Who you are

• You are a passionate, self-directed product leader who understands what makes developers tick
• You've worked in SaaS or developer platforms, built user-facing tooling, and can navigate both technical implementation details and user experience tradeoffs with ease
• You care deeply about delivering intuitive, delightful developer workflows—and you know how to partner across product, design, and engineering to bring bold ideas to life
• If you're excited about designing AI-driven developer tools, building low-code/no-code surfaces, and shaping a core user-facing experience at Kong, we want to hear from you
• 6–8+ years of product management experience in B2B SaaS, developer tooling, or platform product areas
• Deep empathy for developers, with hands-on experience building or supporting developer-facing tools or APIs
• Experience shipping complex product surfaces that span frontend UX, backend integrations, and system design
• Strong collaboration skills and ability to partner with Design and Engineering in high-trust, iterative development
• Ability to define and track success metrics tied to both product outcomes and business goals (e.g., ARR impact)
• Familiarity with git workflows, CLI tooling, Markdown documentation, and CI/CD pipelines
• 2 years of building developer-focused user experiences
• Experience working with APIs and developers as a primary product audience
• MCP/AI

What the job involves

• As a Staff Product Manager, you'll own key surfaces in this journey—including the Portal authoring experience, content management system, and end-user experience, as well as partnering with integration tooling teams (e.g. , CLI, terraform, and VS Code/Cursor extensions) to develop a word class documentation platform
• You'll be joining a high-ownership team investing in deep user experience, generative AI, extensibility, and developer-first integrations
• This is a rare chance to work at the convergence of product design, infrastructure, and AI in one of the most critical product areas in the Kong ecosystem
• The hiring manager for this role is Ross Kukulinski, Vice President of Product Management, leading the Konnect product team
• The Konnect team is made up of individuals with diverse backgrounds who are excited about delivering a new SaaS offering to enable Kong’s customers to operate, scale, and manage APIs in today’s modern application world
• Own the Konnect Developer Portal experience—including the Portal Editor, client experience, and publishing toolchain
• Lead product discovery and shape the roadmap in areas such as:
• WYSIWYG/Markdown portal editing
• Generative AI portal scaffolding and intelligent content management
• Developer onboarding and application management
• Partner closely with design, engineering, GTM, and customers to define and ship impactful features
• Conduct user research, synthesize feedback, and translate insights into product requirements and prioritization frameworks
• Establish and track KPIs that inform product health, adoption, and monetization success
• Be a strong cross-functional communicator who can align diverse stakeholders and clearly articulate tradeoffs

Benefits

• Flexible time off: Take time to take care of yourself and the things that matter most
• Stock options: We want you to share in our success. That's why stock options are offered to most Kongers
• U-First Fridays: Get 4 hours a month for continuous learning with a book, podcast, or course of your choice
• Virtual events: Stay connected with Donut chats, trivia, fitness challenges, guided meditations, and more
• Dedicated unplug days: Silence those notifications. Enjoy some well-deserved long weekend where the entire team unplugs
• Home office stipend: Build a home office environment tailored to support your productivity