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NetApp

Optimizes cloud infrastructure costs on AWS

Senior Product Manager

Full-TimePosted on 10/21/2026
$196.3k - $292.6k+ Potential commission
Expert
Bachelor's, Master's
Morrisville, NC, USA+4 moreMore locations: San Jose, CA, USA | Waltham, MA, USA | Boulder, CO, USA | United States
In Person
ProductTechnical Product Management

About the job

Requirements
  • At least 10 years of product management experience in enterprise software, cloud, or storage technology businesses.
  • Experience delivering technology products from concept through launch and ongoing iteration.
  • Experience working across engineering, product management, go-to-market, marketing, support, and partner teams.
  • Experience with cloud technologies.
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms and Infrastructure as a Service/Platform as a Service products, especially AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud.
  • Ability to define product requirements, prioritize effectively, and drive execution across multiple projects and stakeholders.
  • Experience using customer insights, usage analytics, and market data to guide product decisions.
  • A Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, a master’s degree, or equivalent experience is required.
  • Strong analytical and presentation skills.
Responsibilities
  • Drive the product vision, strategy, and business plans for Cloud Volumes ONTAP, aligning them with customer needs, market opportunities, and company objectives.
  • Identify and evaluate customer needs, market trends, and competitive developments to inform product direction and investment priorities.
  • Own product lifecycle areas including discovery, planning, roadmap development, prioritization, delivery, and ongoing optimization.
  • Define and prioritize product requirements across cloud storage, data management, automation, cyber resilience, and operational simplicity.
  • Partner with engineering leaders to translate product strategy into roadmap investments and customer outcomes.
  • Work directly with AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud teams to strengthen product integrations, align strategic priorities, and support joint customer success.
  • Define and drive strategy for AI-driven and automation capabilities, identifying opportunities to improve usability, operational efficiency, and customer outcomes while aligning with product and business objectives.
  • Gather and synthesize customer feedback, usage data, competitive insights, and market research to identify opportunities, validate investments, and guide roadmap decisions.
  • Develop an understanding of industry trends and adjacent technologies to shape future product investments and maintain competitive differentiation.
  • Partner with product marketing, sales, support, and customer success teams to ensure effective positioning, successful launches, and strong customer adoption.
  • Define and track key product and business metrics, using data to assess performance, measure customer value, and inform decisions.
  • Lead cross-functional collaboration across engineering, business, and partner teams to align priorities, manage trade-offs, and deliver measurable business results.
  • Represent the customer and balance customer needs, technical considerations, and business objectives to drive product outcomes.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience with storage technologies.
  • Understanding of AI-driven product capabilities, automation, and emerging trends in enterprise software.
  • Familiarity with AI governance, compliance, and security considerations.

About the company

Spot.io, part of NetApp, helps businesses manage cloud costs and infrastructure on AWS. It uses software that analyzes cloud usage and automates management to lower compute expenses, especially through AWS EC2 spot instances, which offer spare capacity at reduced prices. The product provides deep visibility into cloud spending, an AWS cost optimization calculator for estimating potential savings, and a free action plan tailored to each customer. Revenue comes from selling software licenses and consulting services. Target customers include enterprises using containers and orchestration tools like Kubernetes, EKS, ECS, KOPS, Docker Swarm, and OpenShift. The company aims to reduce cloud compute costs for customers while simplifying cloud operations and improving efficiency.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

$53.2M

Headquarters

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

Founded

2015

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What believers are saying

  • Q4 FY2026 revenue hit $1.95 billion, up 12% year over year.
  • NetApp raised FY2027 revenue guidance to $7.325-$7.575 billion after strong Q1 demand.
  • Management reported more than 1,100 AI-specific deals in FY2026, with 350 more last quarter.

What critics are saying

  • Flexera closed Spot's acquisition on March 3, 2025, shrinking NetApp's CloudOps scope.
  • NetApp disclosed a May 20, 2026 WARN notice cutting 77 San Jose jobs.
  • Pure Storage, Dell, and HPE are attacking AI storage wins aggressively through 2026.

What makes NetApp unique

  • NetApp's ONTAP and all-flash arrays anchor its hybrid-cloud storage platform.
  • FY2026 public cloud revenue reached $182 million, extending Cloud Volumes differentiation.
  • AI-focused EF50 and EF80 target high-throughput workloads that protect GPU utilization.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Phone/Internet Stipend
  • Gym Membership
  • Parental Leave
  • Flexible Work Hours

Growth & Insights and Company News

6 month growth

-16%

1 year growth

-14%

2 year growth

-14%
Flexera
Mar 4th, 2025
Flexera acquires Spot

We’re thrilled to extend a heartfelt welcome to the customers and partners across the the full range of the Spot product portfolio including Eco, Ocean, Ocean for Apache Spark, Elastigroup, Spot Security, and CloudCheckr.

Pulse 2.0
Mar 3rd, 2025
Flexera Acquires NetApp's Spot FinOps Portfolio

Flexera has completed the acquisition of Spot from NetApp, enhancing its Cloud Financial Management offerings with AI-powered FinOps technologies. This acquisition expands Flexera's capabilities in managing cloud financial commitments, optimizing containers, and supporting SaaS and public cloud use cases. Spot's products, including Spot Eco, Spot Ocean, and Spot Elastigroup, will now be part of Flexera's portfolio, offering new opportunities for partners, especially MSPs and distributors.

Enterprise Times
Jan 15th, 2025
Flexera Acquires NetApp's FinOps Business

Flexera has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Spot by NetApp FinOps business from NetApp.

Dutch IT Leaders
Jan 15th, 2025
Flexera Acquires NetApp's FinOps Unit

Flexera has acquired the FinOps division from NetApp, enhancing its ability to manage multi-cloud costs and FinOps needs across hybrid cloud, SaaS applications, and containers. The integration of Spot's AI and ML technology with Flexera's expertise will offer a comprehensive FinOps solution, improving financial accountability and efficiency in cloud operations. This move aligns with Flexera's strategy to provide a complete overview of tech expenditures and risks. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions.

NetApp
Jan 15th, 2025
Unlocking the value of an intelligent data infrastructure

By integrating Spot's AI- and ML-enabled technology into Flexera's FinOps portfolio, the solution can better address the market's rising demand for cloud cost management.