Product Manager

Available Locations: Austin, TX | New York, NY | Lisbon, Portugal (HYBRID) About Product Management at Cloudflare
As a Product Manager at Cloudflare, you are responsible for building products that improve the way that the Internet works. Product Managers at Cloudflare sit at the intersection of software development, design, and business strategy. We shape high-level product goals but also get our hands dirty. On an average day, you might pitch a concept to senior leadership, create a launch plan with marketing, work with designers to conduct user research, prototype a new feature, iterate on a spec, analyze usage data, or pair with an engineer on implementation. We have ultimate responsibility for understanding what our customers, business, and the broader Internet.
About The Role
We're looking for a Product Manager to help build a more private and transparent Internet. You'll join a talented team working on Cloudflare's Privacy Platform - a suite of products that empowers developers to build privacy and transparency into application architecture. Our privacy products are deployed by some of the world's largest consumer technology companies and are built on cutting-edge cryptographic protocols and Internet standards.
This role spans two complementary domains:

• Privacy: Products and protocols that minimize data collection and protect user identity, including Privacy Proxy (MASQUE-powered tunneling) and Privacy Gateway (Oblivious HTTP).
• Transparency: Products that make cryptographic systems or the code binaries auditable and trustworthy, including Key Transparency (verifying end-to-end encryption keys for messaging apps like WhatsApp), Certificate Transparency infrastructure, and emerging transparency log products.

These technologies have a few things in common: they use emerging cryptography to build privacy into the foundations of the networking stack, and help improve the trustworthiness of the Internet by not relying on any single party. This role will work closely with our Research team - engineers and researchers who are defining Internet standards at the IETF and deploying them at scale on Cloudflare's global network.
What You'll Do

• Define and drive the product roadmap for privacy and transparency technologies deployed across Cloudflare's network
• Partner with world-class cryptography researchers and engineers to translate emerging standards (OHTTP, MASQUE, Key Transparency) into production-ready products
• Work with some of the world's largest consumer technology companies to co-develop privacy-preserving infrastructure for their products
• Identify new applications for transparency log technology - anywhere cryptographic auditability can improve security and trust
• Navigate complex technical tradeoffs between privacy guarantees, transparency requirements, performance, and usability
• Collaborate with policy, legal, and communications teams to position Cloudflare as a leader in building a more trustworthy Internet
• Represent Cloudflare in industry forums, standards bodies (IETF), and with partners shaping the future of Internet security

Examples Of Desirable Skills, Knowledge And Experience
The ideal candidate is entrepreneurial, hands-on, and thrives in a fast-paced environment. You have outstanding communication and collaboration skills and are able to work with a diverse group, get alignment, and drive the product forward. We are looking for:

• Understanding and passion for privacy on the Internet, and the ability to empathize with how it affects everyday people
• 3+ years of product management experience, ideally in infrastructure, privacy, or cryptography-adjacent products
• Strong technical foundation or engineering background, and eagerness to get your hands dirty. Familiarity with modern software development practices and basic engineering concepts, and ability to understand the impact of technical and architectural decisions.
• Experience working with or understanding of privacy-enhancing technologies (proxying, cryptographic primitives, transparency logs, proxy architectures, and/or network protocols )
• Track record of shipping products that serve both enterprise customers and massive consumer scale
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills - ability to explain complex concepts to diverse audiences and represent Cloudflare externally
• Bonus: familiarity with IETF standards processes, prior work on end-to-end encrypted systems, privacy-oriented academic research

Compensation
Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location.

• For New York City, New Jersey, Washington, Washington DC, and California (excluding Bay Area) based hires: Estimated annual salary of $141,000 - $194,000

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