Principal Product Manager, Platform

Harness is led by technologist and entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal, founder of AppDynamics (acquired by Cisco for $3.7B). The company has raised ~$570M in Series E venture funding, is valued at $5.5B, and backed by top investors including Goldman Sachs, Menlo Ventures, IVP, Google Ventures, J.P. Morgan, Capital One Ventures, Citi Ventures, ServiceNow, Splunk Ventures and more. Harness is building the industry's leading AI-powered software delivery platform, enabling teams worldwide to build, test, and deliver software faster, safer, and more reliably. Writing code is only 30-40% of the engineering lifecycle - the rest involves testing, deployments, security, compliance, and optimization. Harness brings AI and automation to this outer loop, turning complex, time-consuming workflows into streamlined processes at massive global scale. The platform includes industry leading products in CI/CD, Feature Flags, Cloud Cost Management, Service Reliability, Chaos Engineering, Software Engineering Insights, Internal Developer Experience, and API discovery, observability, governance, and runtime protection. Over the past year, Harness powered 128M deployments, 81M builds, 1.2T API calls protected, and $1.9B in cloud spend optimized, helping customers like United Airlines and Choice Hotels accelerate releases by up to 75% and achieve 10x DevOps efficiency. With employees in over 25 countries, Harness is shaping the future of AI-driven software delivery - and we're looking for exceptional talent to help us move even faster. Position Summary Harness is an engineering-driven company built to solve complex, real-world challenges in software delivery, reliability, and cloud infrastructure. As we expand across enterprise and government environments, we're strengthening the foundation that powers everything we build. This Principal Product Manager role sits at the intersection of Cloud Engineering, Security, and Infrastructure Product Management-driving initiatives that enhance our Self-Managed Platform (SMP), achieve and maintain FedRAMP and FIPS compliance, and ensure the stability and scalability of our dedicated SaaS environments. What You'll Do Own the strategy and roadmap for the Self-Managed Platform (SMP), ensuring stability, scalability, and security for on-prem and regulated customers. Collaborate with Engineering to improve deployment workflows and customer adoption. Lead FedRAMP authorization and FIPS 140-2 certification efforts in partnership with Security, Legal, and Compliance. Oversee the development and validation of FIPS-compliant images for the Delegate and SMP. Support a dedicated SaaS offering-managing deployments, monitoring, and operational reliability. Drive continuous improvement in platform performance, scalability, and resilience, ensuring uptime and SLA compliance. Work cross-functionally to design architectures that scale with user and data growth. About You 12+ years in product management for enterprise software or SaaS; 4+ years in infrastructure or platform products. Proven success owning strategy and roadmap for cloud or self-managed platforms in DevOps, CI/CD, or security domains. Deep understanding of distributed systems, deployment architectures, and infrastructure scalability. Hands-on experience with FedRAMP and FIPS compliance, audits, and cryptographic standards. Strong collaborator with Security, Legal, and Engineering to deliver compliant and secure platforms. Exceptional communicator and influencer across executive, engineering, and customer audiences. Operates with urgency and sound judgment, balancing customer needs, compliance, and business goals. Data-driven decision maker with strong business acumen; evaluates build vs. buy tradeoffs effectively. Mentors and develops peers; drives process improvement and cross-team efficiency in R&D. What you will have at Harness End-to-end ownership of your projects Competitive salary Comprehensive healthcare benefit Paid Time Off and Parental Leave Monthly, quarterly, and annual social and team-building events TGIF-Off program Monthly internet reimbursement Factors that may be used to determine your actual pay rate include your specific skills, experience, qualifications, location, and comparison to other employees already in this role. In addition to the base salary, certain roles may qualify for a performance-based incentive and/or equity, with eligibility depending on the position. These rewards are based on a combination of company performance and individual achievements. Pay transparency $204,000-$255,000 USD Harness in the news: Accelerating Our Mission to Bring AI to Everything After Code Goldman Sachs leads investment in software delivery startup Harness at $5.5 billion valuation How Harness runs 16 "startups within a startup" at scale | Jyoti Bansal Harness Research Shows AI Visibility Crisis Fueling Security Nightmare Harness has been named to the Inc. Power Partner list for software delivery success All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Note on Fraudulent Recruiting/Offers We have become aware that there may be fraudulent recruiting attempts being made by people posing as representatives of Harness. These scams may involve fake job postings, unsolicited emails, or messages claiming to be from our recruiters or hiring managers. Please note, we do not ask for sensitive or financial information via chat, text, or social media, and any email communications will come from the domain @harness.io. Additionally, Harness will never ask for any payment, fee to be paid, or purchases to be made by a job applicant. All applicants are encouraged to apply directly to our open jobs via our website. Interviews are generally conducted via Zoom video conference unless the candidate requests other accommodations. If you believe that you have been the target of an interview/offer scam by someone posing as a representative of Harness, please do not provide any personal or financial information and contact us immediately at security@harness.io. You can also find additional information about this type of scam and report any fraudulent employment offers via the Federal Trade Commission's website (), or you can contact your local law enforcement agency.