Principal Product Manager - Observability - Logs & Traces
Workday
Fully remote
12+ years product management experience
Saas or cloud-based infrastructure expertise
Deep familiarity with observability concepts
Workday is seeking a Principal Product Manager for its observability platform, focusing on logs and traces within a fully remote work environment. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in product management, particularly with SaaS or cloud-based systems, and will lead initiatives that enhance operational reliability and visibility for engineering teams
Job Summary
This role sits at the intersection of platform engineering and operational reliability to support Workday's mission of delivering dependable global SaaS services.
You will drive the product vision and roadmap for the observability platform, spanning data collection, processing, querying, and visualization capabilities.
Workday offers a flexible work approach requiring at least half of the time each quarter to be spent in the office or field with customers.
Matching Summary
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Workday is seeking a Principal Product Manager for its observability platform, focusing on logs and traces within a fully remote work environment. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in product management, particularly with SaaS or cloud-based systems, and will lead initiatives that enhance operational reliability and visibility for engineering teams.
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
12+ years product management experience
SaaS or cloud-based infrastructure expertise
Deep familiarity with observability concepts
Experience owning data pipeline products
Strong track record in cross-team collaboration
Nice-to-have
Master's degree in Computer Science or Engineering
Knowledge of open-source ecosystems like Prometheus
Experience with user interviews and dogfooding
Strategic ability to link platform to business outcomes
Key Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline
12+ years of experience in product management
Proven ability to influence engineering leadership without authority