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Senior Product Manager - File Servers

United StatesHybridFull TimeSenior$123,250–$247,250 /yrPosted 2 months agoVisa sponsorship available

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Role summary

Commvault is seeking a Senior Product Manager with deep technical expertise in file servers and data protection. This role will lead the strategy and roadmap for enterprise NAS and cloud-based file services, focusing on resilient, high-performance, and cyber-hardened recovery solutions. Responsibilities include defining technical requirements, engaging with engineering on architecture and optimization, and supporting sales. The ideal candidate has 8+ years of experience in enterprise storage or data protection, understanding of file system internals, and experience with major NAS vendors and cloud file services.

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    About Commvault

    Commvault (NASDAQ: CVLT) is the gold standard in cyber resilience. The company empowers customers to uncover, take action, and rapidly recover from cyberattacks – keeping data safe and businesses resilient. The company’s unique AI-powered platform combines best-in-class data protection, exceptional data security, advanced data intelligence, and lightning-fast recovery across any workload or cloud at the lowest TCO. For over 25 years, more than 100,000 organizations and a vast partner ecosystem have relied on Commvault to reduce risks, improve governance, and do more with data.

    The Opportunity...

    We are seeking a deeply technical Senior Product Manager to lead our File Server data protection and recovery portfolio across enterprise NAS and cloud-based file services. This role requires hands-on expertise with major NAS platforms and the ability to engage at the architectural level with engineering, storage administrators, and cloud infrastructure teams. You will own strategy and execution for protecting large-scale unstructured data environments, delivering resilient, high-performance, and cyber-hardened recovery solutions across hybrid and multi-cloud deployments.

    What You'll Do...

  • Own product strategy and roadmap for enterprise File Server data protection across on-prem NAS and cloud-native file services
  • Define technically rigorous requirements grounded in deep knowledge of file systems, metadata structures, snapshot technologies, replication models, and change tracking mechanisms
  • Hands-on experience with at least one major NAS vendor (NetApp,Dell EMC Isilon, HPE, Pure Storage, VAST) and Cloud File services (Azure Files Amazon FSx, EFS, Google Filestore)
  • Leverage vendor APIs, NDMP, snapshot orchestration, replication frameworks, and scale-out architectures to deliver differentiated capabilities
  • Design and evolve backup and recovery workflows for large-scale, petabyte-class unstructured data environments
  • Partner directly with Engineering in architecture reviews, API design discussions, scalability planning, and performance optimization
  • Validate real-world deployability by engaging hands-on with lab environments, proof-of-concepts, and customer production architectures
  • Define performance and recovery SLAs, optimize metadata indexing strategies, and address bottlenecks in large directory structures and high-velocity environments
  • Support technical sales engagements, competitive positioning, and field enablement with strong architectural credibility
  • Who You Are...

    Required Skills & Experience:

  • 8+ years of product management experience in enterprise storage, NAS systems, or data protection platforms
  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline, MBA preferred
  • Understanding of file system internals, snapshot and replication technologies, NDMP, quotas, tiering, multiprotocol access (NFS/SMB), and scale-out storage architectures
  • Experience with cloud-based file services (Amazon FSx, Azure Files, Google Filestore, or cloud-hosted NAS solutions)
  • Ability to engage engineering teams at a design and architectural level, not just at a requirements level
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence senior technical stakeholders
  • Preferred Skills & Experience:

  • Experience designing backup architectures for petabyte-scale NAS deployments
  • Hybrid cloud file architecture experience spanning on-prem NAS and cloud-native file platforms
  • Experience influencing storage vendor roadmaps or working with OEM/technology alliance partners
  • Exposure to high-performance file workloads (AI/ML pipelines, media rendering, analytics datasets)
  • You’ll love working here because...

  • Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
  • An inclusive company culture, opportunity to join our Employee Groups
  • Generous benefits supporting your health, financial security, and work-life balance
  • Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
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    Thank you for your interest in Commvault. Reflected below is the minimum and maximum base salary range for this role. At Commvault we use broad salary ranges in our job postings to reflect the diverse levels of expertise and experience among our candidates and is not reflective of the total compensation and benefits package. The specific salary offered will be determined based on your unique qualifications, including your relevant experience, skills, and the value you bring to the role. While the range provides a general idea of the compensation, it is important to note that placements within the range are not automatic and will be carefully considered to ensure a fair and competitive offer. We are committed to rewarding talent and experience.

    Pay Range
    $123,250$247,250 USD

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