10-15+ years of product management experience, particularly in leadership roles focused on self-service and product-led growth (PLG) in SaaS or developer-centric products.
Proven track record in building and leading high-performing product management teams.
Expertise in product funnels, activation metrics, and lifecycle optimization at scale.
Strong executive presence with excellent communication skills for stakeholder alignment and influence.
Proficiency with analytics tools like Amplitude, Mixpanel, SQL, or BigQuery to foster a data-driven culture.
Familiarity with open-source or developer ecosystem products is advantageous.
Strategic thinker with a builder's mindset, capable of executing operationally.
Responsibilities
Define and own the vision for Temporal's self-serve experience, focusing on user onboarding and value realization.
Lead product-led growth initiatives to enhance activation, adoption, and expansion through in-product experiences and experimentation.
Build and mentor a team of product managers dedicated to growth and self-service, fostering a high-performance culture.
Collaborate with leadership across Marketing, Growth Engineering, Design, and GTM to align PLG strategy with company goals.
Establish and manage a measurement framework for key metrics like activation, retention, and conversion, ensuring accountability for outcomes.
Champion the developer experience by ensuring effective onboarding, documentation, and product design.
Translate data and user research into a prioritized roadmap, effectively communicating it to executives and cross-functional teams.
Benefits
Opportunity to shape the product experience for thousands of developers.
Leadership role with the potential to build and mentor a high-performing team.
Engagement with cross-functional teams at the leadership level.
Focus on driving product adoption in the rapidly evolving AI space.
Chance to influence the developer experience at an organizational level.
Full Job Description
Role Summary We're looking for a Director of Product to lead Temporal's product-led growth and self-service strategy. In this role, you'll set the vision and build the systems that help developers and teams discover, activate, and scale with Temporal - without friction. You'll own how new users onboard, find value, and grow their usage, while building and leading a team that shapes how thousands of developers experience and adopt Temporal Cloud.
Your work will drive product adoption and conversion across key funnel stages, laying the foundation for long-term engagement, expansion, and growth at scale. With Temporal becoming the foundation for building AI, your work will drive rapid consumption of Temporal for emerging AI developers and teams to rapidly experiment and scale.
What You'll Do
Define and own the vision for Temporal's self-serve experience - setting the strategy for how new users sign up, onboard, and realize value in Temporal Cloud
Lead and scale product-led growth initiatives that drive activation, adoption, and expansion through in-product experiences, lifecycle touchpoints, and experimentation
Build, mentor, and develop a team of PMs focused on growth and self-service, establishing a high-performance product culture
Partner at the leadership level with Marketing, Growth Engineering, Design, and GTM to align PLG strategy with company-wide priorities and revenue goals
Establish the measurement framework - defining and owning key metrics such as activation, retention, conversion, and expansion, and holding the team accountable to outcomes
Champion the developer experience at an organizational level - ensuring onboarding, documentation, and product design create a clear and rewarding path to success
Translate data, behavioral analytics, and user research into a prioritized roadmap and communicate it clearly to executives and cross-functional partners
What You'll Bring
10-15+ years of product management experience, with significant time in senior or leadership roles owning self-serve, PLG, or growth strategy in SaaS or developer-centric products
Demonstrated experience building and leading PM teams, with a track record of developing strong product talent
Deep expertise in product funnels, activation metrics, experimentation frameworks, and lifecycle optimization at scale
Strong executive presence and communication skills - able to set direction, align stakeholders, and influence without authority across the organization
Fluency with analytics tools (Amplitude, Mixpanel, SQL, BigQuery, or similar) and the ability to drive a data-informed culture across your team
Familiarity with open-source or developer ecosystem products is a strong plus
A builder's mindset with the strategic vision to zoom out and the operational discipline to execute
