Product Manager

<h2>Product Manager</h2> <h3>Company</h3> <p>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.</p> <h3>Role</h3> <p>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.</p> <h3>What you'll do</h3> <ul> <li>Define product vision, OKRs, and roadmap for developer self-service, installability, and observability.</li> <li>Run discovery with engineering teams and field operators; turn what you learn into golden paths and releases.</li> <li>Drive air-gapped packaging, install, and upgrade as first-class product capabilities.</li> <li>Measure platform health (reliability, time-to-production, CI/CD success, cost) and make data-informed calls.</li> <li>Coordinate dependencies across SRE, security, and customer-facing squads for safe, repeatable releases.</li> </ul> <h3>About You</h3> <ul> <li>5+ years product management in platform, infrastructure, or developer tools, ideally with security or compliance scope.</li> <li>Comfortable with Kubernetes/GitOps delivery, IaC, CI/CD, and observability concepts.</li> <li>Strong analytics and storytelling; you balance reliability, security, and developer velocity.</li> <li>Familiar with on-prem or air-gapped customer journeys.</li> <li>Eligible to work in Germany; willing to travel to Berlin for roadmap and team workshops.</li> </ul> <h3>Nice‑to‑haves</h3> <ul> <li>German language (B1+) and experience working with defense or public-sector customers.</li> <li>A background as an SRE, DevOps, or cloud engineer before moving into product.</li> <li>Prior work on internal developer platforms or installable/on-prem software.</li> </ul> <h3>What We Offer</h3> <ul> <li>Remote-first in Germany with hybrid Berlin office, 30 days vacation, equipment &amp; learning budget.</li> <li>Modern stack and talented engineering partners who value product rigor.</li> <li>Mission-driven work supporting national security and public safety customers.</li> </ul>