Full-Time

Staff Product Manager

Marketplace & Ecosystem

Confirmed live in the last 24 hours

UpBound

UpBound

51-200 employees

Cloud-based solutions for infrastructure management

Data & Analytics
Enterprise Software

Senior

Remote in USA

Open to candidates in EMEA and NAMER; must collaborate with a US-based team and work within GMT-5 to GMT-8.

Category
Product Management
Product Strategy
Product
Required Skills
Kubernetes
Git
Product Management
Requirements
  • Existing PM experience with SaaS UI based products
  • Know, have used, and care about Crossplane. Being the front face for Crossplane’s commercial product requires deep knowledge of the underlying OSS project and problems it addresses
  • Developer background - you can use our products and write code to try out new features
  • Very familiar with Kubernetes and the related ecosystem
  • Enterprise product management experience
  • 5+ years of Product Management experience
  • Public examples of code on GitHub or GitLab (of any quality, this role isn't shipping production code)
  • Constantly think ‘there has *got* to be a better way to do this’ about anything
Responsibilities
  • Own the roadmap for our Marketplace
  • Work with engineering teams to prioritize backlog, identify user gaps
  • Create low-fidelity mockups and work through end user features deeply
  • Work closely with Design to create holistic user journeys
  • Work with the broader Upbound product team to align roadmaps and plans
  • Work closely with customer service to understand and respond to customer needs

Upbound.io provides cloud-based solutions designed to help businesses streamline their operations and manage their cloud infrastructure more effectively. Their services include managed control planes that allow platform teams to scale resources as needed, ensuring optimal performance. A key feature is the ability to auto-scale control planes to support platforms with over 1,000 Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs), which means resources can adjust automatically based on demand. Upbound also offers Upbound Spaces, enabling organizations to deploy managed control planes in their own environments, which is beneficial for compliance with data privacy regulations. Unlike many competitors, Upbound focuses on simplifying the management of various cloud service providers and tools through centralized control. The company's goal is to empower businesses to innovate rapidly while maintaining efficient infrastructure management, with a subscription-based model that generates recurring revenue.

Company Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$67.1M

Headquarters

Seattle, Washington

Founded

2017

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

-14%

1 year growth

-15%

2 year growth

-4%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Increased demand for cloud-native solutions boosts adoption of Upbound's control plane technologies.
  • The rise of platform engineering creates opportunities for Upbound's internal developer platform tools.
  • Multi-cloud strategies increase the need for centralized control, aligning with Upbound's offerings.

What critics are saying

  • Reputational damage from the CFPB lawsuit against Acima, owned by Upbound, for deceptive practices.
  • Increased competition in the cloud-native platform space may dilute Upbound's market share.

What makes UpBound unique

  • Upbound offers a unique auto-scaling feature for over 1,000 Custom Resource Definitions.
  • The company provides centralized control across any cloud service provider and cloud-native tools.
  • Upbound Spaces allows deployment of managed control planes in self-hosted environments for compliance.

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Benefits

Equity

Health care benefits

401k plan

Work from anywhere

Flexible hours & PTO

Home office stipend