Responsibilities
- Own strategy, roadmap, and execution for Samsara’s Developer Platform, delivering impactful developer tools and experiences that empower external developers and drive long-term platform adoption
- Deeply understand and advocate for the needs of the developer persona through building strong relationships with customers and partners and championing their use cases internally
- Partner with customer-facing teams to close strategic accounts, resolve escalations, and maintain relationships with top customers
- Lead cross-functional collaboration with engineering, design, developer relations, and product marketing to deliver a best-in-class developer platform that balances developer needs, business goals, and technical constraints
- Champion, role model, and embed Samsara’s cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) as we scale globally and across new offices
Requirements
- Experience leading products at a world class developer platform company, with a strong understanding of how to successfully scale developer ecosystems by empowering and enabling a community of developers
- Strong technical expertise in REST APIs, webhooks, SDKs, and app platforms, with an ability to grasp new technical concepts & establish credibility with engineers.
- A proven track-record of delivering outstanding results for customers & the business, managing significant complexity and bold timelines. You also have a bias-to-action and aren’t afraid to get your hands dirty.
- Demonstrated experience defining and executing product roadmap for technical areas, and using analytics/data to measure progress toward goals, manage tradeoffs, and make investment choices.
- Excellent communication skills. Must be comfortable presenting to customers and internal audiences, including senior executives.
- Can drive cross-organizational alignment with high judgment and effectiveness.
- Bachelors or Masters degree in a computer science degree
Nice to Have
- Experience working as a Software Engineer and/or experience writing and shipping production-level code.
- Familiarity with B2B SaaS products and working with B2B sales teams
- Experience with both external and internal customers as key stakeholders to manage in roadmap planning and development
Benefits
- Competitive total compensation package
- Employee-led remote and flexible working
- Health benefits
Team
Team size: 75B+ API calls and a growing marketplace with 300+ partner applications. Structure: Developer Platform team
Additional Information
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, and other characteristics protected by law.
- Samsara is an inclusive work environment, and we are committed to ensuring equal opportunity in employment for qualified persons with disabilities.
- Samsara is aware of scams involving fake job interviews and offers. Please know we do not charge fees to applicants at any stage of the hiring process. Official communication about your application will only come from emails ending in ‘@samsara.com’ or ‘@us-greenhouse-mail.io’.
