Summary
A mission-driven technology organization is seeking a technical product manager to own the roadmap for a platform infrastructure product spanning Kubernetes foundations, CI/CD, deployment tooling, observability, and secure installation across cloud, on-premises, and air-gapped environments. You will conduct discovery with engineers and field operators, define self-service workflows, coordinate cross-functional dependencies, and make data-informed decisions balancing reliability, security, and developer velocity. Five or more years of product management experience in platform, infrastructure, or developer tools is required.
Highlights
Own the strategy and roadmap for a sophisticated platform infrastructure product, work closely with engineering and operations teams, shape self-service and observability capabilities, and enjoy a remote-first setup with flexible office collaboration, generous vacation, and learning support.
Description
Product Manager
Company
Orcrist builds the Orcrist Intelligence Platform (OIP), a Kubernetes-based data intelligence system delivered as SaaS or self-hosted/on-prem (including air-gapped deployments).
We partner with defense, law-enforcement, and enterprise teams to make complex data actionable, securely and responsibly.
Role
Own the roadmap for the Orcrist platform: the Kubernetes foundation, CI/CD, and deployment tooling that make OIP reliably installable and operable across cloud, on-prem, and air-gapped environments.
Your customers are our engineering teams and the field teams who deploy OIP.
You will give them fast, safe self-service and partner with SRE, security, and customer-facing squads to ship the platform as a product.
What you'll do
Define product vision, OKRs, and roadmap for developer self-service, installability, and observability.Run discovery with engineering teams and field operators; turn what you learn into golden paths and releases.Drive air-gapped packaging, install, and upgrade as first-class product capabilities.Measure platform health (reliability, time-to-production, CI/CD success, cost) and make data-informed calls.Coordinate dependencies across SRE, security, and customer-facing squads for safe, repeatable releases.
About You
5+ years product management in platform, infrastructure, or developer tools, ideally with security or compliance scope.Comfortable with Kubernetes/GitOps delivery, IaC, CI/CD, and observability concepts.Strong analytics and storytelling; you balance reliability, security, and developer velocity.Familiar with on-prem or air-gapped customer journeys.Eligible to work in Germany; willing to travel to Berlin for roadmap and team workshops.
Nice‑to‑haves
German language (B1+) and experience working with defense or public-sector customers.A background as an SRE, DevOps, or cloud engineer before moving into product.Prior work on internal developer platforms or installable/on-prem software.
What We Offer
Remote-first in Germany with hybrid Berlin office, 30 days vacation, equipment & learning budget.Modern stack and talented engineering partners who value product rigor.Mission-driven work supporting national security and public safety customers.
