Sr. Product Manager - Policy

Overview

Sentinel is HashiCorp’s policy-as-code framework, empowering organizations to define, enforce, and automate infrastructure governance, security, and compliance policies across the entire HashiStack (Terraform, Vault, Consul, and any tool in the Software Industry). This role focuses on three key pieces: 1) advancing Sentinel, 2) driving adoption of the Policy-as-Code paradigm, and 3) differentiated policy workflows in HCP Terraform. As a key part of the HashiCorp vision, Sentinel seeks to define industry standards for policy enforcement across cloud infrastructure, enabling organizations to implement consistent, scalable, and secure infrastructure policies.

We are seeking an experienced and passionate Product Manager to drive Policy-as-Code throughout our product suite and lead the development of Sentinel. Your mission will be to enhance its capabilities and elevate policy management for the HashiCorp Product Suite and across the Cloud Ecosystem. You’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the evolution of policy-as-code as a cornerstone of modern infrastructure management.

Responsibilities

• Product Strategy and Vision:
• Define and Build differentiated Policy workflows and enable fully compliant Infrastructure Management
• Define and own the product strategy for Sentinel with a focus on making it the industry-leading Policy-as-Code framework.
• Drive alignment and deep integration between the Sentinel framework and key HashiCorp tools (Terraform, Vault, Consul, Nomad).
• Cross-Product Integration:
• Drive Policy workflow across HCP Terraform and the HashiCorp Product Suite
• Lead efforts to advance Sentinel’s integration with Terraform for policy validation during infrastructure provisioning.
• Collaborate with product teams across Vault, Consul, and other HashiCorp products to expand Sentinel’s policy enforcement capabilities.
• Customer-Centric Product Development:
• Engage directly with enterprise clients and community users to gather insights into policy management needs, compliance challenges, and user pain points.
• Conduct user interviews, usability testing, and customer discovery sessions to refine product roadmap and prioritize new features.
• Roadmap Prioritization and Delivery:
• Own the Policy product roadmap, setting priorities by balancing market opportunities, user feedback, and strategic alignment with the HashiCorp vision.
• Develop and maintain Product Requirement Documents (PRDs) and user stories for engineering, ensuring that product objectives are clearly communicated and aligned with technical feasibility.
• Collaborate closely with engineering to write acceptance criteria for Sentinel features and manage feature development from conception through delivery.
• Innovation in Policy-as-Code:
• Stay at the forefront of policy-as-code trends and evolving industry standards to ensure Sentinel remains a cutting-edge framework.
• Explore new features that can further automate policy management, enhance security and compliance workflows, and extend Sentinel’s utility across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
• Go-to-Market Support:
• Collaborate with marketing, sales, and education teams to create compelling messaging around Sentinel’s value proposition for infrastructure governance, security, and compliance.
• Lead product education sessions for internal teams (Sales Engineers, Support) and external customers, empowering them to articulate Sentinel’s capabilities and benefits.
• Thought Leadership and Advocacy:
• Champion policy-as-code and Sentinel within the wider infrastructure-as-code and cloud management ecosystem.
• Represent HashiCorp at industry conferences, webinars, and user groups to share Sentinel’s impact on policy-driven infrastructure management.

Skills and Experience

• 5+ years of product management experience with developer tools, infrastructure-as-code, or policy enforcement products.
• Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure and the HashiStack, including familiarity with Terraform and at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• 1+ years of experience with infrastructure governance, policy frameworks, or compliance tools.
• Familiarity with modern programming languages and policy definition languages (HCL, Sentinel, etc.).
• Strong technical acumen with a solid understanding of infrastructure security, compliance workflows, and policy enforcement.
• Proven experience in creating and driving strategic product roadmaps with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to balance technical depth with user-focused product design, ensuring that Sentinel remains a powerful but accessible framework.
• Excellent communication skills: Able to simplify complex concepts and articulate the value of policy-as-code to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience with user and market research to guide product decisions, backed by analytical rigor and the ability to prioritize effectively.

Attributes We Look For in Product Managers at HashiCorp

• Humility: You listen to understand and work collaboratively, putting team goals ahead of individual success.
• Curiosity: You’re eager to dive deep into customer problems and are always seeking new ways to innovate.
• Ownership: You take responsibility for delivering impactful results and driving product success.
• Clear Communication: You can explain complex concepts simply, and you value transparent, concise, and engaging communication.
• Reflective: You embrace feedback and seek continuous improvement, both personally and for your products.

Skills You Will Practice as a Product Manager at HashiCorp

• Defining the product roadmap and strategy for a core infrastructure product in Sentinel.
• Collaborating with engineering and design to build industry-defining tools for governance, security, and policy enforcement.
• Conducting customer interviews and market research to shape product requirements.
• Managing a product backlog to prioritize work that drives maximum impact.
• Enabling go-to-market teams (sales, support, marketing) with product insights, feature releases, and competitive analysis.

Why Sentinel?

Sentinel is more than just a policy framework—it is the foundation for secure, scalable, and automated infrastructure management. By joining HashiCorp’s Sentinel team, you will be at the forefront of creating an industry-defining product that empowers organizations to safely and securely scale their infrastructure through the power of policy-as-code. You will have the opportunity to shape the future of governance and compliance in cloud infrastructure, driving policy automation that will become the standard across enterprises globally.

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