Senior Product Manager

Senior Product Manager — Cloud-Native Testing Platform Location: Boston, New York, or Washington DC area (Boston strongly preferred — regular in-person visits to management required) Type: Full-timeAbout the CompanyOur client is a fast-growing, cloud-native testing platform built for the Kubernetes era. Developers, testers, and DevOps engineers use it to run and orchestrate tests — any tool, any environment — from a single control plane. It's open-core, genuinely loved by the engineers who use it day-to-day, and gaining serious traction with large enterprise customers as testing becomes even more critical in an AI-driven software world.The OpportunityThis is a rare chance to build a product function from the ground up. Today, the company's CTO is personally running product. He's ready to hand over the entire function — but he's explicit that he's not looking for someone who practices "the art of PM" in a textbook, process-heavy sense. He wants someone practical, hands-on, and commercially minded who can make the role their own from day one.You'll be working directly with customers, running competitor analysis, and constantly asking: what can we do right now to grow adoption? This is a role for someone who wants to shape a product function rather than inherit an existing one.What You'll DoTake full ownership of the product function from the CTO, building process and structure as needed rather than following an existing playbookWork directly with customers to understand needs, pain points, and buying behavior across developer, tester, and DevOps audiencesConduct ongoing competitor analysis and translate it into practical product decisionsIdentify and drive initiatives to grow adoption and engagement, especially among enterprise IT customersAct as the connective tissue between engineering, go-to-market, and customer-facing teamsBring energy, curiosity, and technical credibility to a fast-moving, technical organisationWhat We're Looking ForSubject matter expertise in the software tooling space — a genuine understanding of how developers, testers, and DevOps engineers work and make buying decisionsStartup experience — strongly preferred. Comfortable operating without a large team or fully built-out processEnterprise testing/QA experience — a strong plusExposure to enterprise IT customers — confident navigating enterprise stakeholders and buying cycles7–14 years of experience across product, engineering, or technical roles serving developers, testers, or DevOps teams — a formal "Product Manager" title is not required, but you should have enough experience to step into the role with confidenceEnergy, technical knowledge, and enthusiasm for the space — this matters as much as your CVLocation: based in or willing to relocate to Boston, New York, or Washington DC, with the ability to travel to Boston regularly for management visitsWhy This RoleBuild a product function from scratch, with real autonomy and a technical CTO ready to hand over the reinsJoin a developer-loved platform at a genuine inflection point of growthHigh-impact, high-visibility role reporting directly into the CTOWork at the intersection of enterprise software, developer tooling, and AI-driven engineering trendsInterested candidates should be prepared to discuss their experience working with developer/DevOps/QA audiences, any startup or scale-up experience, and their comfort building a function without an established playbook. Full company details will be shared with candidates who progress in the process.