Senior Product Manager, Cloudflare Realtime

Available Locations: Austin, NYC, or SF
About The Role
Cloudflare Realtime is a new and exciting suite of products designed to empower developers to build truly interactive applications with real-time audio, video, and AI experiences. This suite brings together our highly performant SFU (Selective Forwarding Unit), STUN, and TURN services, alongside the innovative RealtimeKit - a collection of mobile and web SDKs and server-side services (recording, coordination, transcription).
We are looking for a passionate and technically adept Product Manager to drive the strategy, roadmap, and execution for Cloudflare Realtime. You will be instrumental in shaping the future of real-time communication on our global network, making complex media capabilities accessible to developers of all skill levels.
What You'll Do

• Drive the strategy and roadmap for Cloudflare Realtime, including RealtimeKit, SFU, and TURN services.
• Lead new product features from ideation through launch, and continuing through ongoing maintenance and support.
• Guide internal and external teams on developing and integrating with Realtime services and SDKs.
• Develop and nurture key external relationships with partners (e.g., Hugging Face) and open-source maintainers, ensuring their needs are heard and acted upon.
• Partner closely with Product Marketing, Marketing, Community & Developer Advocacy, Sales, and Customer Support to drive adoption and gather feedback from customers and prospects.
• Ruthlessly prioritize across a complex environment of diverse customers, stakeholders, and objectives, with a strong focus on delivering developer value.
• Represent the company externally as needed, including meetings with customers, speaking at external events, and participating in relevant industry groups.
• Deeply understand WebRTC and real-time communication challenges, translating complex technical concepts into intuitive developer experiences.

Examples Of Desirable Skills, Knowledge And Experience

• Proven track record of shipping developer-facing products from ideation to launch, with 3+ years of professional experience working on technology products.
• Strong knowledge of real-time communication technologies, including WebRTC, WebSockets, SFUs, and TURN servers.
• Deep understanding of the developer journey, with a passion for building tools and SDKs that abstract complexity and enable rapid application development.
• Developer focus - you enjoy working directly with developers, understanding their pain points, and helping them get their initial implementations off the ground.
• Strong technical abilities. You are intimately familiar with modern software development practices used to build and deploy applications, and can understand the impact of engineering decisions on the product.
• A desire to sweat the details and ship great developer experiences, focusing on ease of use, clear documentation, and robust APIs.
• A love for talking to developers at organizations both large and small on a daily basis to build and ship products that solve real problems.
• Entrepreneurial mindset, thriving in a fast-paced and goal-driven environment.
• Outstanding communication and collaboration skills, able to work with diverse groups, gain alignment, and drive product forward.

Compensation
Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location.

• For Bay Area based hires: Estimated annual salary of $202,000 - $246,000
• For New York City, Washington, Washington D.C. and California (excluding Bay Area) based hires: Estimated annual salary of $192,000 - $234,000
• For Colorado based hires: Estimated annual salary of $170,000 - $208,000

Equity
This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare's equity plan.
Benefits
Cloudflare offers a complete package of benefits and programs to support you and your family. Our benefits programs can help you pay health care expenses, support caregiving, build capital for the future and make life a little easier and fun! The below is a description of our benefits for employees in the United States, and benefits may vary for employees based outside the U.S.
Health & Welfare Benefits

• Medical/Rx Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Commuter Spending Accounts
• Fertility & Family Forming Benefits
• On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program
• Global Travel Medical Insurance

Financial Benefits

• Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
• Life & Accident Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• Employee Stock Participation Plan

Time Off

• Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave
• Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave