Staff Product Manager, Kafka Connect

About the role

We’re looking for a Staff Product Manager to join our Kafka Connect team at Confluent. This role involves contributing to the mission of building the world’s best data streaming platform. You will help drive Confluent Connect’s Enterprise feature portfolio, enable seamless, enterprise-grade integration between Kafka and common external systems, and support on-premise deployments and managed services in Confluent Cloud. You will also be expected to use or introduce AI/ML capabilities for the features you are building or enhancing. You will work closely with the field on many GTM initiatives and serve as the focal point for customer success.

What You Will Do

• Responsible for the success of a major product initiative, from initial conception and customer development to growth strategy.
• Work with the engineering, design, sales, and marketing teams to craft a product strategy and roadmap.
• Ensure that the engineering, design, sales, and marketing teams have what they need to make the right trade-offs, build the right product, and grow it successfully in the market.

What You Will Bring

• 8+ years of experience as a software product manager, ideally for an Enterprise technical product.
• Empathy for our enterprise customers, and a passion for solving their problems with the software, sometimes being hands-on.
• Ability to craft a product strategy and roadmap in concert with customers, engineering, design, and go-to-market teams.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to distill technical concepts to a non-technical audience.
• Strong technical competency, especially with distributed data systems, public and private clouds, and stream processing.
• Experience with a modern integration platform is a plus.
• Experience with Enterprise software features like security, networking, observability is a plus.
• MBA is a strong plus.
• Bachelor's, Master’s, or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related technical field.

Ready to build what's next?

Let’s get in motion. Come As You Are. Belonging isn’t a perk here. It’s the baseline. We work across time zones and backgrounds, knowing the best ideas come from different perspectives. And we make space for everyone to lead, grow, and challenge what’s possible.