Senior Product Manager, Enterprise Linux (Walnut Creek) Job at Wind River, Walnut Creek, CA

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  • Wind River
  • Walnut Creek, CA

Job Description

Description Position at Wind River

Job Description: Senior Product Manager, Enterprise Linux

About Wind River

Wind River is a global leader in delivering software for mission-critical intelligent systems. For more than four decades, the company has been an innovator and pioneer, powering billions of systems that require the highest levels of security, safety, and reliability.

Wind River helps customers across automotive, aerospace, defense, industrial, medical, and telecommunications industries solve complex technology challenges on their journey toward the new intelligent machine economy. The company is pioneering technologies to accelerate digital transformations with a new generation of mission-critical AI systems, meeting demanding standards for safety, security, performance, and reliability. Examples include playing a key role in NASA space missions such as Artemis I, the James Webb Space Telescope, and multiple Mars rovers. Recent milestones include the world's first successful fully virtualized 5G data session with Verizon and building one of the largest Open RAN networks with Vodafone.

The company has received industry recognition for innovation, leadership, and culture, including a global Great Place to Work certification and being named a Top Workplace for ten consecutive years. If you're passionate about making a global impact in a culture that values growth, diversity, inclusion, and customer focus, join us to lead the future of enterprise Linux!

About the Opportunity

We’re hiring an experienced Senior Product Manager to lead the strategy and roadmap for eLxr Pro, our commercial Debian distribution. Launched in 2024, eLxr Pro addresses challenges of edge-to-cloud deployments, providing a secure, lightweight enterprise Linux based on Debian.

As Product Manager, you will own the end-to-end strategy and roadmap, gather input from customers, sales, market research, support teams, and partners, and define the future of enterprise Linux at Wind River with a focus on the edge. You will manage existing projects, collaborate with other product managers, write requirements, justify investments, prioritize backlogs, conduct market research, analyze competitors, support sales, review defects, and evangelize eLxr Pro and Project internally and externally.

You will work closely with experienced Engineering and Product Management teams.

About You

You are an experienced business leader passionate about building great software with an affinity for open-source software, Linux, and related tools and technologies.

  • 8+ years managing the entire product lifecycle, from concept to end-of-life
  • Experience managing open-source products or projects, with Linux-based products preferred
  • Experience with strategic planning, roadmap development, feature prioritization, Agile methodologies, Product Owner role, and project management
  • Experience writing requirements for engineering
  • Ability to apply business rationalization to a technical product
  • Excellent understanding of the Linux ecosystem and open source for enterprise
  • Knowledge of security, containerization, orchestration, cloud technologies (containers, base images, Kubernetes)
  • Strong analytical, communication, and collaboration skills
  • Excellent presentation, public speaking, and advocacy skills
  • Experience supporting customers, partners, and solution design
  • Ability to navigate product, services, marketing, strategy, and technical discussions
  • Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s in Engineering, Computer Science, or MBA is a plus

Moderate travel (5-10%) may be required. Must be a US or Canadian citizen residing in Walnut Creek, CA; San Diego, CA; or Boston, MA, with ability to be onsite 3 days/week.

Benefits and Compensation

  • Health, dental, and life insurance
  • Disability coverage
  • RRSP matching
  • Flexible time-off policies
  • Employee assistance program
  • Learning benefits including LinkedIn Learning
  • Top Workplace recognition
  • 401K with company match
  • HSA and FSA

Join us at Wind River to shape technology and the future of a safer, more connected world. Your impactful journey starts here.

APPLICANT PRIVACY NOTICE: Your privacy is important. Please review Wind River's Privacy Notice . Wind River is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity, prohibiting discrimination based on legally protected statuses.

Compensation : The annual base salary range is $195,000 to $220,200 plus bonuses for MA and CA residents, and $220,000 to $270,000 plus bonuses for SF Bay Area residents. Salaries are determined based on experience, skills, location, and internal equity. Benefits include health, dental, vision, life insurance, flexible time off, 401k, and holidays.

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Job Tags

Full time, Flexible hours, 3 days per week,

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