Influence product strategy: Contribute to the overall Confluent Cloud Flink and DSP product strategy, identifying external market trends, competitive dynamics, and new opportunitiesMeasure success: Define and track key metrics for enterprise Flink adoption, working with data and analytics to inform prioritization decisionsEducate and enable: Partner with PMM, docs, and field enablement to ensure Confluent's sales and customer success teams can effectively position and support Flink enterprise capabilitiesWhat You Will Bring8+ years of product management experience, with significant experience in cloud infrastructure, data platforms, or distributed systemsDeep understanding of enterprise security and compliance requirements, including encryption, key management (BYOK/CMK),Experience with stream processing or real-time data systems — familiarity with Apache Flink, Apache Kafka, or similar technologies is strongly preferredStrong technical acumen, ability to engage deeply with engineering on system design, understand distributed systems trade-offs, and write precise technical specificationsTrack record of shipping enterprise-grade cloud products in partnership with engineering teams, ideally in a fully managed / SaaS environmentExcellent cross-functional collaboration skills, demonstrated ability to align and drive outcomes across multiple engineering teams, security, field, and go-to-market functionsCustomer empathy and field engagement experience, comfortable engaging directly with enterprise customers, understanding their technical and business needs, and translating feedback into product directionStrong written and verbal communication — ability to author compelling strategy documents, PRDs, and presentations for technical and non-technical audiencesData-driven decision making, uses quantitative metrics and analytics to prioritize, measure success, and build consensusWhat Gives You an EdgeExperience with cloud service providers (AWS, GCP, Azure) and their security/encryption ecosystemsFamiliarity with Apache Flink internals (state management, checkpointing, SQL, etc.)Experience in regulated industries (financial services, healthcare, government)Background in open-source communities or developer platformsExperience with pricing and packaging for cloud-native productsReady to build what's next? Own the Flink Cloud Platform roadmap: Drive platform-level capabilities such as Flink compute pool management, workspace catalog design, and integration with Confluent Cloud's broader infrastructure (networking, identity, encryption platforms)Drive enterprise customer adoption: Partner closely with field teams and strategic customers (including top-tier financial services and regulated industries) to understand requirements, close product gaps, and accelerate enterprise Flink adoptionWrite product specifications: Author clear, precise PRD documents that translate complex customer and business requirements into well-scoped engineering deliverablesCollaborate cross-functionally: Work across security, identity, networking, and storage teams to ensure Flink integrates seamlessly with Confluent Cloud's enterprise capabilities.