Senior Product Manager at Gradle

Who We Are AI is changing how software gets built. Code production is becoming a commodity. The focus is shifting from writing code to orchestrating, verifying, and governing change – and the toolchain is the new constraint. Gradle is at the center of this shift. We build Develocity, a first-of-its-kind toolchain observability and intelligence platform used by some of the world's leading software organizations – Netflix, Airbnb, Spotify, SAP, major global banks, and hundreds more. Develocity helps software teams achieve delivery excellence through deep observability, build and test acceleration, and AI-powered intelligence across the entire toolchain – for Gradle Build Tool, Apache Maven™, sbt, npm, Python, with support for additional build tools coming soon. We are an AI-native company. AI is not a feature we're bolting on – it's central to how we work, how we think about our product, and where we're heading. We're investing deeply in making Develocity's unique data and decades of domain expertise accessible to both humans and AI agents, with trust, evidence, and explainability at the core of everything we build. We have partnered with the Apache Software Foundation, the Commonhaus Foundation, the Micronaut Foundation, and other OSS projects such as Spring, Quarkus, Kotlin, JUnit, AndroidX, and many more to bring the values of Develocity also to the OSS Community. Our Values Seek to Understand: Everything starts with listening and understanding; we strive to understand diverse viewpoints, problems, and motivations. Before we take action, we ensure we truly grasp the challenges, perspectives, and goals. Know the Why: We approach our work with a clear sense of purpose, ensuring every step is deliberate and focused. We take meaningful action with urgency, but never at the expense of thoughtful consideration. Innovate & Iterate: We embrace challenges and are not afraid to try new things, even if they might fail. With a deep understanding and a clear purpose, we can develop creative, bold solutions to tackle challenges. Own the Outcome: We are empowered to take initiative, and we maintain transparency in our work and its outcomes. When we execute, we take responsibility for our decisions, measure the success of our innovations, and learn from the results. Who You Are You are an experienced and passionate B2B Senior Product Manager with a proven track record of leading strategy, roadmap, and delivery in the Build Acceleration space. You have a deep background in enterprise development productivity engineering. In an era where developer and AI Agent productivity relies heavily on deep data insights, you understand how to extract actionable intelligence from complex, high-volume telemetry. You will own this space: understanding customer needs, market trends, and the evolving intersection of enterprise infrastructure efficiency, developer and AI agent productivity, and AI-driven software delivery. You will work closely with engineering, product design, sales, marketing, and support teams – and increasingly with AI-native workflows – to ensure the successful development and adoption of our solutions. Responsibilities • Product Strategy & Vision: • Define and articulate a clear product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Develocity's Build Acceleration capabilities. • Conduct thorough market research, competitive analysis, and customer interviews to identify opportunities and unmet needs cloud, hybrid, and on-premises deployments. • Develop business cases for new product initiatives with high velocity. • AI Integration: • Collaborate with the AI strategy team to identify opportunities where Develocity's unique data and domain expertise can power AI-driven capabilities • Stay current with the rapidly evolving AI tooling landscape and evaluate how LLMs, coding agents, and agentic workflows impact developer productivity and telemetry needs. • Requirements & Prioritization: • Gather, analyze, and prioritize product requirements, ensuring you have considered input from all stakeholders, including customers, sales, support, and engineering. • Translate high-level business requirements into prioritized functional requirements. • Be able to make pragmatic roadmap priority decisions. • Engineering: • Closely participate with engineering teams to ensure the successful development and deployment of the product • Focus on Why, What and understand How • Go to market: • Work with sales and marketing to develop go-to-market strategies, product positioning, and messaging. • Partner with Presales and Solution Engineer to develop go-to-market materials to support the enterprise sales motion, such as presentations, demo environments and scenarios, and product-specific roadmaps. • Partner with customer support to understand customer pain points and inform product improvements and bug fixes. • Customer & Market Advocacy: • Serve as the internal and external evangelist for your products, presenting to customers, partners, and conferences. • Stay up-to-date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and competitor offerings. • Actively engage with industry standards bodies and communities around Build Acceleration technologies Minimum Qualifications • Deep, practical domain knowledge of Build Acceleration. • Extensive experience in product management in a B2B context. • Prior experience as a software engineer or a computer science degree. • A “Product Journey" and “Customer Journey” mindset with a deep desire to deploy impactful solutions. • Expert knowledge of managing a pragmatic product roadmap • Familiarity and technical understanding of some, not necessarily all, • Domain knowledge in CI/CD practices. • Domain knowledge in DevOps • Domain knowledge of build tools for Java, Javascript and Python languages • Observability tooling (Datadog, Splunk, Dynatrace, etc.) • Strong analytical skills with the ability to leverage data to inform product decisions. • Outstanding communication skills to effectively interact with individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds and bring clarity to complex and rapidly evolving domains. • Demonstrated ability to lead with data, utilize diplomacy, and exert influence to drive outcomes across cross-functional teams. Preferred Qualifications • Experience with building AI-powered products, agentic workflows, or LLM-based tooling. • Domain knowledge of Caching technology and/or Build Acceleration mechanisms. What We Offer • Work on a widely used product with a clear vision for the future, at the intersection of AI and developer tooling • Contribute to leading solutions in the new industry of Developer and Agent Productivity Engineering • Close collaboration with an ambitious and experienced team • Opportunities for growth in your career and in leadership responsibilities • In-person meetings, such as our annual company offsite, team meetings, and onboardings • Work from home in a remote-first environment • Competitive salaries and equity grants Location Remote from EMEA. While our team works remotely and is spread across the globe, we deeply value daily interactions and collaboration.