Senior Product Manager II, Managed Databases (MySQL)

Dive in and do the best work of your career at DigitalOcean. Journey alongside a strong community of top talent who are relentless in their drive to build the simplest scalable cloud. If you have a growth mindset, naturally like to think big and bold, and are energized by the fast-paced environment of a true industry disruptor, you’ll find your place here. We value winning together—while learning, having fun, and making a profound difference for the dreamers and builders in the world. We are looking for a Senior Product Manager to own the roadmap, development, and execution of DigitalOcean's Managed Databases (MySQL) product. This is a high-impact, high-ownership role: you will define what we build, shape how we go to market, and drive the roadmap for one of the most widely used products in our database portfolio. You will work at the intersection of customer needs, market realities, and complex technical execution — bridging engineering, infrastructure, go-to-market, and customer success teams to ship products customers rely on. Increasingly, databases are becoming the persistence layer for AI agents, and a first-class participant in agentic workflows through protocols like MCP (Model Context Protocol). What You'll Do Own and drive the product roadmap for DigitalOcean's Managed Databases (MySQL), including provisioning workflows, deployment experience, reliability, performance, and pricing — in close alignment with broader DigitalOcean objectives. Conduct comprehensive market analysis on database trends, competitive offerings, pricing, and emerging database technologies to inform product direction and positioning. Collaborate directly with Engineering and Infrastructure teams to conceptualize, develop, and deliver managed database solutions required for traditional OLTP and modern AI applications. Serve as the advocate for customer needs, actively collecting and prioritizing feedback to continually improve the provisioning, scaling, and day-two operations experience. Partner with Capacity Planning, Solutions Architecture, Go-to-Market, and Customer Success teams to ensure successful, scalable managed database product launches and full lifecycle management. Use data-driven approaches to evaluate product success, track key metrics around utilization, reliability, and deployment velocity, and guide strategic product decisions. What You'll Add to DigitalOcean 5+ years of product management experience specializing in cloud database products, with direct experience owning an open-source database offering (MySQL strongly preferred). Deep technical knowledge of relational databases and their applications in traditional transactional workloads and modern AI/ML applications. Proven track record of successfully taking database products and features from concept through large-scale deployment and ongoing optimization. A strong sense of ownership and a drive to identify and resolve whatever is preventing you and your team from delivering value to customers. Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, with a demonstrated ability to make and communicate strategic, data-driven decisions, especially related to capacity, scaling, and pricing. Strong leadership and cross-functional communication skills, capable of driving consensus and inspiring collaboration across technical and business teams. Customer-focused mindset, with direct experience gathering customer insights and translating them into meaningful product improvements. A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field — or equivalent practical experience. *This job is located in Bengaluru, India JR: 2026-7912 #LI-Hybrid Why You’ll Like Working for DigitalOcean We innovate with purpose. You’ll be a part of a cutting-edge technology company with an upward trajectory, who are proud to simplify cloud and AI so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. As a member of the team, you will be a Shark who thinks b…