Eli Lilly and Company · 2 hours ago
Senior Product Manager, Kubernetes Platform
Indianapolis, IN
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$126K/yr - $185K/yr
8+ years expEli Lilly and Company is a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. They are seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead their Global Kubernetes infrastructure platform, focusing on developer productivity and scalable software systems. The role involves defining the platform strategy, driving adoption, and engaging with technical stakeholders to enhance the developer experience.
BiotechnologyHealth CareMedicalPharmaceutical
No H1B
Responsibilities
Define and drive the Hangar platform strategy, establishing how Lilly engineers leverage k8s to deploy services at organizational scale
Partner with technical leadership to align platform capabilities with enterprise architecture and security requirements
Drive end-to-end platform adoption through technical user engagement, education, documentation, and enablement
Understand the platform ecosystem and how AI Agents can improve it
Reference CNCF and other sources to provide the Hangar technical leads with product requirements
Written product requirements documentation and alignment
Gather customer feedback and translate technical requirements into platform features
Monitor industry trends in platform engineering, developer experience, AI ops, and cloud-native technologies
Partner with technical pod leads to ensure platform roadmap reflects real-world engineering challenges
Serve as the voice of the developer, advocating for improvements that reduce toil and increase velocity
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
8+ years of product management experience with at least 3 years in developer platforms or infrastructure products
Experience working in cloud-native environments with container orchestration
Strong expertise in Kubernetes (k8s), deployment patterns, and operations
Experience with service architecture, networking fundamentals, and distributed systems
Familiarity with CI/CD tooling, infrastructure as code, and deployment automation
Demonstrated ability to influence technical stakeholders and drive platform adoption
Excellence in translating technical concepts into compelling product narratives
Strong customer empathy and a growth mindset
Outstanding communication skills with ability to engage developers and technical leaders
Proficiency in agile software development
Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Lilly will not provide support for or sponsor work authorization or visas for this role, including but not limited to F-1 CPT, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, J-1, H-1B, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, or L-1
Preferred
Prior experience as a software developer or platform engineer is a plus
Benefits
Company bonus
Company-sponsored 401(k)
Pension
Vacation benefits
Eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits
Flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts)
Life insurance and death benefits
Certain time off and leave of absence benefits
Well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities)
Company
Eli Lilly and Company
We're a medicine company turning science into healing to make life better for people around the world.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$6.5M2024-02-12Post Ipo Debt· $6.5M
1978-01-13IPO
Leadership Team
David Ricks
Chair, CEO
Lucas Montarce
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
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