Director of Product Management, Observability
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Before you apply
Salary$200k – $379k
LocationSpain, United States
Work moderemote
Typefull-time
SeniorityDirector
Experience10+ yrs
DepartmentObs - Application Observability
EquityIncluded
Company size1,001–5,000 people
PostedOct 22, 2026 · 2w ago
Verified live3d ago
At a glanceSummarised by Seekless from the posting.
10+ years in product management
4+ years leading PM teams in data infrastructure, observability, or data pipelines
Deep technical fluency in telemetry ingest: OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, log processing, routing, and agent management
Experience shipping SaaS products with usage-based pricing
Experience building platform capabilities shared by several product lines
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Familiarity with the Elastic Stack
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law
If you are located in or are a national of one of the listed countries or regions, an export license may be required
Skills
OpenTelemetry
Prometheus
Elastic Stack
SaaS
Observability
Security
Search
Benefits
Health insurance
401(k)
Stock program
Remote work
Flexible schedule
Unlimited PTO
Parental leave
Volunteer time
About the company
Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale — unleashing the potential of businesses and people. The Elastic Search AI Platform, used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500, brings together the precision of search and the intelligence of AI to enable everyone to accelerate the results that matter. By taking advantage of all structured and unstructured data — securing and protecting private information more effectively — Elastic’s complete, cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability help organizations deliver on the promise of AI.
What is The Role
Every outcome on the Elastic platform starts with data getting in. Streams, Elastic’s telemetry pipeline, is the shared ingest layer for Observability, Security, and Search. It collects data from any source, processes and routes it, and stores it in Elasticsearch or the customer’s own object storage, all built on open standards like OpenTelemetry and Prometheus. As Director of Product Management, you will own Streams end to end and lead the PM team behind it. Your job is to make Elastic the easiest platform to bring data to, for every solution and every customer.
What You Will Be Doing
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Own the strategy and roadmap for data collection, ingestion, processing and routing, and the integrations framework.
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Define and track KPIs focused on product and feature adoption
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Partner with Observability, Security, and Search product leaders to provide a shared service everyone can leverage
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Make getting data ingestion self-service, with time-to-first-data measured in minutes.
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Lead a team of distributed product managers and enable them to deliver measurable outcomes.
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Drive roadmap priorities by working with customers, internal teams, and the community
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Work with engineers and designers to scope and define compelling features
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Enable sales, marketing, and partners with clear messaging and positioning
What You Bring
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10+ years in product management, including 4+ years leading PM teams in data infrastructure, observability, or data pipelines.
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Deep technical fluency in telemetry ingest: OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, log processing, routing, and agent management.
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Experience shipping SaaS products with usage-based pricing, and building platform capabilities shared by several product lines.
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Excellent verbal and written communication skills
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Familiarity with the Elastic Stack is a plus
Benefits
Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary. This role does not have a variable compensation component.
The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is listed below. In select locations (including Seattle WA, Los Angeles CA, the San Francisco Bay Area CA, and the New York City Metro Area), an alternate range may apply as specified below.
Legal
These ranges represent the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the ranges may be modified in the future.
An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.
Elastic believes that employees should have the opportunity to share in the value that we create together for our shareholders. Therefore, in addition to cash compensation, this role is currently eligible to participate in Elastic’s stock program. Our total rewards package also includes a company-matched 401k with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6% of eligible earnings, along with a range of other benefits offered with a holistic emphasis on employee well-being.
The typical starting salary range for this role is:
$199,700—$315,900 USD
The typical starting salary range for this role in the select locations listed above is:
$239,800—$379,300 USD
Additional Information - We Take Care of Our People
As a distributed company, diversity drives our identity. Whether you’re looking to launch a new career or grow an existing one, Elastic is the type of company where you can balance great work with great life. Your age is only a number. It doesn’t matter if you’re just out of college or your children are; we need you for what you can do.
We strive to have parity of benefits across regions and while regulations differ from place to place, we believe taking care of our people is the right thing to do.
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Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary
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Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
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Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles
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Generous number of vacation days each year
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Increase your impact - We match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service
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Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love
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Embracing parenthood with minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave
Different people approach problems differently. We need that. Elastic is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation.
We welcome individuals with disabilities and strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all individuals. To request an accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please email [email protected]. We will reply to your request within 24 business hours of submission.
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