About the Role
VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) offers enterprise customers compute options including VMware Kubernetes Service (VKS), VM service, and Container Pod service for modern and AI/ML workloads, powered by an embedded Kubernetes substrate (Supervisor). VMware @ Broadcom is seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead product strategy, roadmap, and ecosystem integration for VKS and Supervisor, collaborating with customers, open-source communities, and internal teams.
Responsibilities
- Define and execute the multi-year product strategy for VKS, identifying market opportunities across cloud-native and emerging AI/ML use cases.
- Translate customer needs into product requirements, specs, and user experience workflows in collaboration with engineering and UX.
- Partner with product marketing and sales to create collaterals, drive early customer adoption, and accelerate VCF deployments.
- Engage with open-source communities (CNCF/Kubernetes) and represent VMware at industry forums, VMUGs, and conferences.
- Lead discovery sessions with global enterprise customers and partners to validate product direction and build feedback loops.
Requirements
- Product management experience in enterprise cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, platform engineering, or virtualization.
- Deep Kubernetes & Cloud-Native Technical Knowledge: Familiarity with K8s control plane architecture, Cluster API, scheduling, CNI/CSI, and the broader CNCF ecosystem alongside vSphere/ESXi.
- Cloud infrastructure and DevOps Knowledge: Good understanding of private and public cloud infrastructure, including Compute, Storage and Networking, and modern devops models.
- Technical Depth: Demonstrated ability to converse comfortably with principal engineers and enterprise cloud architects.
- Cross-Functional Leadership: Proven track record of guiding products from concept through launch alongside engineering, UX, and GTM teams.
- Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills with experience presenting to customers and technical audiences.
- Direct experience or active engagement with open-source governance and CNCF communities.
- Track record of presenting at major industry conferences (e.g., KubeCon, VMUG).
- Background in enabling platform architectures for modern and AI/ML workloads.
Skills
- Kubernetes
- Cloud-Native
- vSphere/ESXi
- DevOps
- CNCF
- AI/ML
Location
- Palo Alto, CA
Work Type
- On-site
Experience Level
- 10 years
- 12 years
Education Level
- BS degree in Computer Science or Engineering related field
- MBA or MS in Computer Science or Engineering related field
Salary/Compensations
- USD 143,800.00 To USD 230,000.00
Benefits
- Discretionary annual bonus
- New hire equity grant
- Annual equity awards
- Medical plans
- Dental plans
- Vision plans
- 401(K) participation with company matching
- Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Company paid holidays
- Paid sick leave
- Vacation time
- Paid Family Leave
- Other leaves of absence
About the Company
- VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) offers enterprise customers a comprehensive suite of compute options—including VMware Kubernetes Service (VKS), VM service, and Container Pod service—to run modern and AI/ML workloads. These capabilities are powered by a natively embedded Kubernetes substrate (Supervisor) within VCF vSphere.
Equal Opportunity
- Broadcom is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We will consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability status, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We will also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with local law.
