Couchbase is seeking a dynamic and strategic Director of Product Management to lead the product direction for Capella, our Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) platform. As the Director of Product Management, you will shape the future of Capella, define the roadmap, and lead a team of product managers to drive innovation and growth in our cloud offerings. This is a key role with high visibility, where you will collaborate closely with engineering, marketing, sales, and support teams to deliver a best-in-class DBaaS experience for our customers.

Key Responsibilities

• Product Strategy: Define and drive the vision and strategy for Couchbase Capella to enhance its position as a leading DBaaS platform, aligning with customer needs and market opportunities.
• Roadmap Development: Develop and manage the Capella product roadmap and requirements, balancing short-term deliverables with long-term strategic goals, and ensuring alignment with Couchbase’s business objectives.
• Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and grow a team of product managers dedicated to Capella, fostering a high-performing team culture and enabling team members to execute effectively cross-functionally on product initiatives.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with engineering, cloud infrastructure, and operations teams to deliver high-quality features on schedule. Partner with sales, marketing, and customer success to ensure successful go-to-market (GTM) strategies and to gather insights for product improvements.
• Product Lifecycle Management: Oversee all stages of the product lifecycle, from ideation and development to launch and post-launch analysis, continuously evaluating product success metrics and iterating based on customer feedback.
• Market and Competitor Analysis: Conduct in-depth analysis of the DBaaS landscape, identifying trends and understanding the competitive environment to ensure Capella remains at the forefront of cloud database solutions.
• Advocate for Customer Experience: Champion the end-user experience, ensuring Capella’s ease of use, reliability, and performance meets the high standards of modern cloud applications and contributes to customer success.

• Technical Enablement: lead development of Capella technical content for field engineering enablement, which will also be used for other Marketing assets as applicable.

• Product Documentation: Collaborate with tech writers to educate them on Capella features, work with them on documentation outlines and high level scoping, and provide timely feedback.

Experience and Qualifications

• Educational Background: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MBA or advanced degree is a plus.
• Product Management Expertise: 10+ years of product management experience, with at least 5 years leading product management for cloud or database products, preferably DBaaS.
• Leadership Experience: Proven track record of managing, mentoring, and developing product managers, with the ability to inspire and lead a team to deliver results.
• Technical Understanding: Strong understanding of database technology, cloud infrastructure, and modern DBaaS requirements. Hands-on experience or prior technical background in database or cloud technologies is highly desirable.
• Strategic Vision: Experience in defining and executing product strategies that drive significant business growth, with a strong ability to balance customer needs and technical innovation.
• Analytical Skills: Ability to leverage data and metrics to drive product decisions, with experience in conducting market and competitive analysis for product positioning.
• Customer Orientation: Deep commitment to understanding and improving customer experience, with experience in collaborating with customer success teams and directly interfacing with customers.
• Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Adaptability: Experience in a fast-paced environment, ideally in high-growth tech companies, with a proven ability to pivot and adapt based on market or organizational needs.

Why Couchbase?

At Couchbase, we are revolutionizing how organizations manage their data. As a member of our team, you’ll have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology, engage with passionate and talented professionals, and shape the future of the DBaaS industry with Capella.

If you’re a strategic product leader with a passion for cloud databases and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now and be a part of Couchbase’s exciting journey!