Search - Principal Product Manager (Serverless)

Principal Product Manager – Search (Serverless) Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale – unleashing the potential of businesses and people. What is The Role Elastic seeks an exceptional Technical Principal Product Manager to lead our teams pioneering the capabilities for our fully managed Elasticsearch offering. Our Search team brings the capabilities of Elasticsearch and our platform to market for a large range of use cases, including applied AI for agentic applications and traditional search experiences. You will lead cross-team initiatives to define and deliver breakthrough technical features and platform capabilities. What You Will Be Doing Lead the strategic vision and execution to drive adoption and scale of our fully managed Elasticsearch offering P&L ownership: account for driving rapid growth and adoption of Elasticsearch, evaluating pricing, packaging, margins and COGS of released features Drive complex, cross-functional initiatives with engineering, platform, and research teams to deliver groundbreaking technical innovations in search, vector storage, and AI-driven relevance Champion the evolution of Elastic's search architecture, focusing on unique usage of object store for storage and retrieval, and elevating autoscaling behaviors for different search workloads Write detailed product artifacts such as PRDs and PRFAQs for new search language constructs and vector database features, ensuring developer usability Conduct in-depth market analysis, competitive technical assessments, and engage with thought leaders to inform the technical roadmap Collaborate with developers, data scientists, and the open-source community to gather feedback, validate designs, and drive adoption of new capabilities What You Bring History of owning and driving SaaS product lines or services P&L responsibility over prior projects Demonstrated leadership in defining and launching complex technical products in search, databases, query languages, or AI/ML platforms Deep expertise in distributed systems, cloud services, data platforms, and cloud-native architectures (e.g., AWS ML services) Exceptional communication skills for complex technical concepts Curiosity to truly understand the technology that serves the majority of the world’s search experiences Deep empathy for developer challenges, translating them into product opportunities Experience defining technical value propositions and competitive differentiation Strong interest and understanding of cutting-edge technologies like vector databases, ML, and generative AI (e.g., RAG, LLM integration) Direct PM experience with search platforms, AI/ML platforms, or developer tooling is highly desirable Ability to read and understand code (e.g., Python, Java, Go) and engage in technical discussions, reflecting a strong technical foundation including past software engineering roles Additional Information – We Take Care of Our People As a distributed company, diversity drives our identity. Whether you’re launching a new career or growing an existing one, Elastic balances great work with great life. We strive for parity of benefits across regions. Benefits Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary Health coverage for you and your family in many locations Flexible location and schedule options for many roles Generous vacation days each year Matching up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service Up to 40 hours per year to use toward volunteer projects you love Minimum 16 weeks of parental leave Salary Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary only. Typical starting salary range: $174,000—$223,600 CAD. Equal Employment Opportunity Elastic is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating an inclusive culture. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation. Job Details Seniority level: Not Applicable Employment type: Full‑time Job function: Production Industries: Technology, Information and Internet Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Elastic by 2x. #J-18808-Ljbffr