Director, Product Management, Sandbox

About Docker

Docker has been one of the most loved brands in developer tooling, trusted by more than 20 million monthly users and over 20 billion container image pulls. From solo founders to the world's largest companies, developers rely on Docker to build, share, and run their applications across our suite of products including Docker Desktop, Docker Hub, and Docker Scout.

We are a globally distributed, remote-first team building the tools that define how software gets built and delivered. As AI agents redefine software development, Docker is at the center of that shift, providing the sandboxed environments, verified images, and secure infrastructure that make autonomous workflows trustworthy by default.

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The Role

The Products Team at Docker is looking for a Director of Product Management to lead our core Sandbox platform. You will own the vision, strategy, roadmap and execution for Docker’s sandboxes, taking this area from high-level concept design to delivery and adoption. You will manage a team of 2-3 product managers, coaching them and setting the bar for how we build. You will help shape the future of a key area of Docker, partnering with Engineering, Design, Security, and Go-to-Market leaders, and working closely with developers inside and outside of Docker, our customers, and our partners to expand our open ecosystem offering and provide value. As the company and ecosystem grow, you will build a team and a culture eager to continuously build, measure, and learn.

To thrive in this role, you’ll need a track record of leading product teams, along with deep experience working with developers and technical knowledge of developer tools. You’ll need to know how to work with the developer community and understand the lifecycle of software development, the software supply chain, and how AI agents are safely orchestrated and deployed with sandboxes. You’ll need a relentless drive to try new things, and an eye for detail. Your long-term success will depend on your ability to set and own the product strategy and roadmap, develop great product managers, collaborate with the developer community, and scale our services. Most importantly, you’ll need to be okay with taking ownership of big objectives with big goals, leading through cross-functional teams, and maintaining a bias for action.

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Responsibilities

• You own the product line for Docker’s sandboxes: the long-term vision, the strategy, the roadmap, the revenue, and the results.

• You lead and manage a team of 2-3 product managers. You coach them, set clear expectations and a high bar for product quality, and create the conditions for them to do the best work of their careers.

• You believe in and can articulate succinctly our customers and their pain points. You empathize with and understand the world they live in and the constraints they work through, and you make sure your team does too.

• You will engage deeply with developers and find amazing solutions that solve today’s problems while optimizing for tomorrow’s vision, including how AI agents are safely run and orchestrated.

• You enjoy building products that are easy to adopt and use. You have a keen design sensibility, and you hold your team to a standard of always looking for ways to improve usability.

• You are comfortable with ambiguity and will guide product definition, prioritization, and scope across your team, in concert with Engineering, Design, Security, and Go-to-Market leaders.

• You translate company strategy into a clear product direction and communicate it with clarity and conviction to partners and your own team.

• You present your thinking, plans, and progress to Docker’s executive leadership team, making a clear case for where to invest and why, and you incorporate their feedback into the strategy.

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Qualifications

• You have 10+ years of product management experience, including at least 3 years managing and developing product managers.

• You have deep empathy for the needs of developers and are obsessed with talking to your users.

• You have created and deployed AI agents at scale and dealt with all the challenges and pain points of such tasks.

• You have experience building B2B, SaaS, or have a background in Public Cloud.

• You have experience working with tools in the software supply chain and/or software security.

• You can set a multi-year product vision and strategy, then break it down into small, release-able, user-valuable features that your team can deliver.

• You can explain complex ideas simply and communicate across diverse stakeholders, including presenting to executive leadership.

• You have effective written, verbal, and visual communication skills.

• You can analyze data, both qualitative and quantitative, to inform decision making, and you coach your team to do the same.

• You have a collaborative approach and the ability to lead through influence with fast-moving, distributed, cross-functional teams.

• You have experience running products at various stages of maturity, from legacy to greenfield.

• You are a coach/player. We are small and need all hands on deck. Everyone gets their hands dirty

Visa sponsorship: Not available for this role.

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Compensation & Equity

All full-time roles include equity. Final compensation is determined on factors including but not limited to experience, skills, qualifications, and location.

Canada: CA$276,150 - CA$394,500 base

United States: $199,150 - $284,500 base

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Posting Information

• Open vacancy: This posting is for an existing open role.

• AI in hiring: Docker may use AI-assisted tools during our recruiting process.

• Interview recordings: Candidates will be invited to opt in to interview recordings to support interviewer calibration and consistent evaluations. Recordings are optional and require explicit consent.

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Perks & Benefits

• Remote-first by design – Work from your home, with offices in Seattle and Paris for connection and collaboration.

• Flexibility that fits your life – We trust you to manage your schedule while delivering great work.

• Time to recharge – Generous PTO, designated quarterly Whaleness Days, and a designated end-of-year Whaleness break.

• Home office support – Set up your workspace for comfort and success.

• Technology stipend – Equivalent to US$100 net per month to help support your work.

• Learning & development – Annual stipend for conferences, courses, certifications, and continued learning.

• Parental leave – 16 weeks of paid parental leave after six months of employment.

• Equity for all full-time employees – Share in Docker's long-term success as we continue to grow.

• Comprehensive benefits – Medical, retirement, and paid holidays vary by country.

• Docker swag – Because representing the whale never gets old.

Docker is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a team that reflects a broad range of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe diverse teams build better products, make better decisions, and better serve our global community.