Sr. Product Manager @ Splunk

Description

Splunk is here to build a safer and more resilient digital world. The world’s leading enterprises use our unified security and observability platform to keep their digital systems secure and reliable. While customers love our technology, it’s our people that make Splunk stand out as an amazing career destination and why we’ve won so many awards as a best place to work. If you become a Splunker, we want your whole, authentic self, what we call your "million data points". So bring your work experience, problem-solving skills and talent, of course, but also bring your joy, your passion and all the things that make you, you.

Role Summary

We are looking for a technical and systems-minded Platform Product Manager to join our Foundations team to modernize the Splunk Platform. As Product Manager for the Frameworks area, you will be responsible for driving impactful, ground-breaking change of how we build and deliver within the core of Splunk, as well delivering customer-facing features.

We are on a journey to significantly scale and enable faster innovation through the use of modern software practices, durable release strategies, and customer programs. These efforts will make it easier for our teams, partners and customers to build on and extend the core product offering. The goal of the Framework team is to help provide a more modular, resilient, and observable platform. It enables developers to achieve higher quality and velocity, and build things in more repeatable ways. You will collaborate closely with architects and geographically distributed engineering teams on crafting the future of the Splunk platform, and build an integrated roadmap for multiple teams. You will incorporate requirements into a durable framework for how we deliver changes in the core platform.

Success will be measured by your ability to define the team’s vision, influence others and to build/direct your teams as part of our overall platform strategy. You are a leader with a demonstrated history of driving cross-functional change and willing to challenge the status quo.

Join us on our Platform journey bringing scalable practices to Splunk - and while doing it, have a lot of fun!

What you’ll get to do

Define the vision for our onward evolution of product architecture and how we scale
Design thoughtful customer programs and release strategies that enable faster customer adoption and engineering velocity
Drive the roadmap to modernize key platform components, libraries, and technologies
Engage with external and internal customers (e.g. development and product teams) regularly to obtain feedback and validate value proposition
Partner with sales & marketing, legal, documentation and support to increase adoption and communicate the value of our strategy

Must-have Qualifications

5+ years of experience in product management or technical product management role
Experience in driving platform wide architectural changes and long term release strategies
Ability to bridge technical software and systems engineering concepts into clear and compelling value when external customer outcomes is indirect
Curious about distributed, enterprise-scale systems and modern architecture
Comfortable with ambiguous or constantly shifting requirements, helping teams to form the strategic direction
You love getting into the nitty-gritty details of technical infrastructure and solving for both customer value and cost
Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams handle various dependencies to your core team
A proven track record to do both tactical work and set an overall strategy —seeing beyond the data to anticipate the next step or question
Ability to present complex technical features into simple concepts and motivate action

Nice-to-have Qualifications

We’ve taken special care to separate the must-have qualifications from the nice-to-haves. “Nice-to-have” means just that: Nice. To. Have. So, don’t worry if you can’t check off every box. We’re not hiring a list of bullet points–we’re interested in the whole you.

Knowledge of microservice-based architecture primitives and operating systems

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in a technical field (e.g. EE, CS); MBA or similar degree highly preferred

Splunk is an Equal Opportunity Employer

At Splunk, we believe creating a culture of belonging isn’t just the right thing to do; it’s also the smart thing. We prioritize diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging to ensure our employees are supported to bring their best, most authentic selves to work where they can thrive. Qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, age, physical or mental disability or medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

Note:

Base Pay Range

SF Bay Area, Seattle Metro, and New York City Metro Area

Base Pay Range: $159,200.00 - 218,900.00 per year

California (excludes SF Bay Area), Washington (excludes Seattle Metro), Washington DC Metro, and Massachusetts

Base Pay Range: $143,280.00 - 197,010.00 per year

All other cities and states excluding California, Washington, Massachusetts, New York City Metro Area and Washington DC Metro Area.

Base Pay Range: $127,360.00 - 175,120.00 per year

Splunk provides flexibility and choice in the working arrangement for most roles, including remote and/or in-office roles. We have a market-based pay structure which varies by location. Please note that the base pay range is a guideline and for candidates who receive an offer, the base pay will vary based on factors such as work location as set out above, as well as the knowledge, skills and experience of the candidate. In addition to base pay, this role is eligible for incentive compensation and may be eligible for equity or long-term cash awards.

Benefits are an important part of Splunk’s Total Rewards package. This role is eligible for a competitive benefits package which includes medical, dental, vision, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off and much more! Learn more about our comprehensive benefits and wellbeing offering at https://splunkbenefits.com.

Thank you for your interest in Splunk!

Compensation Overview

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