Principal Product Manager, Growth

Docker, Inc. is a leading company in developer tooling, trusted by millions of users to build and run applications. They are seeking a Principal Product Manager, Growth to oversee product ownership in their Product Growth Substrate, focusing on onboarding and product attach experiences to drive growth and enhance user engagement.

Responsibilities:

• Lead Growth Pods: Direct the cross-functional Activation and Expansion pods, managing execution and velocity alongside embedded engineering, UX design, and analytics resources
• Optimize Onboarding & Setup: Reimagine the global workspace initialization and onboarding journeys within the inner loop of each product to eliminate mid-funnel drop-offs and accelerate time-to-value
• Deploy Behavioral Frameworks: Implement contextual hints, in-app triggers, and the underlying rules engines to seamlessly guide users through complex developer workflows
• Architect Product Attach Maps: Design and scale global navigation, headers, and persistent in-product discovery routes that reveal multi-product value and drive sequenced product adoption
• Operationalize New SKUs: Partner with core product and packaging teams to turn advanced portfolio capabilities (such as Security and AI features) into distinct, self-serve purchasable paths
• Stabilize Core Financial Levers: Take accountability for improving the self-serve active use conversion rate, driving Net Expansion Rate (NDR), and improving baseline Gross Dollar Retention (GDR)

Requirements:

• Extensive Product Experience: Strong background in software product management, with a substantial, dedicated focus directly within Product-Led Growth (PLG) and self-serve monetization
• Proven Metric Impact: A clear track record of personally moving key SaaS growth metrics, such as Gross Dollar Retention (GDR), Net Dollar Retention (NDR), Trial-to-Paid velocity, or Activation Rates
• Strong Analytical Literacy: Advanced experience leveraging product analytics tools and working alongside data science partners to map user patterns and run clean experimentation frameworks
• Technical Familiarity: Comfort navigating developer ecosystems, cloud infrastructure, or complex multi-product software platforms
• Collaborative Communicator: Outstanding skills in cross-functional alignment, with a history of successfully leading matrixed engineering and design teams