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Staff Product Manager, Kong Gateway Control Plane

Full-timeProduct Manager$150,000 - $208,000*
Eme, Nigeria
Home office stipend
Visa sponsorship
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We are looking for a Staff Product Manager to lead our efforts to build the best Control Plane for Kong Gateway and Konnect.
Kong is a fully distributed team with an HQ office in San Francisco. This role is remote and open to EMEA, Canada and US applicants. The role is eligible for work authorization sponsorship.


Why will you enjoy this new opportunity?

In this position you will be the product lead for the Control Plane for Kong Gateway and Konnect, in charge of creating a control plane that can push the boundaries of API management platform for customers of our Konnect API management platform and customers that use the gateway as part of an on-prem API management scenario. 

APIs run everything. Kong runs APIs, providing the first unified yet modular API platform trusted by 700+ customers of all sizes across all industries to
manage APIs securely across any cloud, team, gateway, protocol,
or architecture from one place.

Open source is important, but so is business. Kong is a Gartner Magic Quadrant leader (5 years in a row) with $100M+ ARR. If you join the team, you’ll be part of the rocket ship that is defining an industry.

What You'll Do:

  • Work with Design and Engineering to build the best Control Plane for Kong Gateway and Konnect.
  • Build a data-informed product roadmap, defining priorities, and overseeing the success of customers using Kong Gateway and Konnect.
  • Work directly with customers to make them successful with our current features and get feedback on proposed roadmap items.
  • Craft and implement go-to-market strategies, including field enablement and community feedback.
  • Act as a technical advocate, delivering presentations and promoting Kong’s full-lifecycle API management capabilities.

What You'll Bring:

  • Empathy, curiosity, and a willingness to try new things.
  • 4+ years of software product management experience, with demonstrated experience working on complex technical products.
  • The ability to get hands-on with technical products such as Kong and Konnect and debug when things don’t quite go to plan.
  • A strong knowledge of API management, and how to create the best Control Plane for API management for SaaS and on-prem scenarios.
  • Exceptional communication skills, capable of articulating complex technical concepts to a diverse range of stakeholders.
  • Adaptability and agility in a fast-paced and evolving technology landscape, with a keen eye for emerging trends and technologies.
About Kong:

Kong is THE cloud native API platform with the fastest, most adopted API gateway in the world (over 300m downloads!). Loved by developers and trusted with enterprises’ most critical traffic volumes, Kong helps startups and Fortune 500 companies build with confidence – allowing them to bring solutions to market faster with API and service connectivity that scales easily and securely. 

83% of web traffic today is API calls!  APIs are the connective tissue of the cloud and the underlying technology that allows software to talk and interact with one another.  Therefore, we believe that APIs act as the nervous system of the cloud.  Our audacious mission is to build the nervous system that will safely and reliably connect all of humankind!  

For more information about Kong, please visit konghq.com or follow @thekonginc on Twitter.

We are 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 or veteran status.

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  • What is the type of contract for this job?
    The contract for this job is a Full-time contract
  • What's the salary range for the Staff Product Manager, Kong Gateway Control Plane position?
    The suggested salary for this job is $150,000 - $208,000*
  • Is telecommuting possible for this job?
    No, telecommuting is not possible for this job
About Kong
Kong is the cloud connectivity company for API & Microservice management. Our platform unifies API gateway, Ingress, and Service Mesh in one developer solution.
Website
Industry
Cloud Computing, Cloud Data Services
Founded
2017
Size
251-1K employees

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