Senior Product Manager Load Balancing at Connect, protect, and build everywhere

About UsAt Cloudflare we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the worlds largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware installing software or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network which gets smarter with every request. As a result they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazines Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the Worlds Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.We realize people do not fit into neat boxes. We are looking for curious and empathetic individuals who are committed to developing themselves and learning new skills and we are ready to help you do that. We cannot complete our mission without building a diverse and inclusive team. We hire the best people based on an evaluation of their potential and support them throughout their time at Cloudflare. Come join us!Available Locations: Austin TX Seattle WA NYC Denver CO SFOAbout the DepartmentCloudflare is the largest and most performant Global Authoritative DNS provider in the world with over 35% market share. DNS and Load Balancing are integral and strategic technologies in our solution set. Today our Load Balancer is a critical segment of ensuring high availability and performance for both public traffic destined to public targets public traffic destined to private targets and private traffic destined to private targets.As a Product Manager at Cloudflare you are responsible for building products that improve the way that the Internet works. Product Managers at Cloudflare sit at the intersection of software development design and business strategy. We shape high-level product goals but also get our hands dirty. On an average day you might pitch a concept to senior leadership create a launch plan with marketing work with designers to conduct user research prototype a new feature iterate on a spec analyze usage data and pair with an engineer on implementation. We have ultimate responsibility for understanding our client needs influencing business strategy feature specification and working with engineering to develop our software.ResponsibilitiesAs a member of the growing team of product managers your responsibilities include:Own the product vision for your area. Ensure that it aligns with the overall product and company vision.Be an expert on the domain the market the trends. Evangelize the vision constantly so all stakeholders are aligned have context and understand where we are going.Represent the customer. Be the champion and voice of customers. Build intimate personal customer relationships. Bring the customers voice into the creation process.Manage the roadmap. Make tough tactical prioritization decisions while helping the company think long-term. Build trust with stakeholders by maintaining an understandable accurate roadmap.Author use cases and prioritize requirements. Translate market observations and customer feedback into a prioritized product backlog. Author use cases based on specific real-world product applications and extrapolate detailed product requirements for the scenarios.Collaborate across teams. We win or lose as a team. Product managers play a critical role in creating alignment between engineering teams and stakeholders. A collaborative attitude is essential to the job.Measure success. Own the measures used to define success for your product. Success measures must be defined at the inception of a product and tracked throughout its lifecycle. Make measures visible to all stakeholders and interpret them into actionable conclusions and new hypotheses.Develop new opportunities. With your finger on the pulse of the market the customers and the engineering teams you are uniquely positioned to discover and develop new opportunities.Desirable Skills Knowledge and Experience:The ideal candidate is entrepreneurial-minded and thrives in a fast-paced and goal-driven environment. You have outstanding communication and collaboration skills and are able to work with a diverse group get consensus and drive the product forward. You are execution focused and emphasize getting things done while paying attention to important details. You have several years of experience working with enterprise SaaS or security technologies. You have a passion for building SaaS products and want to solve the problems of performance security and reliability of the Internet. Specifically for role the ideal candidate would have experience working with DNS Load Balancing or related technologies.BS/MS in a technology- or business-related fieldExperience in building configuring or using Load Balancing products specifically with a focus with both public and private traffic load balancing.5 years of product management or equivalent experience with demonstrated ability to discover opportunities and then define and deliver productsExceptional communication presentation organizational and analytical skillsDemonstrated ability to lead drive consensus and deliver in a matrix organization with multiple stakeholdersMust be able to define and manage complex process and/or product issues of a broad scope using independent judgmentExperience balancing execution agility and culture at a fast growing business.Strong technical abilities. You are intimately familiar with modern software development practices used to build and deploy applications. Youve preferably been working full time on a software delivery team.Strong customer and stakeholder empathy. You must be not only the voice of the customer but at various times the voice of marketing finance engineering support and ops. You must be able to channel many points of view.Working knowledge of how the internet works at layers 3 through 7.Bonus PointsA solid understanding of RESTful API design & documentation.Ability to validate early ideas through quantitative and qualitative methods (A/B and multivariate testing user testing etc). Experience in user experience (UX) design a plus.Hands-on experience with command-line tools used for interacting with APIs debugging and testing (e.g. curl dig etc.)Scripting/programming experience (Python Go etc.) and/or experience with web frameworksDomain expertise (e.g. as a practitioner or technology provider) in several of: HTTP content delivery network performance browser technologies and Internet security.Pricing strategy and revenue forecasting experience.CompensationCompensation may be adjusted depending on work location.For Bay Area based hires: Estimated annual salary of $202000 - $246000For New York City Washington Washington D.C. and California (excluding Bay Area) based hires: Estimated annual salary of $192000 - $234000For Colorado based hires: Estimated annual salary of $170000 - $208000EquityThis role is eligible to participate in Cloudflares equity plan.BenefitsCloudflare offers a complete package of benefits and programs to support you and your family. Our benefits programs can help you pay health care expenses support caregiving build capital for the future and make life a little easier and fun! The below is a description of our benefits for employees in the United States and benefits may vary for employees based outside the U.S.Health & Welfare BenefitsMedical/Rx InsuranceDental InsuranceVision InsuranceFlexible Spending AccountsCommuter Spending AccountsFertility & Family Forming BenefitsOn-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance ProgramGlobal Travel Medical InsuranceFinancial BenefitsShort and Long Term Disability InsuranceLife & Accident Insurance401(k) Retirement Savings PlanEmployee Stock Participation PlanTime OffFlexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leaveLeave programs including parental pregnancy health medical and bereavement leaveWhat Makes Cloudflare SpecialWere not just a highly ambitious large-scale technology company. Were a highly ambitious large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.Project Galileo: Since 2014 weve equipped more than 2400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work technology already used by Cloudflares enterprise customers--at no cost.Athenian Project: In 2017 we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project weve provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states.1.1.1.1: We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster more secure and privacy-centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer-focused service Cloudflare has ever released. Heres the deal - we dont store client IP addresses never ever. We will continue to abide by our privacy commitment and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers.Sound like something youd like to be a part of Wed love to hear from you!This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations. Please note that any offer of employment may be conditioned on your authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license.Cloudflare is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people and place great value in both diversity and inclusiveness. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to their or any other persons perceived or actual race color religion sex gender gender identity gender expression sexual orientation national origin ancestry citizenship age physical or mental disability medical condition family care status or any other basis protected by law. We are an AA/Veterans/Disabled Employer.Cloudflare provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job. Examples of reasonable accommodations include but are not limited to changing the application process providing documents in an alternate format using a sign language interpreter or using specialized equipment. If you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job please contact us via e-mail at or via mail at 101 Townsend St. San Francisco CA 94107.Required Experience:Senior IC Key Skills Time Management,Data Analytics,Analytical,Agile,Requirement Gathering,Strategic thinking,Visio,Communication,Problem Solving,Market Research,UML,Cross Functional Teams Employment Type : Full Time Experience: years Vacancy: 1 Monthly Salary Salary: 192000 - 234000