Staff Product Manager, Enterprise Data Protection

Staff Product Manager

Location: Palo Alto, CA (also open to other locations on the West Coast, USA)

About Us:

Rubrik, the Zero Trust Data Security Company™, delivers data security and operational resilience for enterprises. Rubrik’s big idea is to provide data security and data protection on a single platform, including Zero Trust Data Protection, Ransomware Investigation, Incident Containment, Sensitive Data Discovery, and Orchestrated Application Recovery. This means your data is ready so you can recover the data you need, and avoid paying a ransom. Because when you secure your data, you secure your applications, and you secure your business.

About the Team:

At Rubrik, our Product Management team is at the forefront of defining the strategy and driving execution to strengthen our leading platform for cyber-resilience. We are dedicated to meeting the ever-changing data management and security needs of our customers and wear multiple hats throughout the different stages in the product lifecycle and set the vision for our growing family of products. As advocates for both our users and our business, Product Managers balance varied perspectives and empower their teams to do great work. You'll be in the room with customers, guiding engineering on technical trade-offs, and leading the go-to-market plan.

About the Role:

As a Staff Product Manager for Hypervisors, you will drive the end-to-end strategy and execution for Rubrik's Hypervisor solution, guaranteeing robust protection against cyber threats and data corruption to our customers. Given the high growth and strategic importance of hypervisor protection at Rubrik and also within the Enterprise Data Protection team, this position is crucial to the company's overall success.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and execute the strategies & roadmap of data protection solutions for hypervisors & Distributed Hybrid Infrastructures, ensuring alignment with customer needs and business objectives.
• Own the entire product lifecycle, from ideation and discovery to launch and ongoing iteration.
• Lead the development & GTM efforts of the data protection solutions end to end.
• Drive product adoption and engagement by deeply understanding enterprise customers' pain points and requirements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineering, design, marketing, and sales, to deliver on the product roadmap.
• Stay up-to-date on industry trends, best practices, and compliance frameworks.
• Define key success metrics and use a data-driven approach for all product decisions.
• Serve as the internal and external subject matter expert on Hypervisor platforms and protection.

Required Skills:

• 8+ years of experience in Enterprise Product Management; direct experience with virtualization products (e.g. vSphere, AHV, Hyper-V, Kubernetes) highly desirable.
• Experience with full stack (virtualization, network, storage) and infrastructure deployment models (on-prem, private cloud, hybrid cloud) is a big plus.
• Proven ability to thrive in ambiguous environments, demonstrating a strong capacity to distill complex, unstructured problems into clear, actionable steps.
• Track record of success collaborating with technical teams and translating complex concepts into user-friendly solutions.
• Perform market/competitive analysis, prioritize product features/gaps, and clearly articulate decisions and tradeoffs.
• Strong analytical skills with a data-driven approach to decision-making.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience working with enterprise customers pre- and post-sales to identify and solve their business needs.
• Collaborate with teams in a hybrid work environment across different timezones.

Why Join Us?

We have been recognized as a Forbes Cloud 100 Company, named as a LinkedIn Top 10 Startup and are proud to have earned Great Place to Work® Certification™. There has never been a more exciting time to join Rubrik, and our future is even brighter. The work you do will help propel our next chapter of growth as you do the best work of your career.

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