Open Source Product Manager - Milwaukee - Eclipse Foundation

Description

Product Manager, Growth

The Eclipse Foundation is one of the world's largest open source software foundations. With over 400 open source projects and collaborations including Open VSX, Adoptium, Jakarta EE, Eclipse IDE, and OpenHW, we serve a global community of millions of developers and more than 300 member organizations. Our mission is to enable sustainable industry collaborations on open technologies, backed by vendor-neutral governance, commercial-friendly licensing, and community-led innovation.

We are seeking a strategic and results-driven Product Manager, Growth to lead the transformation of foundational open source services and platforms into sustainable, high-impact products. This is a high-impact position focused on building sustainable models for technologies that millions of developers rely on every day.

You will lead the evolution of products like the Open VSX Registry, the world's largest open source registry for VS Code extensions. Open VSX has become the default marketplace for many VS Code forks and cloud-based development environments. As the industry shifts toward AI-native development and platform engineering, Open VSX is rapidly becoming the vendor-neutral backbone of extension infrastructure used by intelligent tooling platforms.

This role is ideal for someone with a strong product mindset, proven SaaS experience, and a passion for building public-good infrastructure that is freely accessible to developers and financially supported by commercial adopters.

Location: This is a remote position. Candidates based in the European Union or Canada are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead product strategy and delivery for Open VSX and other high-growth services.
• Drive adoption, activation, and retention using product-led growth strategies tailored for developer tools and infrastructure.
• Collaborate with engineering, IT, infrastructure, and security teams to deliver enhancements that improve reliability, performance, and usability.
• Define, measure, and optimize growth metrics such as activation rates, user engagement, retention, and churn.
• Design and run experiments to test onboarding flows, pricing strategies, and feature performance.
• Maintain a growth-focused product backlog and communicate trade-offs, priorities, and rationale with stakeholders.
• Partner with marketing, ecosystem development, and community teams to create outreach campaigns and content that support growth goals.
• Help shape commercial offerings for enterprise users while ensuring individual developers and open source projects retain free access.
• Use feedback from user interviews, surveys, and analytics to guide product decisions and roadmap priorities.
• Align product growth efforts with broader foundation goals for sustainability, neutrality, and impact.

Desired Skills and Experience

• 5 to 10 years of experience in SaaS product management, preferably with developer platforms or tools.
• Track record of successfully working with developer communities. Experience in open source is highly desirable.
• Strong alignment with our values: Service, Respect, Collegiality, and Professionalism.
• Proven track record in product-led growth, particularly in B2B or developer-centric environments.
• Demonstrated success in engaging and influencing developers and technical leaders.
• Fluent in English with proven proficiency in working in an English business environment.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
• Self-starter, comfortable working autonomously with minimal supervision, able to take initiative and drive projects forward independently.
• Flexible and adaptable generalist, willing to contribute beyond a narrowly defined scope and tackle dynamic challenges in evolving environments.
• Strong analytical and experimental mindset with experience designing and interpreting A/B tests, funnel analyses, and behavioral metrics.
• Analytical mindset with a strong curiosity to measure, test, learn, and iterate for optimal results.
• Ability to independently drive high-quality work with meticulous attention to detail.
• Dedication to continuous learning and improvement.

We offer competitive compensation along with a comprehensive benefits package. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. For more information about the Eclipse Foundation, please visit our website at

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