Product Manager

🏢 Orkes · 📍 Seattle, WA 💰 $150,000 - $150,000 / yr
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Position Summary & Responsibilities

About Us
Orkes is a platform for developers to build durable, distributed event driven applications. Based on the popular open source orchestration engine Conductor, Orkes lets developers focus on faster go to market with applications, scaling them to handle billions of workflows without having to worry about failures, scalability or visibility into the executions.
 
We are looking for a Product Manager with a focus on identifying, defining and launching products and services that will drive the adoption of Orkes with engineering teams. In this role, you will be pivotal in shaping our user journey, driving customer onboarding, activation, and conversion. If you are passionate about data-driven decision-making, optimizing user experiences, and driving customer activation and conversion, this role is perfect for you.
 
Your day-to-day at Orkes:
  • Take ownership of the first days of a user journey and ensure a seamless and engaging experience.
  • Implement strategies to improve user onboarding, reduce friction, and enhance user satisfaction during initial interactions with our product.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Engineering, DevRel, Sales, Marketing) to define and track key performance metrics related to user acquisition, activation, conversion and expansion.
  • Analyze the user journey, from initial onboarding to conversion and beyond, and identify areas for improvement.
  • Continuously monitor and improve conversion rates throughout the user journey. Collaborate with Product Engineering and Design teams to implement changes that enhance conversion at key touch points.
  • Regularly analyze user behavior and engagement data to uncover insights and trends. Use these insights to make informed decisions and iterate on growth strategies as well as continuous product evolution across core Conductor and cloud offerings.
  • Embrace a culture of experimentation.
  • Test hypotheses, run A/B tests, and iterate on features based on real-time data and user feedback.
  • Create and deliver regular reports on growth metrics and initiatives to company leadership. -Cle
🎯 Candidate Preparation Guide For Orkes Applicants

Key Role Competencies & Evaluation Highlights

Key Role Focus:

Interviewers rigorously test your mastery of distributed systems, microservices orchestration, and open-source ecosystem contributions, particularly around Netflix Conductor.

📋 Preparation Priorities (Key Areas to Clarify):
  • 1. Treating workflow orchestration as a simple cron job or basic task queue without grasping state management complexities.
  • 2. Lack of familiarity with cloud-native architectures, Kubernetes, and scalable microservices patterns.
  • 3. Giving vague, high-level architectural answers when pressed for low-level implementation details.
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I design bulletproof microservices orchestration layers that tame complex distributed systems and scale reliably under extreme production loads.

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