Principal Product Manager - Docker

About Docker

Docker is one of the most loved brands in developer tooling, trusted by more than 20 million monthly users and over 20 billion container image pulls. From solo founders to the world's largest companies, developers rely on Docker to build, share, and run their applications across our suite of products including Docker Desktop, Docker Hub, and Docker Scout.

We are a globally distributed, remote-first team building the tools that define how software gets built and delivered. As AI agents redefine software development, Docker is at the center of that shift, providing the sandboxed environments, verified images, and secure infrastructure that make autonomous workflows trustworthy by default.

The Role

The Products Team at Docker is looking for a Principal Product Manager for our core Sandbox platform. You will own and drive an investment and product area from high-level concept design to delivery and operation. You will help shape the future of a key area of Docker. You will work closely with developers inside and outside of Docker, our customers, as well as our partners to expand our open ecosystem offering and provide value. As the company and ecosystem grows, you will help to foster teams eager to continuously build, measure, and learn.

To thrive in this role, you’ll need experience working with developers and a technical knowledge of developer tools. You’ll need to know how to work with the developer community and understand the lifecycle of software development, the software supply chain, and how AI agents are safely orchestrated and deployed with sandboxes. You’ll need a relentless drive to try new things, and an eye for detail. Your long-term success will depend on your ability to own the product roadmap, collaborate with the developer community, and scale our services. Most importantly, you’ll need to be okay with taking ownership of big objectives with big goals, working with a cross-functional team, and maintaining a bias for action.

Responsibilities

• Own a product area, the long-term vision, the roadmap, the revenue, and the results.
• Articulate succinctly our customers and their pain points, empathizing with their constraints.
• Engage deeply with developers to find amazing solutions that solve today's problems while optimizing for tomorrow's vision.
• Build products that are easy to adopt and use, applying a keen design sensibility to improve usability.
• Navigate ambiguity to guide product definition, feature prioritization, and scope in concert with cross-functional teams.
• Drive iterative development, working with customers and cross-functional teams to hypothesize, measure impact, and learn from previous releases.

Qualifications

• Deep empathy for the needs of developers and an obsession with talking to users.
• Experience creating and deploying AI agents at scale, managing the associated challenges and pain points.
• Comfort interacting with a command-line interface (CLI).
• Experience building B2B, SaaS, or a background in Public Cloud.
• Experience working with tools in the software supply chain and/or software security.
• Ability to break down complex technical problems into small, releasable, user-valuable features.
• Strong communication skills to explain complex ideas simply across diverse stakeholders.
• Ability to analyze both qualitative and quantitative data to inform decision-making.
• Collaborative approach to working with fast-moving, distributed, cross-functional teams.
• Experience running products at various stages of maturity, from legacy to greenfield.
• A balance of strategic thinking and hands-on execution.

What to Expect

First 30 Days

• Get to know Docker's vision, mission, and values.
• Understand the team and business unit’s mission.
• Meet the team along with peers across the business unit and company.
• Work closely with designers, researchers, and engineers to understand user needs and current pain points.
• Work with your Manager and team to review and create quarterly goals.
• Understand your product’s roadmap and available data to make data-driven decisions.

First 90 Days

• Understand the company’s and business unit’s product vision and how it relates to your team’s objectives.
• Provide clarity of product vision to your team and how your team contributes to overall success.
• Develop a deep understanding of our developers and customers and why they love Docker.
• Shape your team roadmap and vision in close collaboration with design and engineering peers.
• Lead the definition of the team OKRs for the quarter and provide progress reports.

One Year Outlook

• Lead product initiatives across cross-functional teams to create value for our users.
• Drive the long-term direction of your product, including contributions to ARR.

Additional Information

• Visa Sponsorship: Docker does not offer visa sponsorship for this role.
• AI in Hiring: Docker may use AI-assisted tools during our recruiting process.
• Interview Recordings: Candidates will be invited to opt in to interview recordings to support interviewer calibration and consistent evaluations. Recordings are optional and require explicit consent.