Backblaze: Senior Product Manager – Core Systems

About BackblazeBackblaze makes storing and using data astonishingly easy.

When our founding team got together, they committed to helping people save their data.

Today, the Backblaze Storage Cloud provides a foundational platform around the world for a broad community of developers, IT generalists, entrepreneurs, and individuals who seek the easy, affordable, trusted solutions we provide.

We’ve managed to nurture a team-oriented culture with amazingly low turnover.

Our approach is guided by honesty, transparency, and a commitment to doing the right thing.

Our customers are happy, and so are our coworkers: In the most recent “Great Place to Work” survey, 97% of our team rated Backblaze as “a great place to work.” Check out what our employees are saying on Glassdoor!

But while there is a lot to celebrate in our past, there is almost as much opportunity ahead of us.

We are seeking a Senior Product Manager!

We are looking for a Senior Product Manager who has shipped a couple of products to help us with building and enhancing core systems (like payments) and improving user experience across our product lines.

Are you great at teasing out customer pains, translating that feedback into requirements developers understand and assessing whether we’ll make money from it?

A nut for data?

Do you like working with a bunch of committed, likable people?

If you answered ‘yes’ to all, apply you must!

This position is located in San Mateo, California, but we will also consider remote work as long as you’re no more than three time zones away and can come to San Mateo occasionally.

What You’ll Do:Talk to customers and understand their needs and pains and record that goldPrioritize features based on business goals, customer needs, and resource capacityDevelop and maintain a near and long-term strategy for the product lineCreate, manage and evangelize product roadmaps to cross-departmental key stakeholdersWrite clear and concise requirements and user stories and ensure that the development teams are fed with high priority workParticipate in go-to-market plans, working and guiding product marketing, sales engineering and sales on technical solution and approachesTell us why the next thing you’re going to work on is the most important thing for the company to doDefine, live and breathe product KPIsYou’ll motivate the team celebrate wins and pick ‘em up when there’s a setbackKnow how to get *stuff* done without anyone telling you what the *stuff* is or howLastly, make your manager look like a genius for hiring youWho You Are:People like you as a person and would trust you to watch their dogs or kids3-5 years of product management experience at dynamic, high-scale consumer tech companies.

Bonus if you’ve also worked at a B2B company.Comfortable with working with APIs, technical enough that you can have intelligent conversations with developersPerforms at the strategic and operational (execution) level and have launched multiple productsStrong analytical ability, and experience in making decisions based on dataSo charismatic that cross-functional teams love working with you, strong enough that they’ll follow you anywhereSuch a great listener that customers spill their guts to youStrong interpersonal skills and high emotional intelligence effectively communicates with engineers, designers, our customers (B2C and B2B)Well versed in Agile/Scrum such a meticulous story writer that QA teams love youLives and breathes user experienceBias for action, doesn’t wait for directionStrategic, creative and detail orientedBachelor’s Degree requiredBackblaze Perks:100% healthcare for familyDental and vision planCompetitive compensation and 401KRSU grants for full-time employeesFlexible vacation policyMaternity & paternity leaveMacBook Pro to use for work plus a generous stipend to personalize your workstationChildcare bonus (human children only)Generous skills training policy to continue your professional developmentCommuter benefitsCulture that supports a healthy work-life balanceAt Backblaze, we value being fair and good to our customers, partners, and employees.

That’s why diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core of our values.

We are committed to fostering a workforce where all employees feel a sense of belonging regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, socioeconomic status, ability, veteran status, and education.

We believe that our dedication to cultivating a diverse workspace not only allows us to better serve our customers in over 175 countries, but further reinforces our commitment to doing the right thing.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.