Principal Product Manager leading Tailscale's dataplane platform for secure interconnectivity. Overseeing product strategy and execution for networking infrastructure across diverse environments.
Responsibilities
Set the vision and roadmap for the Tailscale dataplane. This includes WireGuard behavior, DERP relay expansion and capacity, subnet routers, exit nodes, and client-side networking with the goal of making connectivity feel automatic and reliable
Define performance and reliability as customer-facing product requirements
Own connectivity product strategy end to end: regional expansion, capacity planning, relay health observability, enterprise and private DERP/Peer Relay offerings, and sovereign or regulated deployment requirements
Drive the roadmap for the operational primitives customers use such as subnet routers, exit nodes, and Peer Relays including deployment topology, high-availability modes, route management UX, and production operational tooling
Own the application-layer connectivity surface — App Connectors, Services, DNS, and network segmentation — that determines how traffic finds its destination and how AI agents, CI/CD, and Kubernetes workloads reach the SaaS and cloud resources they depend on
Own the operator control surface: how network engineers and IT admins configure, segment, monitor, and troubleshoot their networks at scale, across both the admin console and the CLI
Partner closely with the embedded Network Features design lead to turn abstract networking systems into legible, well-reasoned product surfaces
Own connectivity behavior across the full matrix of NAT types, operating systems, mobile carriers, enterprise firewalls, and the "weird" networks customers actually run, improving both success rates and customer debuggability
Partner with GTM, Customer Success, and Solutions Engineering on production traffic commitments, regulated deployments, and strategic enterprise deals, turning customer learnings into roadmap priorities
Represent Tailscale's dataplane externally to enterprise customers, cloud partners, infrastructure vendors, and the networking community as a credible domain authority
Requirements
10+ years in product management owning networking, transport, edge, or infrastructure products at scale: CDNs, edge platforms, SD-WAN, overlay networks, cloud networking, service mesh, API gateways, DNS/traffic management, or identity-aware proxies
Deep networking fluency across the stack: comfortable below the L4 on routing, NAT traversal, MTU/MSS, congestion, latency, and packet loss, and equally fluent at the application layer on overlay routing, proxies and connectors, DNS, and network segmentation — able to engage engineers on both teams as a peer
Demonstrated ability to define performance commitments and customer-facing SLOs, operate under real production expectations, and handle the moments when systems miss those commitments
Benefits
An inclusive, flexible environment where you can be your authentic self.
A competitive total compensation package.
Comprehensive group benefits with no waiting period.
Remote first company—most of our teams work fully remotely.
Employer-funded retirement contributions.
Connect with other Tailscalars IRL.
Support for your personal and professional development.
Paid time off and a healthy work-life integration.
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