VP, Product Management - Platform

About Us
At Cloudflare, we have our eyes set on an ambitious goal: to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world's largest networks that powers approximately 25 million Internet properties, for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine's Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World's Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.
We realize people do not fit into neat boxes. We are looking for curious and empathetic individuals who are committed to developing themselves and learning new skills, and we are ready to help you do that. We cannot complete our mission without building a diverse and inclusive team. We hire the best people based on an evaluation of their potential and support them throughout their time at Cloudflare. Come join us!
About the Role
We're looking for a Vice President (VP) of Product Management who will play a pivotal role in the future of Cloudflare's product portfolio and in the future of one of the fastest growing cloud companies overall. The VP of Product Platform will be responsible for the vision and delivery of the core building blocks used to deliver our products, such as API and identity, our data and analytics, our user dashboard and configuration tools and the systems to support customers, such as billing and alerting. You'll be managing a team of Product Managers and partnering closely with engineering, sales, marketing, design, content and customer support teams, to deliver on the product roadmap and ensure a high level of product quality and delivery. This role reports to the Chief Product Officer.
The Product organization at Cloudflare is made up of Product Managers, Product Designers, Product Content Managers and New Product Introduction Professionals. We love to learn, collaborate, and solve large-scale problems.
Your work and the work of your team will impact and influence products used by millions of people and thousands of companies daily. As Vice President of Product Platform you will work in partnership with Engineering leadership but you will also work closely with the leadership team of the company and other cross-functional stakeholders. Building and managing a talented, diverse and inclusive team will be key to your success and the success of Cloudflare's platform and products generally.
What You'll Do
The ideal candidate is an entrepreneurial-minded and thoughtful leader that thrives in a fast-paced and goal-driven environment. You have outstanding communication and collaboration skills and are able to work hands-on with a diverse group, get buy-in, and drive the platform forward. You are customer-obsessed and execution focused and emphasize getting things done. You have a passion for building SaaS products and want to solve the problems of performance, security, and reliability on the Internet.

• Collaborate closely with Product and Engineering leaders to plan, design and build a world-class, global platform on which all Cloudflare products are built. The platform spans the Cloudflare API, Identity Management, Deployment Systems, Billing, SSO, Customer-Service components and other shared components that make up the Cloudflare platform.
• Recruit, lead, manage and mentor a team of product managers spanning Directors, Group Managers and Individual Contributors.
• Engage directly with customers, listening to their needs, solving their problems and communicating the vision of the Platform.
• Lead, define, represent and communicate product strategy to all stakeholders.
• Develop budgets, forecasts, and metrics for the platform and your organization.
• Own the product roadmap and communicate with C-level staff, board members, and other stakeholders.
• Sweat the details. Drive broader strategy while also working closely with the team on the finer points of specific use cases and implementations.
• Drive innovative ideas, solutions and products through leadership and decisive action.
• Become the key evangelist of the Platform and participate in both external and internal communication activities, conferences, discussions with thought leaders and market analysts.
• Ideally located in the San Francisco Bay Area, Austin, TX, Seattle, WA, New York, NY, but exceptional candidates that wish to work remotely will be considered.

Desirable skills, knowledge and experience

• Previous experience leading world class product teams at reputable companies within the SaaS/Cloud industry.
• Deep technical expertise, curiosity and a strong understanding of networks and the Internet.
• Proven track record building and developing diverse teams.
• Deep empathy with, and understanding of customer needs.
• Excellent written, visual and verbal communication skills.
• Minimum 15 years product management experience.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to craft product strategies and go-to-market strategies in collaboration with functional leaders.
• Demonstrated knowledge of operational issues with product management and software development systems.
• Customer-centric mindset with the capability of translating customer needs and customer experiences into the product development process.
• Successfully implemented data-driven processes to turn a vision into an actionable roadmap.

Compensation
Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location.

• For Colorado-based hires and Washington hires: Estimated annual salary of $275,000 - $337,000
• For New York City-based and California (excluding Bay Area): Estimated annual salary of $308,000- $376,000.
• For Bay Area-based hires: Estimated annual salary of $324,000 - $396,000.

Equity
This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare's equity plan.
Benefits
Cloudflare offers a complete package of benefits and programs to support you and your family. Our benefits programs can help you pay health care expenses, support caregiving, build capital for the future and make life a little easier and fun! The below is a description of our benefits for employees in the United States, and benefits may vary for employees based outside the U.S.
Health & Welfare Benefits

• Medical/Rx Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Commuter Spending Accounts
• Fertility & Family Forming Benefits
• On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program
• Global Travel Medical Insurance

Financial Benefits

• Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
• Life & Accident Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• Employee Stock Participation Plan

Time Off

• Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave
• Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave

What Makes Cloudflare Special?
We're not just a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. We're a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.
Project Galileo: We equip politically and artistically important organizations and journalists with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work, technology already used by Cloudflare's enterprise customers--at no cost.
Athenian Project: We created Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration.
Path Forward Partnership: Since 2016, we have partnered with Path Forward, a nonprofit organization, to create 16-week positions for mid-career professionals who want to get back to the workplace after taking time off to care for a child, parent, or loved one.
1.1.1.1: We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster, more secure and privacy-centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer-focused service Cloudflare has ever released. Here's the deal - we don't store client IP addresses never, ever. We will continue to abide by our privacy commitment and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers.
Sound like something you'd like to be a part of? We'd love to hear from you!
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