Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer science, or a related field
8+ years of technical product management experience, or product-minded infrastructure engineering experience, with a track record of owning architecture-level outcomes at Principal or equivalent scope, specifically focused on cloud storage or related infrastructure
Subject matter expertise in storage, with the credibility to operate as a peer to senior infrastructure engineers and architects
Strong technical understanding of cloud storage architectures, including block, file, and object storage, at hyperscale
Experience managing long-term vendor strategy and vetting in-house software engineering investment for storage hardware and software
A strong grasp of infrastructure economics at scale, including cost per usable TB and capacity efficiency
Analytical mindset with the ability to use data to inform multi-year infrastructure decisions
Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to translate technical tradeoffs into clear narratives for engineering leadership and executives
Experience with AI/ML infrastructure, including training and inference workloads in the cloud
Direct experience with high-performance storage networking, such as RDMA or GPUDirect Storage
Experience with a major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, GCP) and their storage services, or a deep understanding of cloud-native storage principles at hyperscale
Experience managing or mentoring other product managers