Director of Product Management (Sandbox Platform)

Quick Facts

• Role: Director of Product Management for the core Sandbox platform
• Team leadership: Manage 2–3 product managers
• Focus: Sandbox product vision, strategy, roadmap, and adoption (including safe AI agent orchestration)

Description

Own the long-term vision, strategy, roadmap, revenue, and results for Docker’s Sandbox product line. Lead and coach a team of 2–3 product managers, partnering with Engineering, Design, Security, and Go-to-Market to deliver and improve sandbox capabilities and usability. Work deeply with developers and stakeholders to expand the open ecosystem and ensure AI agents are safely orchestrated and deployed with sandboxes.

Responsibilities

• Own the product line for Docker’s sandboxes (vision, strategy, roadmap, revenue, outcomes)
• Lead and manage 2–3 product managers; set expectations and a high bar for product quality
• Understand customer and developer pain points and ensure the team shares that context
• Define and evolve the product direction, especially for safely running and orchestrating AI agents
• Drive adoption through products that are easy to use, with continuous usability improvements
• Guide prioritization and scope across the team with cross-functional partners
• Translate company strategy into clear product direction and communicate it with conviction
• Present plans and progress to executive leadership and incorporate feedback

Requirements

• 10+ years of product management experience, including at least 3 years managing and developing product managers
• Demonstrated empathy for developers; strong user engagement
• Experience creating and deploying AI agents at scale, including associated challenges
• Experience building B2B and/or SaaS or background in public cloud
• Experience with software supply chain tooling and/or software security
• Ability to create multi-year product vision and break it into release-able, user-valuable features
• Ability to explain complex ideas simply and communicate across diverse stakeholders, including executives
• Effective written, verbal, and visual communication
• Ability to analyze qualitative and quantitative data; coach team to use data
• Collaborative approach; lead through influence with fast-moving, distributed cross-functional teams
• Experience across product maturity stages (legacy and greenfield)
• Coach/player mindset and willingness to take hands-on ownership of big objectives

Benefits

• Remote-first with flexibility; work from home with connection to offices in Seattle and Paris
• Generous PTO and quarterly “Whaleness Days,” plus an end-of-year break
• Home office support
• Technology stipend (equivalent to US$100 net per month)
• Learning and development stipend for conferences, courses, certifications
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave after six months of employment
• Equity for all full-time employees
• Comprehensive benefits (medical, retirement, paid holidays vary by country)