About the position
As Staff Product Manager for Lifecycle & Operations, you will define and execute the strategy to establish Workato as the enterprise leader in Integration Platform Operations. Your goal is to build a unified platform that enables the entire integration lifecycle - from development to deployment to monitoring - eliminating the need for fragmented DevOps tools and enabling enterprises to create robust operational strategies for their integration ecosystems.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute the product strategy for a unified Lifecycle & Operations Platform supporting Test, Deploy, Monitor, and Governance.
- Define and prioritize the roadmap for a leader in Enterprise Grade Integration Platform.
- Deliver the best experience for Platform Engineers, Integration Developers, and Operations Teams.
- Build industry-leading CI/CD capabilities that enable rapid, reliable deployment of integration workflows across multi-cloud and hybrid environments.
- Implement GitOps methodologies to provide declarative, version-controlled application deployment.
- Leverage Configuration as Code principles to automate environment provisioning and management of environment variables and settings.
- Integrate advanced testing frameworks including unit testing, integration testing, and end-to-end workflow validation.
- Leverage AI to enhance deployment automation, predictive failure detection, and intelligent rollback capabilities.
- Integrate machine learning to optimize CI/CD pipeline performance, reducing deployment times and improving success rates.
- Implement AI-driven observability that automatically identifies anomalies, predicts integration failures, and suggests remediation actions.
- Develop comprehensive observability and monitoring capabilities with distributed tracing, metrics collection, and intelligent alerting.
- Build advanced deployment strategies including blue-green deployments, canary releases, and progressive delivery.
- Ensure platform capabilities support enterprise requirements for security, compliance, audit trails, and governance.
- Create self-service capabilities that enable development teams to independently deploy and manage their integration workloads.
- Collaborate with engineering, UX, and GTM teams to ensure seamless feature adoption.
- Inspire confidence in GTM teams and customers to see Workato as the innovative leader in Integration Platform Operations.
- Act as a thought leader internally and externally, driving customer trust and enterprise adoption.
Requirements
- 6+ years of product management experience in SaaS or B2B environments, specializing in DevOps, CI/CD, or Platform Engineering products.
- Proven success in shipping and scaling complex platform products with measurable business impact.
- Strong track record in leading cross-functional teams, influencing product strategy, and driving execution in fast-paced environments.
- Deep expertise in CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows, Infrastructure as Code, and modern deployment strategies.
- Strong understanding of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), orchestration, and cloud-native architectures.
- Familiar with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, CircleCI) and GitOps platforms (ArgoCD, Flux, Tekton).
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and their native DevOps services (CodePipeline, Azure DevOps, Cloud Build).
- Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, New Relic) and their integration into platform workflows.
- Experience building developer platforms and internal tooling that improve engineering productivity.
- Strong understanding of microservices architectures, service mesh technologies, and distributed systems.
- Knowledge of security best practices in CI/CD pipelines including secrets management, vulnerability scanning, and compliance automation.
- Experience with configuration management tools (Terraform, Ansible, Helm) and their role in platform operations.
- Ability to deeply understand customer needs across platform teams, development teams, and operations teams.
- Proven ability to translate complex technical concepts into intuitive, user-friendly product capabilities.
- Skilled at collaborating with engineering, UX, security, and go-to-market teams to drive enterprise adoption.
- Strong ability to use customer research, data analytics, and competitive insights to inform product decisions.
- Experience analyzing large-scale platform usage to optimize developer experience and operational efficiency.
