Upbound is the company behind
Crossplane, the open source project which started the control plane revolution in the cloud native community. Upbound helps companies rise above the clouds with our Crossplane powered Universal Cloud Platform. With Upbound you get universal real-time visibility into all of your infrastructure environments, the same API centric approach Kubernetes pioneered for managing infrastructure and policies, and self service infrastructure capabilities.The Extensions Product Manager is an integral part of both the OSS Crossplane project and the Upbound Product organization’s efforts to build a world-class Cloud Native Platform.
In this role you will help platform engineers, DevOps teams and developers consistently manage their cloud platforms. This role is responsible for the extensions to Crossplane - from our providers which interact with the clouds, the newly released compositions functions capability, new add-ons to extend Upbound, tooling such as Upjet, Uptest and migration tooling to help customers adopt our products.Success in this role will be driving our strategy and execution for extending Crossplane into a world-class platform. You’ll collaborate with both our open source and product teams to deliver on an end-to-end vision.
In this role you will…
- Define programs for ‘official’ and ‘partner’ extensions to Crossplane and Upbound.
- Create and execute on a vision for add-ons to Upbound - ways to extend and integrate the ecosystem around cloud native platforms with our next gen architecture.
- Drive provider roadmaps working to help users adopt and use Crossplane to manage the most critical workloads, from AWS, Azure, GCP and more.
- Develop partner strategies in collaboration to drive Crossplane adoption.
- Define roadmap and vision for first party Upbound functions.
- Manage roadmaps and product deliveries across both open source and commercial open core products focused on extending the reach of Crossplane.
- Work with the broader Upbound product team to align roadmaps and plans.
- Work closely with customer service to understand and respond to customer needs.
You are a good fit if you have…
- 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 GH/GL (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
It’s a plus if you have…
- Have built CLI, API, and SDK products in the past
- Demonstrated working knowledge of Crossplane
- Experience creating diagrams and simple illustrations which enhance your content
- Worked with open source communities and managed public roadmaps
#LI-REMOTEWhile building amazing technology is important, Upbound has an intense commitment to building a great culture. With company values like Be Accountable, Demonstrate Craftsmanship, Champion the Customer, Collaborate Decisively, Care For Our Communities, Act as an Owner and Engage Vulnerability; you'll find yourself in a place where learning, growth, impact, and fun finally intersect. Similar to the open source community we serve, we look to each other to constantly iterate and improve on what we're building and you will be a key contributor in this effort.We encourage people of all backgrounds, gender identities, ethnicities, ages, or any other descriptors that make you uniquely you, to apply with enthusiasm and confidence. Upbound is a place where you can be 100% comfortable being you.
