Product Manager

Job Description

Job Description

InfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB, the leading time series platform used to collect, store, and analyze all time series data at any scale. Developers can query and analyze their time-stamped data in real-time to discover, interpret, and share new insights to gain a competitive edge. InfluxData is a remote-first company with a globally distributed workforce. For more information, visit www.influxdata.com.

In this role, you’ll be a Product Manager focused on advancing integrations with InfluxDB. This encompasses our Processing Engine Plugins and Library, our Visualization / Analytic Tools Integrations like Grafana, Power BI, Apache Superset, and Tableau and the Integrations features of our InfluxDB 3 Explore UI.

You’ll collaborate with our world-class engineers and product team to oversee the prioritization and planning of new capabilities, ensuring the security, and scale of the platform overall, and you’ll be working closely with the team to clarify requirements based on customer and community feedback.

You will also work closely with our sales, sales engineering, marketing, and support teams as well as directly with our customers to get a strong understanding of customer needs and ensure customer satisfaction.

Our end users are most often software engineers developing software using our platform for time series storage, retrieval and analysis. As such, this is a technical solution and will require reasonably strong technical skills. While we aren’t specifically expecting a software developer (but certainly wouldn’t exclude one) in this role, we would expect the ideal candidate to know their way around a Linux command line and be able to write at least a few lines of Python (or other language) code or at least be able to use CURL, Postman, or some other REST type tool to test APIs. The ideal candidate will also have at least a basic knowledge of the SQL Query language and have experience with database data models / schemas.

You’ll also need to know how to manage your own time efficiently and work collaboratively with peers in other parts of the organization including documentation, QA, product marketing, support, and developer advocates. We are a completely remote company, so you will also need to be comfortable collaborating with people located across the world.

What you’ll be doing :

Product Requirements & Backlog Management

Maintain feature backlog in Productboard and review new requests

Research features through customer, sales, and support input

Present priorities to bi-weekly Product Council and write HLR documents

Feature Development

Build AI-powered functional prototypes for engineering

Prepare product briefs for Support and Sales teams

Test features pre-release and support documentation creation

Launch & Communication

Coordinate with Marketing on press releases and blogs

Participate in webinars and create launch documentation

Provide monthly updates to Support, Sales, and SE teams

Roadmap Planning

Estimate backlog items with Engineering

Build and maintain roadmaps in Productboard

Communicate roadmap changes company-wide

Data & Analytics

Add and monitor product analytics

Conduct customer surveys and interviews

Analyze usage metrics for product insights

Stakeholder Support

Assist Sales on calls and answer product questions

Monitor and respond to social media

Support Engineering with clarifications and HLR presentations

Prepare competitive analysis documents

Your skills and experience :

What you bring to the table :

2+ years experience as a Product Manager or Software Engineer; or equivalent direct domain knowledge in the database or time series space

Experienced with database software & technologies

SQL query language expertise

Experience with the SDLC process

Experience in large-scale environments, preferably as part of a SaaS or PaaS product

Superior communication skills; both written and verbal- with the ability to build strong relationships at all levels

Natural curiosity and ability to understand complex technical systems

Ability to energetically and dynamically present in front of large groups of people

Bonus points if you have :

Experience managing a database or data pipeline product

Ability to read and write Python

Experience coding with a modern programming language (Go, Python, Java, Javascript, Rust, etc.)

Experience managing both cloud and on-premise products

Familiarity with authentication and authorization protocols and technologies in an Enterprise setting (OAUTH, SAML, LDAP, etc.)

Experience with Prometheus and PromQL

Github experience

Experience using Product Management tools like Productboard or Prodplan

Experience with BI / data visualization software (Tableau, Grafana, PowerBI, Domo, Looker, etc.)

Experience with both Open Source and Commercial Products

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.

Interview Information :

Our interview process begins remotely. Interviews are typically conducted via Zoom. To ensure every candidate can participate, please let us know if you are unable to access Zoom. Some roles may require an in-person meeting with a team member as part of the final stage.

We offer fantastic benefits for full time employees; in the US these include :

Medical / dental / vision insurance with 100% coverage for employees and dependents

Company contribution to your FSA

Flexible Time Off - take the time you need

Life Insurance, short and long term disability insurance

401(k)

Wellness programs

Annual professional development budget

Financial planning and legal advice

Our Core Values

Our employees are the heart of the company and only by having a core set of beliefs and values will we be successful. We hire and live by these core values :

We value each other

We get stuff done

We believe humility drives learning

We embrace failure

We are committed to open source

Visit our careers page to learn more about working at InfluxData.

InfluxData is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other categories protected by applicable law.

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Compensation Range : $100K - $150K