Technical Product Manager

At Nirmata, our mission is to accelerate adoption of cloud native technologies for enterprises. We believe that software can radically transform the world and are building a solution to help enterprises deliver and operate mission critical software at scale. Nirmata is an enterprise-grade multi-cloud Kubernetes platform.

Nirmata is a powerful, extensible platform that provides comprehensive SecOps automation through Policy-as-Code. Nirmata Control Hub (previously Nirmata Policy Manager) simplifies the enforcement of security, operational, and best practice policies across CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes clusters, and cloud services, ensuring that organizations can maintain secure, compliant, and efficient cloud-native environments.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in computer science, engineering, or related field of study. MBA or advanced degree in computer science or engineering preferred.
• Expertise in product management, software development/architect or customer facing field engineering teams in enterprise SaaS companies
• In-depth background and a minimum of 3 years' experience in user experience, control, and management aspect for SaaS products
• Must have working experience and knowledge in Infrastructure as Code (Example: Terraform, Gitlab CI/CD) and Security
• Must have working experience and knowledge of container platforms ( Kubernetes, AKS, EKS, GKE, OpenShift)
• Working experience and knowledge of compliance is a plus (PCI, SOC 2 etc.)
• Familiarity with CNCF ecosystem tools and technologies (Prometheus, CNI, CSI, GitOps)

Responsibilities:

• Be a top-notch Product leader for the responsible products
• Own and drive the product strategy, positioning, and roadmap by closely working with customers, partners and the development teams
• Deep understanding of customer use cases, market analysis, and business case development
• Requirements definition, prioritization, and ongoing collaboration with world-class engineering teams to define detailed product development plans
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams including engineering, documentation, product marketing sales, professional services & support to build and make products successful
• Define, prioritize, and execute on partner integrations
• Support field team's enablement, content development and sales activities as the subject matter expert

Keys to success:

• Ability to get things done by working with cross-functional teams across the company
• Highly motivated and self-driven with minimal guidance
• Being able to adapt and drive results in a fast-paced, high growth environment
• Product Savvy with a balance of technical orientation
• Strong grasp industry offerings and capabilities in cloud-native ecosystem
• Good at analytical thinking, synthesizing information and articulating conclusions
• Hands-on attitude and willingness to roll up sleeves and get things done.

ABOUT NIRMATA

Nirmata empowers organizations to innovate rapidly without compromising security or compliance. With Gartner forecasting that 99% of cloud security failures will result from misconfigurations by 2027, Nirmata's policy-as-code platform offers a proactive solution. Nirmata's highly customizable policies seamlessly integrate with your cloud-native environments, ensuring robust governance and security at scale. Trusted by top financial institutions and global enterprises—and with over 3.2 billion downloads of Kyverno, Nirmata's open source policy engine —Kyverno simplifies compliance, mitigates risk, and accelerates the enterprise journey to secure innovation.

Nirmata’s success is built on the diverse contributions of its employees. We're committed to an inclusive workplace where everyone's perspective is valued, and we do not discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital, veteran, or disability status. All application information will be kept confidential in accordance with EEO guidelines.

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