Director of Product Management – Data Streaming

HiveMQ

Director of Product Management leading HiveMQ’s Data Streaming portfolio with strategic vision. Driving product strategy and measurable business outcomes for the data layer of our industrial AI platform.

Posted 7/1/2026full-timeRemote • 🇩🇪 GermanyLead💰 €120,000 - €154,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudKafkaRabbitMQ

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define and drive product strategy for the Data Streaming layer of our platform
Work with customers, sales team, along with partners & alliances team to identify key integration opportunities
Own the product scope and sequencing for the next-generation Core Broker
Champion AX (Agent Experience) as a first-class design target alongside UX and DX
Understand how Streaming connects to PLG, SLG, Expansion, and Partner motions
Establish clear, inspiring vision for your teams derived from company strategy
Drive measurable business outcomes across adoption, usage, revenue, and customer satisfaction metrics
Own the data story: work with product data analysts to instrument products effectively
Communicate value effectively through data-backed storytelling
Identify and address organizational bottlenecks, proposing process improvements
Partner deeply with engineering leadership to ensure technical feasibility and delivery excellence
Collaborate with GTM organizations including Sales, Customer Success/Support, Alliances, and Product Marketing
Manage strategic customer relationships and handle escalations with appropriate oversight
Build consensus across departments on complex, cross-functional initiatives
Maintain intimate customer knowledge through ongoing strategic customer relationships

Requirements

What you’ll need

8–15 years total work experience, with significant portion in product management or consulting
Track record with established enterprise infrastructure products at a meaningful stage of maturity
Data-driven product development: demonstrated success using quantitative and qualitative methods to drive product decisions
Budget and resource management: experience allocating resources across teams and managing to budget
Deep familiarity as PM or practitioner with MQTT and/or platforms like Kafka, Solace, RabbitMQ or similar distributed messaging and streaming technologies
Meaningful experience with operational technology environments — PLC communication, OPC-UA, Modbus, SCADA, MES
Understanding of how manufacturers instrument facilities, manage device fleets, and move operational data from edge to cloud
4+ years of people management experience, including leading distributed teams across geographies and time zones
Track record with product-led growth motions for technical products
Genuine appreciation for reliability, scalability, clustering, and operational observability at scale

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Flexible work hours
Paid time off
Remote work options

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Hard Skills & Tools

Product StrategyData AnalysisBudget ManagementResource AllocationQuantitative MethodsQualitative MethodsOperational ObservabilityReliability EngineeringScalabilityClustering

Soft Skills

CommunicationCollaborationConsensus BuildingProblem SolvingCustomer Relationship Management