Used Tools & Technologies
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Required Skills & Competences
Tag name is followed by "@" symbol and proficiency level value.
About proficiency levels:
- 1-2 — basic awareness. Minimal hands-on experience, and a rudimentary understanding of the technology's purpose;
- 3-6 — daily use. Comfortable and regular usage, capable of handling common tasks and challenges related to the technology;
- 7-9 — you are an expert, you can teach others, you know all the pitfalls and tricks;
- 10 — exceptional knowledge, comprehensive understanding, and adeptness in all aspects of the technology, including advanced problem-solving. Think twice before claiming or demanding such level.
Marketing @ 4
Grafana @ 4
Kubernetes @ 4
Distributed Systems @ 4
Leadership @ 4
Communication @ 7
SRE @ 4
Product Management @ 7
API @ 4
OSS @ 4
Observability @ 4
AI @ 4
- 1-2 — basic awareness. Minimal hands-on experience, and a rudimentary understanding of the technology's purpose;
- 3-6 — daily use. Comfortable and regular usage, capable of handling common tasks and challenges related to the technology;
- 7-9 — you are an expert, you can teach others, you know all the pitfalls and tricks;
- 10 — exceptional knowledge, comprehensive understanding, and adeptness in all aspects of the technology, including advanced problem-solving. Think twice before claiming or demanding such level.
Details
Grafana Labs is a remote-first, open-source company with a large global user base for Grafana and related observability projects. The company supports both Grafana Cloud (managed) and Grafana Enterprise Stack (self-managed) and the portfolio includes projects such as Grafana Mimir (metrics), Grafana Loki (logs), Grafana Tempo (traces), and the k6 performance testing project.
This is a fully remote position; the team is globally distributed and strong, proactive communication is essential. The role is based in Germany (candidates in Germany are being considered).
Responsibilities
- Develop a vision and strategy for the product domain and own the product roadmap, collateral, and market research.
- Own the Grafana Cloud experience for performance testing built around the k6 open-source project (Grafana Cloud k6 and k6 OSS).
- Define how customers write, run, and act on performance tests across the software delivery lifecycle and evolve testing across modalities (protocol, browser, mobile).
- Ensure test results integrate with Grafana Cloud metrics, logs, and traces so teams can correlate failed tests to traces and other telemetry.
- Work across R&D to integrate Performance Testing with the broader Grafana Cloud suite (Knowledge Graph, Application Observability, Kubernetes Monitoring) for seamless navigation between pre-production validation and production monitoring.
- Curate user feedback and represent it to Engineering; provide evidence to support tradeoffs and priorities.
- Work closely with Product Marketing (PMM) to enable GTM: create and update presentations, documentation, website content, datasheets, and whitepapers.
- Make decisions about go-to-market strategies, pricing, packaging, licensing, and tiering.
Requirements
- BS/BA in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience.
- 7+ years of experience in Product Management.
- 5+ years of experience in a B2B SaaS product.
- Experience using or building developer-facing tools, APIs, or platform services.
- Ability to discuss APIs, data models, schema evolution, and distributed systems concepts.
- Experience driving adoption of shared services or platform capabilities across multiple product teams.
- Experience working with Engineering and Design teams to build products with good UX in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders.
Bonus Points
- Experience with open source software and/or commercial open source companies.
- Experience using or building observability products and/or developer tools, either internally as an SRE or for external customers.
- Proficiency with infrastructure concepts and components such as Kubernetes, Cloud Service Providers, and VMs and the ability to articulate these models.
- Experience with AI tools.
Compensation
- In Germany, the base compensation range for this role is EUR 97,034 - 116,441. Actual compensation may vary based on level, experience, and skillset. All roles include Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).
Why You’ll Thrive at Grafana Labs
- 100% remote, global culture with a focus on transparency, autonomy, and innovation.
- In-person onboarding and a global annual leave policy of 30 days per annum (with Grafana Shutdown Days).
- Emphasis on career growth, approachable leadership, and an open-source culture.
Equal Opportunity
Grafana Labs is an equal opportunity employer and will recruit, train, compensate, and promote regardless of protected characteristics. The company may utilize AI tools in its recruitment process while continuing manual review of CVs.