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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.

Join Upbound as the Staff Product Manager focused on enhancing the experience in the Upbound Marketplace and Day 0 on Upbound's commercial product. This role is an integral part of the Upbound Product organization’s efforts to build a world-class Universal Cloud Platform. In this role you will be working closely with Software Vendors to build and ecosystem in support of our commercial product, Upbound Cloud. This role is responsible for the Upbound Marketplace and Day 0 experiences on Upbound Product.

Success in this role will be driving our strategy and execution for extending Upbound into a world-class platform and for our Marketplace to become a flourishing hub of content for the community, getting active community engagement. Open to candidates In EMEA and NAMER, must be available to collaborate with a team based in the US, and requires working within GMT-5 to GMT-8.

In this role you will…

Own the roadmap for our Marketplace
Work with engineering teams to prioritize backlog, identify user gaps
Create low-fidelity mockups and work through end user features deeply
Work closely with Design to create holistic user journeys
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…

Existing PM experience with SaaS UI based products
Know, have used, and care about Crossplane. Being the front face for Crossplane’s commercial product requires deep knowledge of the underlying OSS project and problems it addresses
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 GitHub or GitLab (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

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While 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.

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