Senior Staff Product Manager, Developer Portal

Kong
United States
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 175,000 - 235,000 annuallyFunction: Product ManagementExperience: 6-8 yearsSkills: ["Product discovery","Roadmap planning","User research","Stakeholder management","Collaboration"]

Own the Konnect Developer Portal self-service journey, from application registration and credential management to environments and approvals. Lead product discovery and roadmap planning across multi-runtime access control, API and AI lifecycle management, and API/AI productization and monetization. Partner with design, engineering, go-to-market, and customers to define and ship features, run user research, translate feedback into requirements, and set KPIs tied to adoption and revenue.

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Kong
Kong
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Senior Staff Product Manager, Developer Portal

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Job Summary

Own the Konnect Developer Portal self-service journey, from application registration and credential management to environments and approvals. Lead product discovery and roadmap planning across multi-runtime access control, API and AI lifecycle management, and API/AI productization and monetization. Partner with design, engineering, go-to-market, and customers to define and ship features, run user research, translate feedback into requirements, and set KPIs tied to adoption and revenue.
Location: United States
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Product Management
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own the Konnect Developer Portal self-service experience, including application registration, credential management, team management, and environments
  • •Lead product discovery and shape the roadmap for multi-runtime access control across API, AI, and event gateways
  • •Drive API and AI lifecycle management and API/AI productization and monetization
  • •Improve onboarding to reduce friction and accelerate time to value for PLG and enterprise customers
  • •Partner with design, engineering, go-to-market, and customers; run user research, synthesize feedback into requirements, and define KPIs

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 175,000 - 235,000 annually
Perks:EquityAnnual Bonus

Key Requirements

  • •6 to 8 years in product management in B2B SaaS, developer tooling, or platform products
  • •Deep empathy for developers, with hands-on experience building or supporting developer-facing tools or APIs
  • •Experience shipping complex product surfaces across frontend UX, backend integrations, and systems design
  • •Strong collaboration skills working iteratively and with high trust alongside design and engineering
  • •Familiarity with git workflows, CLI tooling, Markdown docs, and CI/CD pipelines
Experience:6-8 yearsB2B SaaSDeveloper toolingPlatform products
Skills:Product discoveryRoadmap planningUser researchStakeholder managementCollaboration
Tech Stack:APIsAILLM modelsMCP serversGitCLI toolingMarkdownCI/CD pipelines

Company Brief

Kong
Provides a cloud-native API and service connectivity platform (Kong Gateway, Konnect, Kuma, Insomnia) that secures, manages, and observes APIs and microservices for enterprises across cloud and hybrid environments.
Industry: API Platforms
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Revenue: USD 100M to 250M
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2017
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Glassdoor: 3.9
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