Director, Product Management- AHV (Hypervisor)

Hungry, Humble, Honest, with Heart The Opportunity

As the Director of Product Management for AHV, you will provide transformational leadership and strategic direction for the core AHV hypervisor, the foundational heartbeat of our hybrid cloud infrastructure platform utilized by over 90% of our customer base. In this executive role, you will define the overarching product vision, drive the strategic roadmap, and operationalize high-performance product teams to deliver key marquis features. Operating as a visionary leader, you will collaborate closely with core engineering, customer executives, and cross-functional leadership to scale adoption and cement AHV's position across Nutanix Cloud Clusters, Nutanix Kubernetes Platform, and Agentic AI.

About the Team

At Nutanix, you will join our dynamic Product Management leadership team, a geo-dispersed group of innovative professionals passionate about shaping the future of cloud computing. This team thrives on creativity and open collaboration, ensuring every member contributes to delivering exceptional products. You will report directly to the VP of Product Management and will be dedicated to mentoring your team, fostering a high-performance culture, and aligning technical execution with broader corporate strategy.

Your Role

• Provide executive leadership to define and execute the strategic roadmap for the core AHV hypervisor development.

• Recruit, develop, and manage a high-performing team of product managers, operationalizing team success and career growth.

• Partner with engineering, sales, and marketing leadership to drive cross-functional roadmap execution and resolve complex operational friction.

• Engage with C-level customer executives to evangelize the AHV vision, synthesize strategic feedback, and advocate for enterprise customer needs.

• Track, manage, and report on core business KPIs, driving continuous improvement in product adoption and market penetration.

What You Will Bring

• 10+ years of product management and engineering leadership experience in enterprise data center products, virtualization, IaaS, or cloud computing.

• Extensive managerial experience with a proven track record of recruiting, mentoring, and scaling high-performance product teams.

• Direct domain expertise with the hardware virtualization ecosystem (VMware ESXi, Hyper-V, KVM, AWS EC2, GCP, Azure).

• Strong technical fundamentals in IaaS, virtual hardware, high availability, and the Linux kernel to maintain credibility with core engineering.

• Executive-level communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams and lead high-level business discussions.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this role at this time.

Work Arrangement

Hybrid: This role operates in a hybrid capacity, blending the benefits of remote work with the advantages of in-person collaboration. In locations where our workplace policy applies (i.e. San Jose, Durham, Mexico City, Bangalore, Pune, Hoofddorp, Belgrade, Barcelona, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo), employees are expected to work onsite a minimum of 3 days per week to foster collaboration, team alignment, and access to in-office resources. Workplace type may vary based on location and team requirements. Please speak with your recruiter for details. Additional team-specific guidance and norms will be provided by your manager.

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between USD $ 243,000 and USD $ 486,000 per year.

However, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a sign-on bonus, restricted stock units, and discretionary awards in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors. Our application deadline is 40 days from the date of posting. In good faith, the posting may be removed prior to this date if the position is filled or extended in good faith.

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