Product Manager

Product Manager Company Orcrist builds the Orcrist Intelligence Platform (OIP), a Kubernetes-based data intelligence system delivered as SaaS or self-hosted/on-prem (including air-gapped deployments). We partner with defense, law-enforcement, and enterprise teams to make complex data actionable, securely and responsibly. Role Own the roadmap for the Orcrist platform: the Kubernetes foundation, CI/CD, and deployment tooling that make OIP reliably installable and operable across cloud, on-prem, and air-gapped environments. Your customers are our engineering teams and the field teams who deploy OIP. You will give them fast, safe self-service and partner with SRE, security, and customer-facing squads to ship the platform as a product. What you'll do Define product vision, OKRs, and roadmap for developer self-service, installability, and observability. Run discovery with engineering teams and field operators; turn what you learn into golden paths and releases. Drive air-gapped packaging, install, and upgrade as first-class product capabilities. Measure platform health (reliability, time-to-production, CI/CD success, cost) and make data-informed calls. Coordinate dependencies across SRE, security, and customer-facing squads for safe, repeatable releases. About You 5+ years product management in platform, infrastructure, or developer tools, ideally with security or compliance scope. Comfortable with Kubernetes/GitOps delivery, IaC, CI/CD, and observability concepts. Strong analytics and storytelling; you balance reliability, security, and developer velocity. Familiar with on-prem or air-gapped customer journeys. Eligible to work in Germany; willing to travel to Berlin for roadmap and team workshops. Nice‑to‑haves German language (B1+) and experience working with defense or public-sector customers. A background as an SRE, DevOps, or cloud engineer before moving into product. Prior work on internal developer platforms or installable/on-prem software. What We Offer Remote-first in Germany with hybrid Berlin office, 30 days vacation, equipment & learning budget. Modern stack and talented engineering partners who value product rigor. Mission-driven work supporting national security and public safety customers.