Principal Product Manager, Java Intelligence

Join Azul at a pivotal moment as we expand the market for Java intelligence and observability solutions that help enterprises optimize, secure and modernize their Java environments. As Principal Product Marketing Manager, Java Intelligence, you will be responsible for market strategy, positioning, messaging, go-to-market execution and commercial success for key areas of Azul's Java Intelligence portfolio, including Azul Intelligence Cloud, Azul Optimizer Hub and Payara InSight. This is a highly visible individual contributor role with no direct reports.

Responsibilities

Drive business and product outcomes by defining measures of success and monitoring sales, pipeline, pilot-to-production conversion, adoption, and retention; Shape product strategy, including multi-year direction, differentiation, customer segments, and build/partner/integrate decisions; Partner with executive leadership by presenting product strategies, roadmap recommendations, pricing considerations, and business results; Translate strategy into roadmap priorities and align engineering, sales, and marketing; Develop pricing and packaging recommendations for Intelligence Cloud, Optimizer Hub, and Payara InSight; Lead inbound product management activities, including working with engineering, customer discovery, UX/UI priorities, and technical documentation; Lead outbound product management activities, including positioning, product launches, sales enablement, competitive research, and customer conversations; Build technical credibility with a working understanding of JVM architecture and operating principles, including JIT compilation and warm-up

Requirements

8+ years experience in product management, including several years owning a product or product line end to end (strategy through launch through revenue); Track record shipping enterprise SaaS in an adjacent market (application performance monitoring, application security, observability, optimization, systems management, or log analytics); Fluency with AI tools and experience operating in an AI-first product management organization; Deep technical fluency generally (reading architecture diagrams, following engineering debates); Demonstrated ownership of pricing and packaging for a technical product, including getting a model approved and into market; Understanding of DevOps engineers, platform engineers, and developers as key influencers in an enterprise sales cycle; Strong domain knowledge of public cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) and Kubernetes; Excellent written and verbal communication in English; Comfortable in a fully remote, async, multi-time-zone setup, self-directed and a strong writer; Comfortable in a startup-shaped environment where bringing order to chaos is part of the job

Nice to have

Hands-on software or quality engineering background; Experience with open source communities; Familiarity with cloud cost optimization; Experience taking a new product from early traction to a durable revenue line; Working knowledge of Java and Java development tooling; Familiarity with Jakarta EE application servers (Payara, WebLogic, WebSphere, JBoss) and OpenTelemetry; Experience working across more than one product at once; Experience with infrastructure software that customers deploy and operate themselves

Benefits

Comprehensive compensation and healthcare packages; Referral Program; Work-life balance, remote-first, paid time off, company shutdown, holidays; Work with top experts worldwide who contribute to the Java ecosystem