Staff Product Manager

The role

You will own the strategic vision, development, and execution of DigitalOcean's Data and AI platform. You will define product strategy, drive the roadmap for data infrastructure, and collaborate with Engineering, Infrastructure, and Go-to-Market teams.

What you will do

• Define and drive the multi-year product strategy and roadmap for DigitalOcean's Data and AI portfolio.
• Lead development of next-generation data primitives including vector databases, knowledge bases, MCP integrations, and open table formats.
• Conduct deep market and competitive analysis to shape pricing, positioning, and go-to-market strategies.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Engineering, Infrastructure, and Capacity Planning.
• Serve as the voice of the customer to prioritize features.
• Define and track key performance metrics like utilization, reliability, and deployment velocity.

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of product management experience with a focus on cloud-native data platforms, managed databases, or large-scale analytics infrastructure.
• Proven expertise in the full lifecycle of data or AI products.
• Deep technical fluency in modern data patterns: vector embeddings, knowledge bases, SQL-based analytics, data lake architectures (Iceberg), and the emerging AI agent ecosystem (MCP).
• Demonstrated ability to communicate strategic decisions to C-level executives and build alignment across diverse technical and business stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to present complex technical and strategic topics to diverse audiences.
• Strong analytical background with experience in capacity planning, scaling economics, and competitive pricing models for cloud services.
• High ownership mindset with a track record of navigating complex technical constraints.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field — or equivalent practical experience building technical products.

Benefits

• Reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education, subject to company policy.
• Flexible time off.
• Local team meetups.
• Mental health and well being support.
• New hire equity grant.
• Opportunity to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Program in participating countries.

Before you apply

• You may apply to a maximum of 3 positions within any 180-day period.

About the company

DigitalOcean is a technology company that builds scalable cloud infrastructure. They aim to simplify cloud and AI for builders.