Staff Product Manager, Platform (West Coast Preferred)

At Docker, we make app development easier so developers can focus on what matters. Our remote-first team spans the globe, united by a passion for innovation and great developer experiences. With over 20 million monthly users and 20 billion image pulls, Docker is the #1 tool for building, sharing, and running apps—trusted by startups and Fortune 100s alike. We’re growing fast and just getting started. Come join us for a whale of a ride!

This is a remote position open to candidates located on the West Coast, with a preference for those based in the Seattle, WA area. We also offer an optional office space in Seattle for anyone who prefers an on-site or hybrid work environment.

Docker is seeking a Staff Product Manager to drive platform strategy across our foundational systems including Billing, Identity & Accounts, Data, and Infrastructure. As Docker continues to scale with millions of users and thousands of enterprise customers, we need a strategic product leader who can ensure our platform capabilities enable product teams across the organization to ship enterprise-grade products quickly and efficiently.

This role combines deep technical product expertise with strategic vision to define and execute Docker's platform roadmap. You'll be responsible for platform strategy that enables rapid product development, scalable operations, and seamless customer experiences across billing systems, identity management, data infrastructure, and core platform services. You'll work closely with product teams, Engineering, Marketing, Sales, and Executive leadership to establish platform capabilities that accelerate time-to-market while maintaining enterprise-grade reliability and security.

Success in this role requires becoming a subject matter expert across multiple platform domains, understanding how platform decisions impact product velocity and customer experience, and the ability to consult and advise product teams throughout the organization. You'll drive product decisions that directly enable Docker's product portfolio to scale efficiently while establishing best practices for platform-dependent product development.

Key Responsibilities

Platform Strategy & Roadmap Leadership

• Collaborate with executive leadership to align platform strategy with business growth objectives and product portfolio expansion

• Drive integrated platform roadmap that enables product teams to launch new enterprise-grade capabilities rapidly and reliably

• Partner with product teams across Docker to understand their business plans and launch requirements, translating needs into platform capabilities

• Define and execute the long-term product strategy for Docker's platform systems including Billing, Identity & Accounts, Data, and Infrastructure

Stakeholder Management & Influence

• Build deep relationships with product leaders across Docker to understand product strategies and identify platform enablement opportunities

• Influence product roadmaps by articulating platform constraints, opportunities, and trade-offs that impact product development

• Engage with business stakeholders across Engineering, Marketing, and Sales to understand platform requirements and measure business impact

• Drive cross-functional alignment on platform priorities by balancing competing product team needs with platform sustainability

Cross-Platform Product Management

• Own platform strategy across multiple domains including billing systems, identity and access management, entitlements, data platforms, and core infrastructure

• Establish platform capabilities and APIs that enable product teams to build on shared services efficiently

• Drive platform initiatives that reduce friction for product teams while maintaining security, compliance, and operational excellence

• Define platform abstractions and service models that balance flexibility for product innovation with consistency across the Docker ecosystem

Strategic Platform Consulting & Enablement

• Serve as subject matter expert and strategic advisor to product teams across Docker on platform capabilities and best practices

• Conduct deep discovery with product teams to understand roadmaps, launch plans, and platform dependencies for new features and products

• Translate product team requirements into platform capabilities, balancing individual product needs with scalable platform architecture

• Provide thought leadership on platform-dependent product development including billing integration, identity models, data requirements, and infrastructure needs

Required Qualifications

Product Management Excellence

• 8+ years of product management experience with 3+ years at Staff level or above

• Proven track record building and scaling platform products that enable other product teams at high-growth technology companies

• Experience working across multi-domain platform strategy across areas like billing, identity, infrastructure, or data systems

• Ability to become a subject matter expert quickly across technical domains and serve as trusted advisor to product teams

• Excellent stakeholder management skills with proven ability to influence without authority across product organizations

• Strategic thinking with ability to balance long-term platform vision with near-term product team needs and business objectives

Platform & Technical Expertise

• Deep understanding of platform product management including shared services, internal platforms, and enabling systems for product development

• Experience with enterprise platform systems such as billing platforms, identity and access management (IAM), entitlements, or multi-tenancy architectures

• Strong technical acumen with ability to engage in architectural discussions and evaluate technical trade-offs for platform decisions

• Knowledge of SaaS platform patterns including API design, service-oriented architecture, event-driven systems, and platform observability

• Understanding of enterprise requirements including compliance, security, audit logging, data governance, and regulatory frameworks

• Experience with platform adoption and enablement including developer experience, documentation, and internal customer success

Strategic & Business Acumen

• Experience translating business strategy and product roadmaps into platform capabilities and technical requirements

• Understanding of how platform decisions impact product velocity, time-to-market, and competitive differentiation

• Knowledge of enterprise customer needs including complex organizational hierarchies, billing scenarios, and identity federation

• Ability to measure platform success through adoption metrics, product team velocity improvements, and business impact

• Strong analytical skills with data-driven approach to platform prioritization and ROI measurement

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience as a platform PM at high-growth B2B SaaS or developer tools companies

• Background in technical roles such as software engineering, solutions architecture, or technical product management

• Experience with containerization technologies and developer-focused platforms

• Knowledge of modern billing systems (Stripe, Zuora), identity platforms (Okta, Auth0), and data infrastructure (Snowflake, BigQuery)

• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or related field

• Experience managing platform migrations, modernization initiatives, or technical debt reduction programs

• Familiarity with platform-as-a-product principles and internal platform team operations

Key Success Metrics

• Platform adoption rates across Docker product teams and successful launches of enterprise-grade products leveraging platform capabilities

• Reduction in time-to-market for product teams through improved platform capabilities and enablement

• Platform reliability, performance, and operational efficiency improvements

• Internal stakeholder satisfaction scores from product teams consuming platform services

• Successful delivery of enterprise-required platform capabilities supporting customer acquisition and expansion

• Platform cost efficiency and resource optimization across billing, identity, data, and infrastructure systems

• Reduction in platform-related blockers and dependencies slowing product team velocity

What to Expect

First 30 Days

• Build relationships with product leaders across Docker's product portfolio to understand their roadmaps, launch plans, and platform dependencies

• Review existing platform roadmaps, technical documentation, and strategic plans to identify quick wins and long-term opportunities

• Establish connections with engineering leadership and platform teams to understand current technical architecture, constraints, and ongoing initiatives

• Conduct discovery sessions with key stakeholders across Engineering, Finance, Sales, and Operations to understand platform requirements and pain points

First 90 Days

• Establish platform governance and consultation processes to help product teams understand platform capabilities, constraints, and integration patterns

• Deliver initial platform improvements or capabilities that unblock product teams and demonstrate quick value from platform investment

• Build consensus across product leadership on platform priorities by articulating trade-offs, dependencies, and business impact of platform initiatives

• Begin serving as strategic advisor to product teams on upcoming launches, providing guidance on billing integration, identity models, and infrastructure requirements

One-Year Outlook

• Establish yourself as the trusted platform advisor across Docker's product organization with high internal stakeholder satisfaction scores

• Achieve measurable improvements in product team velocity and time-to-market through enhanced platform capabilities and reduced platform-related blockers

• Successfully enable multiple enterprise-grade product launches by delivering critical platform capabilities across billing, identity, data, and infrastructure

• Drive significant platform adoption and consumption of shared services across product teams with clear documentation and enablement materials

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Perks

• Freedom & flexibility; fit your work around your life

• Designated quarterly Whaleness Days

• Home office setup; we want you comfortable while you work

• 16 weeks of paid Parental leave

• Technology stipend equivalent to $100 net/month

• PTO plan that encourages you to take time to do the things you enjoy

• Quarterly, company-wide hackathons

• Training stipend for conferences, courses and classes

• Equity; we are a growing start-up and want all employees to have a share in the success of the company

• Docker Swag

• Medical benefits, retirement and holidays vary by country

Docker embraces diversity and equal opportunity. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our company will be.

Due to the remote nature of this role, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship.

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