[Remote] Product Manager (Observability)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Gradle Technologies is an AI-native company focused on transforming software delivery through its product, Develocity. The Senior Product Manager will lead the product strategy and vision for Toolchain Observability, collaborating with cross-functional teams to define product requirements and go-to-market strategies.ResponsibilitiesDefine and articulate a clear product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Toolchain Observability – accounting for how AI-driven development (coding agents, agent swarms, software factories) is generating new classes of telemetry and raising the bar for what teams need to see, trust, and act on across the software delivery lifecycleConduct thorough market research, competitive analysis, and customer interviews to identify opportunities and unmet needs across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises deploymentsDevelop business cases for new product initiativesEstablish the product direction for how AI agents and autonomous workflows benefit at scale from Develocity’s capabilities to observe the toolchain, both as consumers of build, test, and toolchain signals, and as workloads that change what needs to be observedCollaborate with the AI strategy team to identify opportunities where Develocity's unique data and domain expertise can power AI-driven observability and diagnostics capabilitiesStay current with the rapidly evolving AI tooling landscape and evaluate how LLMs, coding agents, and agentic workflows impact telemetry, debugging, and root-cause analysis across the software delivery lifecycle – locally and on CIGather, analyze, and prioritize product requirements, synthesizing input from all stakeholders, including customers, sales, support, and engineeringTranslate high-level business requirements into prioritized functional requirements with a strong value propositionMake pragmatic roadmap prioritization decisions with a clear rationaleWork with sales and marketing to develop go-to-market strategies, product positioning, and messagingDevelop go-to-market materials to support the enterprise sales motion, such as presentations and demosPartner with customer-facing teams to understand and address customer pain pointsEvangelize for your products, presenting to customers, partners, and at conferences, as well as internallyActively engage with industry standards bodies and communities around Developer and Agent Productivity Engineering and software delivery observabilityAct as an external thought leader in the Toolchain Observability spaceSkills5+ years of experience in product management in a customer-facing, B2B contextDeep domain knowledge of observabilityPrior experience as a software engineer or DevOps engineerProven ability to build and manage a pragmatic product roadmapUse of Agentic AI tools in your daily workflow to increase productivity and outputStrong analytical skills with the ability to leverage data to inform product decisionsExcellent collaboration and communication skillsExperience with developer tooling, build systems, or CI/CD productsExperience with building AI-powered products, agentic workflows, or LLM-based toolingBenefitsCompetitive salaries and equity grants.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 onboarding.Work from home in a remote-first environment.Company OverviewGradle Technologies is the award-winning developer productivity company behind Gradle Build Tool—one of the most used build systems in the world—and Develocity®, the leading developer observability platform. It was founded in 2014, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://gradle.com/.Company H1B SponsorshipGradle Technologies has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2025, 1 in 2024, 2 in 2022. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.