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What is The Role

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Elastic, the Search AI Company, empowers everyone to find answers in real-time, leveraging all their data at scale, and fueling the potential of businesses and individuals. The Elastic Search AI Platform, trusted by over 50% of the Fortune 500, unifies the precision of search with the intelligence of AI to accelerate impactful results.

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The Director of Product will lead critical areas within Elasticsearch, our foundational search engine that powers all Elastic solutions. This role specifically focuses on Elasticsearch Performance and Storage Engine capabilities, directly influencing the speed and efficiency experienced by millions of users at scale. 

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What You Will Be Doing

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• Build and mentor a team of product managers specializing in performance optimization and storage engine architecture.
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• Define the vision and roadmap for Elasticsearch Performance and Storage Engine, encompassing:
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• Query optimization and execution strategies.
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• Storage efficiency and compression techniques.
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• Resource utilization and cost optimization.
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• Performance benchmarking and monitoring capabilities.
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• Partner with engineering leads to prioritize technical investments and establish realistic delivery timelines.
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• Collaborate with downstream Elastic solution teams (Observability, Security, Enterprise Search) to understand their specific performance and storage requirements.
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• Drive technical decision-making regarding storage formats, indexing strategies, and performance trade-offs.
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• Interface with customers and the open-source community to gather feedback on performance bottlenecks and storage challenges.
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• Collaborate with Sales & Marketing on competitive positioning related to performance and cost efficiency.
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What You Bring

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• 8+ years of Product Management experience with deep technical products, including 2+ years in leadership roles.
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• Strong technical background in distributed systems, databases, or search engines. Must be able to discuss storage architectures, query optimization, and performance tuning in detail.
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• Demonstrated experience with performance optimization at scale, having shipped products that handle billions of documents or petabytes of data.
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• Proven track record of leading product teams through technical transformations or major architectural changes.
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• Data-driven approach to product decisions, with experience in performance benchmarking and analysis.
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• Experience working with open-source communities and balancing community needs with commercial objectives.
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• Strong communication skills, capable of translating complex technical concepts for diverse audiences.
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• Experience with globally distributed teams and asynchronous collaboration.
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Bonus Points

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• Direct experience with Elasticsearch or similar search/database technologies.
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• Background in storage systems, file formats, or data compression.
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• Experience with cloud cost optimization and multi-cloud strategies.
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• Contributions to open-source projects.
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• Knowledge of search relevance and ranking algorithms.
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