[Remote] Senior Product Manager - File Servers
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Commvault is a leader in cyber resilience, empowering customers to recover from cyberattacks and keep their data safe. They are seeking a deeply technical Senior Product Manager to lead their File Server data protection and recovery portfolio, focusing on enterprise NAS and cloud-based file services.
Responsibilities
- Own product strategy and roadmap for enterprise File Server data protection across on-prem NAS and cloud-native file services
- Define technically rigorous requirements grounded in deep knowledge of file systems, metadata structures, snapshot technologies, replication models, and change tracking mechanisms
- Hands-on experience with at least one major NAS vendor (NetApp,Dell EMC Isilon, HPE, Pure Storage, VAST) and Cloud File services (Azure Files Amazon FSx, EFS, Google Filestore)
- Leverage vendor APIs, NDMP, snapshot orchestration, replication frameworks, and scale-out architectures to deliver differentiated capabilities
- Design and evolve backup and recovery workflows for large-scale, petabyte-class unstructured data environments
- Partner directly with Engineering in architecture reviews, API design discussions, scalability planning, and performance optimization
- Validate real-world deployability by engaging hands-on with lab environments, proof-of-concepts, and customer production architectures
- Define performance and recovery SLAs, optimize metadata indexing strategies, and address bottlenecks in large directory structures and high-velocity environments
- Support technical sales engagements, competitive positioning, and field enablement with strong architectural credibility
Skills
- 8+ years of product management experience in enterprise storage, NAS systems, or data protection platforms
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline, MBA preferred
- Understanding of file system internals, snapshot and replication technologies, NDMP, quotas, tiering, multiprotocol access (NFS/SMB), and scale-out storage architectures
- Experience with cloud-based file services (Amazon FSx, Azure Files, Google Filestore, or cloud-hosted NAS solutions)
- Ability to engage engineering teams at a design and architectural level, not just at a requirements level
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence senior technical stakeholders
- Experience designing backup architectures for petabyte-scale NAS deployments
- Hybrid cloud file architecture experience spanning on-prem NAS and cloud-native file platforms
- Experience influencing storage vendor roadmaps or working with OEM/technology alliance partners
- Exposure to high-performance file workloads (AI/ML pipelines, media rendering, analytics datasets)
Benefits
- Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
- An inclusive company culture, opportunity to join our Employee Groups
- Generous benefits supporting your health, financial security, and work-life balance
- Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
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