Two Sigma Ventures

Company Description

About Mirantis

Mirantis is the Kubernetes-native AI infrastructure company, enabling organizations to build and operate scalable, secure, and sovereign infrastructure for modern AI, machine learning, and data-intensive applications. By combining open source innovation with deep expertise in Kubernetes orchestration, Mirantis empowers platform engineering teams to deliver composable, production-ready developer platforms across any environment—on-premises, in the cloud, at the edge, or in sovereign data centers. As enterprises navigate the growing complexity of AI-driven workloads, Mirantis delivers the automation, GPU orchestration, and policy-driven control needed to manage infrastructure with confidence and agility. Committed to open standards and freedom from lock-in, Mirantis ensures that customers retain full control of their infrastructure strategy.

We serve global leaders including Adobe, PayPal, Liberty Mutual, Splunk, and Volkswagen. Learn more at www.mirantis.com.

Job Description

Mirantis is seeking a Senior Product Manager to take full ownership of go-to-market (GTM) strategy and execution for k0rdent Enterprise — our enterprise-grade, open-source-based Distributed Container Management Platform designed for platform engineering teams.

k0rdent Enterprise enables organizations to tame Kubernetes sprawl, standardize service delivery, and operate secure, composable Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) across hybrid, multi-cloud, and edge environments — with advanced observability, FinOps, and security features.

This role requires a unique blend of deep cloud infrastructure expertise and GTM leadership. You’ll need to be equally comfortable defining product strategy with engineering, building positioning and messaging with marketing, and enabling sales teams to win in competitive deals. The ideal candidate will have strong technical fluency in Kubernetes, platform engineering, and enterprise IT infrastructure, coupled with a proven ability to drive cross-functional initiatives from concept to market impact.

Responsibilities:

Product Strategy & Execution

• Own the vision, strategy, and roadmap for k0rdent Enterprise, ensuring alignment with customer needs and market opportunities in platform engineering, DevOps, and SRE personas .

• Drive requirements for enterprise-grade features including multi-cluster orchestration, policy-driven automation, observability/FinOps, service templates, and enterprise security .

• Translate customer and market insights into actionable product features and prioritized release plans.

• Partner closely with engineering to ensure timely delivery, high quality, and scalability of new capabilities.
  

Go-to-Market Leadership

• Develop compelling positioning, messaging, and competitive differentiation for k0rdent Enterprise across key use cases:

  • Multi-cloud/multi-cluster platform engineering

  • Internal Developer Platform (IDP) delivery

  • AI/ML workload orchestration

  • Regulated/air-gapped deployments
    

• Work closely with Product Marketing to enable the field with sales playbooks, competitive battlecards, ROI models, technical whitepapers, and migration guides.

• Partner with sales and alliances to identify strategic accounts, influence deals, and support customer engagements from discovery to close.

• Lead product launches, coordinate cross-functional GTM plans, and track launch success metrics.
  

Customer & Market Insight

• Engage directly with platform engineers, DevOps teams, and SREs to understand pain points, workflows, and decision drivers .

• Monitor the evolving competitive landscape — including proprietary PaaS, Kubernetes management platforms, and open-source alternatives — to inform product positioning and roadmap .

• Identify emerging trends in AI/ML infrastructure, cloud-native observability, FinOps, and Kubernetes-native automation that can be leveraged to enhance k0rdent Enterprise.

Collaboration & Delivery

• Work with engineering and design to ensure usability, scalability, and enterprise-grade security.

• Align roadmap priorities with Mirantis’ partner ecosystem, including hardware vendors, AI/ML tooling providers, and open-source communities .

• Champion the voice of the customer across the organization, ensuring our solutions solve real-world enterprise challenges.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of product management experience, with at least 3 years in cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, or platform engineering.

• Deep understanding of Kubernetes, multi-cloud environments, and IDP concepts — ideally with hands-on experience in platform orchestration and multi-cluster management.

• Familiarity with DevOps, SRE, and platform engineering personas and their operational challenges .

• Proven track record in GTM strategy, positioning, and enterprise product launches.

• Strong technical fluency in cloud networking, storage, security, observability, and compliance frameworks.

• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills — able to communicate effectively with both technical and business stakeholders.

• Experience influencing cross-functional teams without direct authority, driving consensus, and delivering measurable business results.

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience with AI/ML infrastructure, GPU orchestration, or AI application deployment.

• Knowledge of Cluster API, GitOps, and Kubernetes-native policy enforcement.

• Familiarity with competitive offerings from Red Hat, VMware, Rancher, SpectroCloud, Rafay, and hyperscaler platforms.

Additional Information

What does Mirantis offer you?
- Work with an established Silicon Valley leader in the cloud infrastructure industry;
- Work with exceptionally passionate, talented and engaging colleagues, helping Fortune 500 and Global 2000 customers implement next-generation cloud technologies;
- Be a part of cutting-edge, open-source innovation;
- Thrive in the high-energy environment of a young company where openness, collaboration, risk-taking, and continuous growth are valued;
- Professional development and training;
- Attend conferences and working groups;
- Company outings, happy hours, hackathons, and tech talks;
- Receive a competitive compensation package with a strong benefits plan.

It is understood that Mirantis, Inc. may use automated decision-making technology (ADMT) for specific employment-related decisions. Opting out of ADMT use is requested for decisions about evaluation and review connected with the specific employment decision for the position applied for. You also have the right to appeal any decisions made by ADMT by sending your request to [email protected]

By submitting your resume, you consent to the processing and storage of your personal data in accordance with applicable data protection laws, for the purposes of considering your application for current and future job opportunities.

Actual base salary varies based on factors, including but limited to, relevant sill, prior experience, education, base salary of internal peers, demonstrated performance, and geographic location
Salary range: $215000-225000 yearly

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