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As modern enterprises deploy increasingly demanding, high-throughput workloads, managing business-critical data presents complex hurdles in raw performance, data integrity, and multi-site resilience. Moreover, Nutanix Cloud Native Data Services harmonize the speed of cloud-native development with the rigor of enterprise-level data oversight. While Kubernetes provides excellent stateless orchestration, handling business-critical stateful applications often presents significant hurdles in resilience, compliance, and data protection. \nWe are seeking a passionate, high energy Product Management professional to lead the strategic roadmap for AOS Core Data Path initiatives. In this role, you will drive the evolution of our high-performance storage fabric and lead our container-native storage and sophisticated data services initiatives at Nutanix. You should have a strong grasp of the Kubernetes ecosystem (CSI, CRDs, GitOps) paired with a solid foundation in enterprise storage and disaster recovery topologies. You must confidently navigate ambiguity, balance the distinct needs of IT admins and platform engineers. \nAbout the Team\nAt Nutanix, the Product Management team is a dynamic and geodispersed group of individuals who thrive on collaboration and innovation. Comprising talented professionals from various locations, our team is dedicated to driving the product vision and ensuring that our solutions meet the evolving needs of our customers. We foster an environment where diverse perspectives are valued, and open communication is encouraged, enabling us to work seamlessly together, regardless of physical location.\nYou will report to the Director of Product Management, who is committed to empowering team members and facilitating their professional growth. The work setup for this role is hybrid, with a requirement to be in the office at our San Jose location three days a week, which promotes team cohesion and collaborative brainstorming sessions. Travel requirements will be as needed, primarily to support initiatives in different markets or attend key meetings and conferences, ensuring you stay connected with stakeholders and engage directly with our diverse customer base.\nYour Role\nDefine and champion the long-term vision for Nutanix AOS storage, and championing product strategy for Cloud Native data services. \nAct as the primary gatekeeper for the product backlog, prioritizing features based on data-driven insights, market analysis, and revenue impact.\nCollaborate with engineering, UI/UX, Cloud Native PMs and architecture teams to ship high-quality features. \nAct as the main subject matter expert for Storage performance, NVMe based protocols, cloud native data services. Partner with outbound Product Marketing, Sales Engineering, and Technical Marketing to create powerful technical content, documentation, white papers, and field enablement programs.\nConduct continuous discovery with enterprise IT buyers, developers, and platform engineers to uncover emerging needs in stateful container management, hybrid cloud DR compliance, and AI/ML data infrastructure.\nDrive joint product initiative with NKP (Nutanix Kubernetes Platform) to provide a cohesive end to end infrastructure solutions for stateful containerized workloads. \nExpand the technical integrations with strategic container ecosystem partners (e.g., Red Hat OpenShift, AWS EKS, CNCF projects), ensuring it remains highly compatible with other leading-edge solutions.\nWhat You Will Bring\nBS or MS in Computer Science or related fields. MBA is a plus.\n5+ years of experience in product management, with a focused history of developing cloud-native platforms, enterprise-grade storage solutions, and/or sophisticated data protection software, along with a total of 12+ years of overall work experience.\nExtensive knowledge of the Kubernetes ecosystem, featuring practical expertise with CSI, CRDs, Helm charts, and the implementation of GitOps workflows for modern deployment.\nBackground in working with hyperscaler Kubernetes engines (EKS, AKS, GKE) or hybrid container environments (Red Hat OpenShift) or knowledge around open-source communities will be preferred.\nAbility to be self-motivated towards the achievement and measurement of established goals.\nAttention to detail in executing complex projects. Strong bias for action.\nExcellent interpersonal and communication skills to engage with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, and ability to present to executives.\nVisa sponsorship is not available for this role at this time.\nWork Arrangement\n Hybrid: This role operates in a hybrid capacity, blending the benefits of remote work with the advantages of in-person collaboration. In locations where our workplace policy applies (i.e. San Jose, Durham, Mexico City, Bangalore, Pune, Hoofddorp, Belgrade, Barcelona, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo), employees are expected to work onsite a minimum of 3 days per week to foster collaboration, team alignment, and access to in-office resources. Workplace type may vary based on location and team requirements. Please speak with your recruiter for details. Additional team-specific guidance and norms will be provided by your manager.\nThe pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between USD $ 195,000 and USD $ 391,000 per year.\nHowever, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a sign-on bonus, restricted stock units, and discretionary awards in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.\nIf hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors. Our application deadline is 40 days from the date of posting. 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