all leading hypervisors and into hyperscale cloud providers.

About the Role

1. Own Rubrik's cloud and virtual scale out cluster software:

a. Lead the full product lifecycle, from ideation through development, launch, and ongoing enhancements.
b. Drive alignment and consistency of management between cloud offerings and on-premises solutions deployed on the industry leading virtualization platforms to ensure our solution can be deployed in any environment on the latest server platforms.  
c. Define and communicate the product vision, strategy, and roadmap, aligning with customer needs and business objectives.
d. Collaborate with engineering, design, and marketing teams to develop new features and optimize existing functionalities.
e. Monitor and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) to assess product success and drive data-driven decisions for continuous improvement.
f.  Engage with customers and partners to gather feedback and drive product improvements based on their needs.

2. Drive strategic product initiatives:

a. Continuously evaluate the competitive landscape and market trends to identify opportunities and threats.
b. Develop and execute strategies to differentiate Rubrik’s offerings and strengthen market position.
c. Communicate the product vision and strategy effectively to internal and external stakeholders, ensuring alignment and support.

3. Support and engage with Rubrik field, the Rubrik reseller community and customers:

a. Provide technical expertise and support to sales teams and resellers, enabling them to deliver compelling data management solutions.
b. Develop training and enablement materials to ensure sales teams and resellers are well-equipped to sell and support Rubrik products.
c. Engage with key customers and prospects to understand their needs and nt collaboration, interpersonal and verbal and written communication skills.

4. Utilize industry standard product management methodologies to document and communicate product status and roadmap:

a. Write detailed and complex documentation for both internal and external audiences, ensuring clarity and thoroughness.
b. Present technical material to small and large audiences, effectively communicating complex concepts and product features.
c. Maintain open and effective communication channels with all stakeholders to foster collaboration and transparency.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or Operations Management.

• Experience with defining, building, launching and supporting SaaS cloud platforms. 

• Strong understanding and working knowledge of public cloud infrastructure including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

• Experience with deploying software and SaaS solutions on key virtualization platforms, including Microsoft HyperV, VMware ESXi, Nutanix AHV and Red Hat RHEV (KVM).

• Understands modeling and optimizing cost for cloud SaaS offerings. 

• Needs to understand the traditional on-premises data center infrastructure and workloads, including virtualization and databases. 

• Is able to apply cloud concepts to modernize workloads and management of workload data.

• 5+ years of experience in product management or a related field, with a strong understanding of hardware and software integration.

• Strong understanding of cloud data management solutions and data center infrastructure.

• Experience presenting technical material to small and large audiences.

• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines.Data protection and/or cyber security experience (desirable).

• Experience writing detailed complex documentation.Experience presenting technical material to small and large audiences.

• A desire to continuously learn and have fun.

• Demonstrate the value of Rubrik’s solutions.