Lead Redpanda's pricing and monetization strategy in a fully remote, fast-moving environment.
Skills & Technologies
AI in the day-to-day
Redpanda uses artificial intelligence (AI) technology to assist in the screening and assessment of applications.
Requirements
- Experience
- 8+ years
Benefits
Joblaze summary
The Head of Monetization & Pricing at Redpanda is responsible for developing and implementing the company's pricing and monetization strategies across its platform. This role requires expertise in pricing models, financial analysis, and collaboration with various teams, including Product and Finance, to align pricing with customer needs and market trends. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in enterprise software pricing and a strong analytical background, making this position suitable for seasoned professionals looking to influence a growing tech company.
Joblaze insights
- Listed yesterday on Joblaze — tracked directly from Redpanda's career page.
- Redpanda has 22 other open roles including Forward Deployed Engineer, Networking, Senior Software Engineer, Connectors, Staff Production Operations Engineer.
- 1712 active AI/ML roles on Joblaze right now.
- 800 active SaaS roles on Joblaze right now.
- 77 active cloud infrastructure roles on Joblaze right now.
- Salary band is above the typical range for Product roles (median ~$180,000).
Quick facts
- Is the Head of Monetization & Pricing role remote?
- Yes — Redpanda lists this as a fully remote position.
- What's the salary range?
- Redpanda lists $240,000–$285,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 8 years of relevant experience for this Head of Monetization & Pricing role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AI/ML, cloud infrastructure, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Redpanda targets vp candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Head of Monetization & Pricing role at Redpanda.
From the original posting
Redpanda is the first runtime and control plane for agent-data interaction — a unified platform that combines streaming, SQL analytics, and intelligent connectivity with the governance layer enterprise AI agents need in production.
Built on infrastructure already trusted by Fortune 500 companies and fast-growing startups, Redpanda enforces governance entirely outside the agent's data path, controlling what agents see, limiting what they do, and capturing a tamper-proof record of everything they touch, so organizations never have to choose between innovation and control.About the Role
We're looking for a Head of Monetization & Pricing Product Manager to build and own Redpanda's pricing and monetization strategy from the ground up.
Reporting directly to the CTO & Head of Product, you'll define how customers buy Redpanda—from pricing and packaging to licensing, cloud monetization, and consumption economics. This is a highly strategic individual contributor role with company-wide scope, partnering closely with Product, Engineering, Finance, Revenue Operations, Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success.
You'll combine customer research, market analysis, financial modeling, and product strategy to develop pricing models that align customer value with business growth. As Redpanda expands its platform and product portfolio, you'll help shape how we package, monetize, and bring new capabilities to market.
You Will
- Own Redpanda's end-to-end pricing and monetization strategy across our platform and product portfolio
- Define pricing models, packaging, licensing, and consumption-based commercial offerings
- Develop long-term pricing strategy aligned with product strategy, market evolution, and company objectives
- Partner with Product leadership to ensure every major product investment has a clear monetization strategy
- Build the analytical foundation for pricing decisions through customer research, competitive analysis, financial modeling, and pricing experimentation
- Partner with Finance to model revenue and margin impact, optimize cloud economics, and evaluate growth opportunities
- Collaborate with Sales, Customer Success, and Revenue Operations to align pricing with customer buying behavior and go-to-market strategy
- Define requirements for metering, billing, licensing, entitlement management, and related commercial systems
- Lead pricing launches, packaging updates, and commercial model changes from concept through execution
- Evaluate new business models and monetization opportunities as Redpanda expands its Agentic Data Plane platform
- Serve as Redpanda's company-wide expert on pricing, packaging, and monetization strategy
You Have
- 8+ years of experience in pricing, monetization, product strategy, product management, management consulting, or a related field
- Deep expertise designing pricing and packaging strategies for enterprise software, cloud infrastructure, SaaS, or consumption-based products
- Experience building or evolving monetization strategies with measurable business impact
- Strong understanding of cloud economics, usage-based pricing, licensing, metering, and billing models
- Exceptional analytical skills, including financial modeling and pricing analysis
- Experience partnering effectively across Product, Engineering, Finance, and go-to-market teams
- Excellent communication and executive influence skills
- Ability to operate independently, navigate ambiguity, and drive cross-functional initiatives
Nice to Have
- Experience pricing infrastructure, developer, data, AI, or enterprise platform products
- Experience with open-source or open-core business models
- Familiarity with cloud marketplaces and hyperscaler commercial programs (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Experience with product-led growth and enterprise sales motions
- Familiarity with distributed systems, modern data infrastructure, or enterprise integration platforms
U.S. base salary range for this role is $240,000 - $285,000 (CA, NY, WA) and $230,000 - $275,000 (other US locations). Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. We strive to consider each candidate's job-related skills, location, experience, relevant education or training to determine individual base salary. Your talent partner will share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Please note that Redpanda uses artificial intelligence (AI) technology to assist in the screening and assessment of applications for this position. However, all final hiring decisions are made by our human hiring team.
Vacancy Status: This job posting is for an existing vacancy.
Join Redpanda if you’d enjoy being part of a fast-moving, diverse, people-first organization with team members around the globe and a culture based on trust, transparency, communication, and kindness. You'll dive into a nimble, high-impact team with the latest AI tools — and the budget to actually use them.