Senior Product Manager - Virtualization

About Mirantis

Mirantis is the Kubernetes-native AI infrastructure company, enabling organizations to build and operate scalable, secure, and sovereign infrastructure for modern AI, machine learning, and data-intensive applications. By combining open source innovation with deep expertise in Kubernetes orchestration, Mirantis empowers platform engineering teams to deliver composable, production-ready developer platforms across any environment—on-premises, in the cloud, at the edge, or in sovereign data centers. As enterprises navigate the growing complexity of AI-driven workloads, Mirantis delivers the automation, GPU orchestration, and policy-driven control needed to manage infrastructure with confidence and agility. Committed to open standards and freedom from lock-in, Mirantis ensures that customers retain full control of their infrastructure strategy.

Job Summary

Mirantis is looking for a Senior Product Manager with deep expertise in VMware, virtual machine management, and enterprise IT infrastructure to lead product strategy and go-to-market execution for our KubeVirt-based virtualization solutions.  

This role is ideal for someone who understands traditional VM-based workloads and is passionate about helping enterprises modernize infrastructure by bridging the gap between legacy virtualization and Kubernetes-native platforms.  

You will work cross-functionally with engineering, sales, marketing, and customer success to define product strategy, shape competitive positioning, and enable adoption across global enterprise customers.

Responsibilities:

Product Strategy & Execution

• Own the vision, strategy, and roadmap for KubeVirt-based virtualization products, with a focus on easing VMware migration and legacy VM workload modernization.
• Drive requirements based on deep understanding of VM management use cases (e.g., provisioning, HA/DR, live migration, backup/restore, monitoring).
• Translate market and customer needs into actionable product features and release plans.

Go-to-Market Leadership

• Craft compelling positioning and messaging targeting customers currently invested in VMware and looking to reduce dependency on proprietary virtualization platforms.
• Partner with sales and marketing to develop enablement assets: migration playbooks, competitive battlecards, cost comparison models, and technical whitepapers.
• Support field teams and customers in engagements focused on VM migration, hybrid cloud infrastructure, and cost optimization.

Customer & Market Insight

• Engage directly with IT infrastructure teams, platform owners, and DevOps stakeholders to understand virtualization pain points and goals.
• Monitor the evolving VMware ecosystem (vSphere, vCenter, ESXi, NSX, etc.), as well as emerging alternatives and open-source trends.
• Stay informed about licensing, cost models, security policies, and governance concerns related to virtualization.

Collaboration & Delivery

• Work closely with engineering and design teams to deliver reliable, scalable VM features on Kubernetes through KubeVirt.
• Ensure roadmap alignment with customer demand and supportability in real-world data center environments.
• Interface with partner ecosystems (e.g., hardware vendors, ISVs, hybrid cloud providers) to extend solution reach.

• 5+ years of product management experience, including ownership of infrastructure or virtualization-related products.
• Deep familiarity with VMware platforms (vSphere, vCenter, ESXi) and enterprise virtualization use cases (HA, vMotion, snapshots, etc.).
• Strong understanding of KubeVirt, Kubernetes, and containerization trends.
• Experience helping customers transition from traditional VM environments to Kubernetes or other cloud-native platforms.
• Technical fluency with storage, networking, backup, and disaster recovery as it relates to VM and hybrid environments.
• Comfortable with both strategic product planning and tactical GTM execution.
• Exceptional communication and storytelling skills—able to influence engineering, sales, and C-level stakeholders alike.

Bonus Qualifications:

• Familiarity with VMware-to-KubeVirt migration tooling, such as virt-v2v or Forklift.
• Understanding of cloud service provider virtualization offerings (e.g., AWS EC2, Azure Virtual Machines, Google Compute Engine).

What does Mirantis offer you?

• Help define the next generation of open virtualization—cloud-native, open-source, and enterprise-ready.
• Lead the charge in helping companies move off expensive, legacy virtualization stacks.
• Work in a collaborative, globally distributed team that values innovation and autonomy.
• Competitive salary, benefits, and opportunities for leadership and growth in a high-impact product role.
• Mirantis is a Leader for Container Management (#2 after AWS)!

We are a Leader for Container Management in G2 (#2 after AWS)!