Product Manager, Training

Open Source has taken over the world of software development; however, the largest trade-off still persists: security. Companies spend an enormous amount of time and resources patching and fortifying open source software in order to ship with confidence & compliance. 

Founded by the industry's leading experts on open source software, security and cloud native development, Chainguard has built the largest library of open source software that is secure by default. Customers including Snowflake, Canva, and HPE rely on Chainguard to build securely with open source software across the organization.

Chainguard is the safe source for open source.

About Us

We live and breathe our company values:

We are customer obsessed - Our true advantage is the strength of our relationships with customers through collaboration, empathy, and responsiveness.  We establish trust as we educate, advocate, and listen to their needs.  Our focus is on delivering solutions to our customers that create value and make their lives better. 

We have a bias for intentional action - We’re a start-up and we need to move fast. However we need to move fast through intentional action to make sure we’re able to deliver quickly and efficiently on what is most impactful to our collective success.  We prioritize, plan, try things, and fail fast.  We think about how what we do impacts other teams and communicate our progress - owning the whole solution from start to finish. If we move fast enough, we can make two or three mistakes, learn, and correct them before competitors even make their first decision.

We don’t take ourselves too seriously (but we do serious work) - Though we are solving an important problem which takes focus and a degree of seriousness, we don’t take ourselves too seriously while we do.  We laugh, have fun, embrace uniqueness, and enjoy the journey. Together.

We trust each other and assume good intentions - We hire great team members and trust them to do their work. We’re transparent with data, news, and decisions - positive or negative - to empower team members to make well informed decisions. Showing up for each other fully means we celebrate each other’s accomplishments as well as give compassionate direct feedback when needed.  We always default to assuming good intentions.

The role, in a nutshell:

The Developer Enablement team raises awareness of Chainguard and software supply chain security within the greater developer community by contributing approachable, educational, high quality resources about Chainguard products, the broader open source ecosystem, and software supply chain security. Our training platform, Chainguard Courses, and educational and documentation site, Chainguard Academy, provide enriching educational experiences and resources that developers and CISOs love.

The Product Manager, Training role will own Chainguard Courses and support Chainguard Academy. This role involves understanding the product educational needs of customers and potential customers, building a training roadmap, creating curricula and course content, and collaborating with Developer Relations and Technical Writing peers. 

What you’ll do: 

• Conceive of, build, design, and execute training courses and other educational resources to support certification, professionalization, and Chainguard product proficiency. 
• Work collaboratively across the Chainguard Product, Marketing, and Sales teams to plan, deliver, and iterate on the Chainguard Courses and Academy products to serve the needs of existing and target customers. 
• Scope, plan, and iterate Courses and Academy strategy to support product adoption.
• Launch new features, test and iterate.
• Track and analyze Courses and Academy usage metrics to understand strengths and growth opportunities, and understand how it can better serve Sales, Customer Success, and external users. 
• Participate in Product initiatives to ensure Courses and Academy content and design delivers an excellent educational experience on related features and topics.  

What we’re looking for: 

• Proven track record in defining strategy, driving roadmap, and owning execution of educational resources
• Strong customer empathy and a desire to understand and solve problems for technical users
• Domain knowledge of the container and security ecosystems.
• Experience writing and communicating about technical topics to both technical and nontechnical audiences
• Skilled at research with an ability to learn new technical concepts quickly
• Experience in instructional design or curriculum development

A few of the benefits we offer (for our full time employees):

• Equity/stock options
• Unlimited PTO
• Remote work with flexible coworking and team meetup opportunities
• Home office and internet stipend
• 100% health/dental/vision insurance coverage for you and your family
• Monthly Wellness budget

If your experience is close but doesn’t fulfill all requirements, please apply. Chainguard is on a mission to build the best team. To achieve our goal, we are focused on hiring “Guardians'' with unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.

Chainguard is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

For US based roles - Chainguard participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with employee Form I-9 Information to confirm authorization to work in the U.S. Chainguard, Inc. only uses E-Verify once a candidate has accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9. If E-Verify cannot confirm that an employee is authorized to work, Chainguard, Inc. will give the employee written instructions and an opportunity to contact the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so the employee can begin to resolve the issue before any adverse employment action is taken. For more information about your right to work, please see the Notice of Right to Work.