Tech Stack
AWSAzureCloudKubernetesOpenShiftVMware
About the role
- Define, prioritize, and execute end-to-end product development, including leading new product initiatives
- Engage closely with a global development team and community members to break down complex problems and drive sprint planning
- Launch and scale product initiatives, including Kubernetes data protection offerings for modern virtualization environments
- Contribute subject matter expertise to product launches and content development for internal and external audiences
- Engage with customers and sales teams to understand product use, identify growth opportunities, and iterate on the product roadmap
- Use internal and external resources to effectively position Kasten as the market leader
- Develop and execute joint programs or activities with key partners to deliver new customer logos & bookings through co-selling activities
- Define and measure success metrics for your product areas
- Evangelize Kasten at key customer, partner, and analyst events
- Enable tighter integration with our ecosystem partners
- Partner closely with development, product, sales, and marketing teams across the company
- Report directly to the VP of Product and Partnerships for Kasten
Requirements
- A deep technical understanding and hands-on experience with cloud and container technologies (e.g., Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, AWS, and Azure)
- Technical background and ideally partner or field solutions architect, DevOps, sales engineering, or technical marketing engineer job experience in the past
- Proven experience in bringing new products and capabilities successfully to the market
- Strong communication skills with the ability to engage with enterprise customers, business and technical teams, and senior leadership to define market fit for new product capabilities
- Ability and penchant to be hands-on to build and showcase demos highlighting product capabilities
- Self-starter with the ability to lead and facilitate the management of details needed to accomplish tasks; capable of managing several programs and initiatives simultaneously
- Team player with a can-do approach who can work across an organization to build a plan, get alignment, and execute
- Willingness to travel internationally to conferences, internal and external customer meetings
- Experience in the data protection industry, including exposure to Storage and Database ecosystem, particularly those related to protection APIs (nice to have)
- Experience and familiarity with the VMware vSphere technology and working with VMware system and backup administrators (nice to have)