Product Manager

Shape The Future. Own Your Impact. Evolve with Payara.

At Payara, we aren’t just platform software, we shape the future of businesses. Whether you're driving operational excellence, leading strategic projects or creating code, your work ensures our customers continue to receive excellent products and services.

We believe in ownership, accountability, and collaboration. We strive for excellence, pushing boundaries, and creating impact. Your curiosity will inspire others and drive success.

Join a globally distributed team where challenge is a mindset, innovation is key, and excellence is non-negotiable.

Create impact. Drive change. Grow with Payara.

Role Overview

As a Product Manager, you will ensure the success of Payara Enterprise through open source adoption and engaging enterprise customers, while tracking competitors and gathering customer feedback to address challenges and requirements.

Summary Details 

Role                    :             Product Manager 

Seniority            :             Mid Level

Location             :             Europe, UK (Remote) 

Compensation :             Rate dependent on local market location and experience 

What you will be doing 

• Ensuring success of the Payara Enterprise product both in open source adoption and in Enterprise Customers 
• Tracking Competitors and positioning against competitors 
• Obtaining Customer Feedback to understand customer challenges  and requirements analysis
• Building and communicating Product Vision 
• Defining and communicating Product Roadmap 
• Creating Feature definitions 
• Tracking that implemented features meet definition 
• Coordinating Feature Launch 
• Deciding on Feature deprecation 
• Lead tasking in multi-functional product team without an Engineering Manager
• Evangelise Product Management process in their team and across business
• Following and developing best practice in Product Management in Payara 
• Closely collaborating with the Head of Product and other product teams  to deliver roadmap
• Coordinating with ITOPs, Marketing, Sales and Service teams 
• Supporting Product Marketing initiatives
• Work in International Working Groups with all stakeholders to drive wider technology adoption 

What you will bring

• 3 years Java ecosystem knowledge and  Product Management in developer or system operations market in SaaS or B2B
• 3 years Task assignment and management of a team – at least some experience following Agile Scrum     
• People Manager experience, including performance KPIs
• Experience with direct External Customer Contact
• Knowledge of Server Side Java ecosystem and experience in Open Source   

Desirable Skills & Knowledge 

• Ideally you will have worked for a larger organisation than Payara and will be able to transfer your knowledge and expertise to a scale up environment 
• Proven track record of managing all aspects of a successful product throughout its lifecycle 
• Proven ability to develop product and marketing strategies and effectively communicate recommendations to executive management 
• Solid technical background with understanding and/or hands-on experience in software development and web technologies 
• Delivered a SaaS and/or B2B product
• Strategic thinking abilities and presentation skills
• Product Management and Product Development Lifecycle 
• Project management, data analysis and market research skills 
• Understanding of business models and pricing.  

Personal Skills & Behaviours

• Analytical and big picture thinking 
• Strong communicator and able to present confidently to customers, engineering communities and speak at conferences 
• Strong leader who can drive and communicate product vision across many functions and audiences 
• Organised and good time management

Essential Qualifications

• Any relevant qualifications or certifications in product management

How We Work

At Payara, how we work matters just as much as what we work on. You’ll thrive in this role if you naturally live our values:

• Growth
• Openness
• Trust
• Excellence
• Passion
• Initiative
• Community

What we offer

• 100% Remote flexible working. 
• Annual allowances for L&D
• Paid time off to celebrate your birthday, for volunteering or charity work, or to focus on your mental well-being. 
• Loyalty rewards. 
• Welcome gifts and limited-edition swag. 
• Annual company retreat.
• Clear career progression plan
• Plus, many more!

Please visit www.payara.fish/joinus for more details. 

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