Chief Product Officer
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$ 350000 - 400000
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Fastly helps people stay better connected with the things they love. Fastlys edge cloud platform enables customers to create great digital experiences quickly securely and reliably by processing serving and securing our customers applications as close to their end-users as possible at the edge of the Internet. The platform is designed to take advantage of the modern internet to be programmable and to support agile software development. Fastlys customers include many of the worlds most prominent companies including Vimeo Pinterest The New York Times and GitHub.
Were building a more trustworthy Internet. Come join us.
Posting Open Date: July 9th 2025
Anticipated Posting Close Date*: September 30th 2025
*Job posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.
Fastly is at a pivotal point in our growth journey building on recent successes and poised for significant expansion. We are seeking a Chief Product Officer to strategically lead our rapidly growing product organization. Reporting directly to our CEO and serving as a key member of our executive team you will be instrumental in defining and executing a platform product vision strategy and roadmap that not only anticipates the future of the internets edge but also sharply focuses our efforts on delivering increased revenue through profitable customer growth and disciplined investment.
Chief Product Officer
As CPO you will oversee Product Management Product Marketing Design Documentation and Product Operations. Youll ensure our cutting-edge technology strategy and aggressive business growth objectives are tightly aligned to maximize market impact and shareholder value. This includes working closely with Engineering to build efficient motivated and coordinated teams and working with our Go-to-Market teams to ensure our product has the largest possible impact in the market.
What Youll Do:
Strategically lead and champion a profitable product vision that aligns with Fastlys business goals for sustainable growth focusing on high-value enterprise customer segments and emerging edge use cases like AI and ML.
Drive innovation by anticipating complex customer needs and industry trends to develop differentiated products that deliver significant ROI ensuring our product strategy is tightly integrated with overall business goals balancing technical feasibility with efficient resource allocation and maximized gross margins.
Deeply understand and prioritize the needs of Fastlys global enterprise customers from engineers to C-level executives leveraging competitive insights feedback and data to inform product decisions that drive new customer acquisition and expansion.
Oversee all phases of product development from concept to launch ensuring excellence in execution with a keen eye on ROI for every initiative and optimize product lifecycle management processes to prioritize initiatives that most effectively contribute to revenue growth and operational efficiency.
Lead pricing optimization efforts to ensure product profitability competitive positioning and long-term sustainability directly contributing to Fastlys financial performance.
Apply your technical and business acumen to lead and transform our technology business encompassing global infrastructure networking and distributed systems. This will guide our product innovation effectively with a strong appreciation for performance reliability and security at scale.
Navigate the complexities of enterprise-grade security and the rapidly evolving landscape of edge computing driving the product roadmap for our compelling and differentiated product offerings.
Make robust data-driven investment decisions ensuring capital is allocated to initiatives with the highest potential for profitable growth.
Lead with exceptional communication and cross-functional influence as you align stakeholders across Engineering Sales Marketing and Finance to ensure product success revenue targets and efficient go-to-market strategies.
Simplify complex technical concepts and articulate product strategy and its financial impact to both technical and non-technical audiences serving as an executive presence and thought leader who influences key industry stakeholders.
Build and scale a world-class Product organization for growthencompassing Product Management Product Marketing Design Documentation and Product Operations- attracting developing and retaining top-tier talent while fostering a high-performance inclusive culture that drives aggressive profitable growth.
What Were Looking For
20 years of global product leadership within entrepreneurial high-growth B2B cloud infrastructure or platform technology businesses (security plus). Proven ability to drive product strategy and execution through periods of significant scaling and market evolution balancing innovation with fiscal discipline.
Deep B2B Software/SaaS & infrastructure experience; extensive experience bringing highly technical enterprise software solutions to market particularly those sold to technical buyers (DevOps SRE CIO CTO CISO etc.) and large enterprise organizations.
Proven track record of driving demand and accelerating customer acquisition through product-led strategies. This includes maximizing user/developer engagement to generate opportunities optimizing in-product experiences to foster adoption and expansion and developing efficient processes that directly translate to increased revenue and a significant competitive advantage.
Track record of building strong high-performing teams. Exceptional people leadership experience with a proven ability to hire develop and grow a world-class product organization that thrives in a fast-paced results-oriented environment.
Global multi-product experience across a diverse set of customers and product lines with a clear understanding of how to manage complex portfolios and prioritize for business impact.
Bachelors degree in Computer Science or a related STEM field preferred; Masters a strong plus.
This position is open to the following preferred office locations:
San Francisco (hybrid)
Fastly currently embraces a largely hybrid model for most roles which allows employees flexibility to split their time between the office and home.
This position may require travel as required by your role or requested by your manager.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Salary:
The estimated salary range for this position is $350000.00 to $400000.00.
Starting salary may vary based on permissible non-discriminatory factors such as experience skills qualifications and location.
This role may be eligible to participate in Fastlys equity and discretionary bonus programs.
Benefits:
We care about you. Fastly works hard to create a positive environment for our employees and we think your life outside of work is important too. We support our teams with great benefits that start on the first day of your employment with Fastly. Curious about our offerings
We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical dental and vision insurance. Family planning mental health support along with Employee Assistance Program Insurance (Life Disability and Accident) a Flexible Vacation policy and up to 18 days of accrued paid sick leave are there to help support our employees. We also offer 401(k) (including company match) and an Employee Stock Purchase Program. For 2025 we offer 10 paid local holidays 11 paid company wellness days.
Why Fastly
We have a huge impact.Fastly is a small company with a big reach. Not only doour customershave a tremendous user base but we also support a growing number ofopen source projects and of code employees are encouraged to share causes close to their heart with others so we can help lend a supportive hand.
We love distributed teams. Fastlys home-base is in San Francisco but we have multiple offices and employees sprinkled around the globe. As a new hire you will be able to attend our IN-PERSON new hire orientation in our San Francisco office! It is an exciting week-long experience that we offer to new employees to build connections with colleagues across Fastly participate in hands-on learning opportunities and immerse yourself in our culture firsthand.
We value diversity.Growing and maintaining our inclusive and diverse team matters to us. We are committed to being a company where our employees feel comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work and have the ability to be successful -- every day.
We are passionate.Fastly is chock full of passionate people and were not one size fits all. Fastly employs authors pilots skiers parents (of humans and animals) makeup geeks coffee connoisseurs and more. We love employees for who they are and what they are passionate about.
Were always looking for humble sharp and creative folks to join the Fastly team. If you think you might be a fit please apply! A fully completed application and resume or CV are required when applying.
Fastly is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity and to providing employees with a safe and welcoming work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Our employment decisions are based on business needs job requirements and individual qualifications. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age ancestry color family or medical care leave gender identity or expression genetic information marital status medical condition national origin family or parental status physical or mental disability political affiliation protected veteran status race religion sex (including pregnancy) sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws regulations and ordinances.
Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and federal or state disability laws Fastly will provide reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process to perform essential job functions and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment please contact your Recruiter or the Fastly Employee Relations team at or .
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Employment Type
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