As vCluster’s Product Manager, you are the technical architect of our product’s future. Partnering directly with Engineering and the Head of Product, you will own the technical roadmap—translating complex cloud‑native challenges into a seamless, high‑value platform.
We are looking for a builder. The ideal candidate has experience developing the fundamental building blocks of the cloud—someone who has shipped the infrastructure services that others rely on.
Your Role as a Founding Product Manager
- Technical Roadmap Ownership: Drive the strategic direction for vCluster, translating high‑level vision into clear product requirements and detailed technical specifications that enable efficient engineering execution.
- Founder Partnership: Work hand‑in‑hand with leaders to navigate complex technical decisions, ensuring our architecture remains the gold standard for multi‑tenant Kubernetes.
- Hands‑on Validation: Go deep with engineering to scope features, validate implementations, and personally test alpha/beta builds to ensure we are shipping enterprise‑grade infrastructure.
- Customer Intelligence: Engage directly with platform engineers at world‑class organizations to gather feedback, understand real‑world use cases, and identify the next "zero‑to‑one" opportunity for the product.
- Market Positioning: Conduct rigorous competitive analysis of the cloud‑native ecosystem and partner with GTM teams to ensure our messaging resonates with highly technical buyers.
- Cross‑Functional Leadership: Act as the ultimate bridge between Engineering, Sales, and Marketing, ensuring that what we build aligns perfectly with how we sell and support our customers.
This Role is a Fit for You if You Bring
- Experience: 6+ years of Product Management experience, with a proven track record of building and shipping platform services, cloud‑native infrastructure, or distributed systems.
- Infrastructure Provider Background: Experience building "Kubernetes‑as‑a‑Service" offerings, whether as a managed service for a cloud provider or as a centralized on‑prem platform for a large‑scale enterprise.
- Technical Depth: Knowledge of controllers, CRDs, and API machinery, and the comfort to go toe‑to‑toe with senior engineers on complex system architecture and multi‑tenant isolation.
- AI & MLOps Infrastructure: Understanding of infrastructure requirements of the modern era, especially regarding MLOps, AI infrastructure (GPU slicing/scheduling), and LLM deployment patterns.
- Founding Grit: Thriving in ambiguity and excited to build the product management playbook from scratch, taking extreme ownership to drive outcomes without a pre‑defined process.
- Strategic Execution: Knowledge of scaling a technical product from early adoption to a predictable, market‑leading engine.
Bonus Points For
- Internal Developer Platforms: Building tools (IDPs) that abstract infrastructure complexity for developer teams.
- Bare Metal & HPC: Working with or building for bare metal infrastructure or high‑performance computing (HPC) environments.
- Startup Growth: Navigating a company through a successful Series B+ scaling phase.
About VCluster Labs
We are a venture‑backed tech startup pioneering Kubernetes virtualization for the AI era. We raised +$30M from top‑tier VCs such as Khosla Ventures and are in a hyper‑growth phase looking for motivated people to complement our team. Our headquarters are in San Francisco (Salesforce Tower), but our team is distributed globally and we have a remote‑first work culture.
We are the leading platform for operating GPU infrastructure, enabling AI Cloud providers to deliver a hyperscaler‑like experience to their customers and AI factories to build the same experience for internal teams. Our platform delivers the full operational stack operators need to run their GPU data centers—managed Kubernetes, fast isolated tenant provisioning, and automated node provisioning and lifecycle management—accelerating time to value, reducing operational burden, and maximizing ROI of every GPU.
We are the company behind vCluster, an open‑source technology for virtualizing Kubernetes (10k+ GitHub stars, 40M+ virtual clusters created since 2021). Open source is part of our DNA.
Benefits
- Competitive Salary: We offer a competitive compensation package, including equity.
- Platinum‑Level Insurance: Health, dental, vision, and life insurance for you and eligible dependents (benefits vary by country).
- Flexible Working Schedule: Result‑driven culture with flexible hours to accommodate personal commitments.
- Workplace Flexibility: Freedom to work from any location, with support for changes in work environment as life evolves.
Culture & Values
- Make it Happen: Relentless bias for action and the grit to push through obstacles.
- Own the Outcome: Focus on delivering value, not just completing tasks.
- Create Wow: Creating impressive experiences for customers and teammates, going the extra mile to support one another.
- Open Source, Open Mind: Active contribution to and maintenance of open‑source projects, fostering meritocracy within the team.
- Build Tomorrow’s Standards, Intentionally: Designing cutting‑edge solutions while maintaining discipline and reliability for mission‑critical infrastructure.
Compensation Range: €115K - €130K
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