Product Manager - Block and File Storage

About The Job
Scaleway is looking for a Product Manager to handle our Block Storage and File Storage products.

Reporting to the Head of Product Network & Storage, you will be responsible for the hardware offering for Storage and the associated features and user journey. This includes defining the underlying hardware and the interactions between our users and all the functionalities spanning the HW and the OS (IOPS, latency, installation, CPU/memory/io/network performance and monitoring, etc.).

Collaborating with the Engineering Manager and your fellow PMs, your mission will be to bring value to Scaleway's clients with your products. You will be their primary point of contact. Not only within your team at Scaleway but also externally for any product-related concern.

Responsibilities

• Own the vision, mission, and strategy for Scaleway’s Block Storage and File Storage products
• Excellent communication: you’ll be at the center of many products and will need to create tight and meaningful relationships with different stakeholders
• Work with the Hardware R&D team to survey the latest trends and opportunities to build new, cost-effective, products
• Lead research to understand the competition and user needs and propose differentiating hardware products
• Build the hardware product roadmap, including end-of-life and replacement strategy
• Write hardware product requirements, Time To Market, and business plans
• Partner with our Engineering and Operations departments to deliver quality hardware products on schedule
• Follow up on hardware deployments to ensure the timely availability of new hardware products for Software Product teams
• Monitor stock usage, plan supply, and follow up on deployments accordingly
  
  
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience as a product manager (3-5 years), including product strategy and discovery
• Experience with hardware products and affinity with hardware-related topics (x64, ARM, SATA, SAN, NVMe, and more)
• Demonstrated ability to synthesize and prioritize complex problems involving multiple stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to build a fruitful relationship with customers, in order to understand and prioritize product requirements
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize, manage dependencies, and keep track of deliverables’ due dates
• Excellent command of English and French
  
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Good knowledge of data center server hardware and virtualization
• Experience with hardware logistics and deployment in data centers
• Knowledge of the cloud market and our competitors’ offerings (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.)
• Understanding of software development, especially API/backend
  
  
  
  

Location

Based in our offices in Paris, Lille or Toulouse, hybrid possible

Hiring Process

Screening call (30 mins) with Talent Acquisition Manager

CPO Interview (30 mins)

Manager Interview (60 mins)

Case of study: home assignment or live discussion about Product Management practices (60 mins) with other Product Managers

Team Interview (45 minutes)

HR Interview (45 mins) - Talent Acquisition Manage