Description
NetDocuments is shaping the future of legal work by building technology that helps organisations work smarter and unlock the full value of their institutional knowledge.
As a Senior Product Manager, you will serve as the founding product leader for NetDocuments' first Developer Experience (DevX) team, defining the product charter from day one.
Responsibilities:
- Founding Product Leadership: Serve as the founding product leader for NetDocuments' first Developer Experience (DevX) team, defining the product charter from day one.
- Partner with the Principal Software Engineer to define the team's charter, roadmap, and success metrics.
- Weigh in on team fit alongside the Principal Software Engineer and Engineering Manager as the team hires its first Staff and Senior Software Engineers.
- Run discovery directly with geographically-disparate engineering teams to understand existing architecture, current tooling, and developer pain points.
- Build trusted relationships and cadence with engineering stakeholders and leadership across time zones.
- Translate discovery findings into a clear, prioritised roadmap for a brand-new team.
- Define and prioritise the DevX roadmap based on developer pain points and data.
- Partner with the Principal Software Engineer to balance technical feasibility, architectural direction, and product priorities.
- Own tradeoff decisions on scope and sequencing as the team's charter and roadmap evolve.
- Define and track developer productivity signals to measure DevX's impact.
- Help set the culture and working norms for a brand-new team.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5+ years of product management experience, including ownership of a product area or roadmap.
- Enterprise SaaS product management experience; developer tools or platform product experience is a plus.
- Technical fluency sufficient to engage credibly with engineers on architecture and tooling tradeoffs.
- Experience building a roadmap and charter under ambiguity.
- Experience driving adoption of a product or initiative across teams.
- Strong stakeholder management skills across geographies and time zones.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Nice to Have:
- Prior experience founding or scaling a Developer Experience or Platform Engineering product function from scratch.
- Experience partnering closely with a Principal or Staff engineer.
- Experience running discovery and building trust with distributed engineering teams.
- Experience in legal technology or other regulated enterprise software environments.
- Experience hiring and building a product or engineering team from the ground up.