Principal Product Manager - Open Meter & Billing

Kong Inc.

Remote, United States
Not specified; not specified; not specified
Remote
Founder experience or early product leader
Deep technical fluency in api specs
Direct billing and payments domain experience
Kong Inc. is seeking a Principal Product Manager for their Open Meter & Billing platform, a role designed for candidates with founder-level experience in product management. The position emphasizes ownership of product strategy, roadmap development, and cross-team collaboration in a rapidly evolving AI and API economy

Job Summary

  • This role is designed for ex-founders to own the strategy, roadmap, and outcome of Kong's Metering & Billing platform.
  • The successful candidate will drive pricing, packaging, and go-to-market strategies while defending product bets to the board and customers.
  • Kong offers founder-level scope with executive air cover to shape the monetization layer for the AI and API economy.

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Kong Inc. is seeking a Principal Product Manager for their Open Meter & Billing platform, a role designed for candidates with founder-level experience in product management. The position emphasizes ownership of product strategy, roadmap development, and cross-team collaboration in a rapidly evolving AI and API economy.

Salary

Not specified; Not specified; Not specified

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Founder experience or early product leader
  • Deep technical fluency in API specs
  • Direct billing and payments domain experience

Nice-to-have

  • Background in API infrastructure or FinOps
  • Experience leading open-source product strategy
  • Bias toward simplicity and clean abstractions

Key Requirements

  • Proven founder or early-stage product leadership experience
  • Ability to reason about data pipelines and architecture
  • Strong written communication skills for strategy and positioning

Work Rights

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