Product Owner Expert - Kubernetes, CaaS Platform (Strongsville)
PNC Financial Services Group
Strongsville, OH
Position Overview At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all of our employees feel respected, valued and have an opportunity to contribute to the company’s success. As a(n) [position title] within PNC's [name of division] organization, you will be based in [city/state location of position]. Job Profile
***PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.*** We are looking for an accomplished and experienced Product Owner Expert to support our Kubernetes CaaS Platform. The successful candidate will be instrumental in shaping the strategic direction, defining the roadmap, and facilitating adoption of container hosting platforms across both on-premises and cloud environments. A Product Owner Expert is a senior-level role focused on designing, managing, and evolving container-based platforms (Kubernetes ecosystems) as products for internal or external users. This role serves as a link between technical engineering teams and business stakeholders, ensuring scalable infrastructure solutions are developed, launched, and widely adopted while prioritizing user experience. Key Responsibilities:
Product Strategy & Roadmap: Establishes the long-term vision, strategic direction, and roadmap for containerized infrastructure and Kubernetes services. Ensures alignment of container strategy with organizational objectives such as scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency. Identifies avenues for platform enhancement and innovation. Technical Leadership: Responsible for overseeing the product development process, collaborating with engineering to convert market requirements into technical specifications for container runtime, security, and orchestration. Guarantees developer usability through self-service options, APIs, and clear documentation. Promotes widespread adoption among engineering teams and provides mentorship as well as guidance to engineers. Customer & Market Insight: Represents customers, studies industry trends, and informs product development and adoption. Performance Optimization: Oversees product metrics to enhance the performance, usability, and reliability of containerized workloads across various environments. Architecture & Design: Develop and set standards for container orchestration systems such as Kubernetes. Establish best practices for CI/CD pipelines, Microservices deployment, and Observability—including logging, monitoring, and tracing. Guarantee robust high availability, fault tolerance, and scalability. Security & Compliance: Apply container security, scan images, secure runtime, enforce policies, and meet enterprise standards. Performance & Cost Optimization: Enhance cluster efficiency and resource management, minimize on-prem / cloud expenses through effective container orchestration, and strengthen system performance and reliability in accordance with SLOs/SLAs. Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience) preferred
• 7-10 years Relevant Product Management, Product Owner, or Architecture/Software Engineer experience in an agile software product development environment preferred. Advanced level understanding of customer experience
• 10+ years relevant Product Management or Product Owner experience in cloud, infrastructure, or platform engineering domains preferred.
• Experience in Agile software development environments, preferably with developer platform products.
• Strong background in Kubernetes, container orchestration, and DevOps tooling (e.g., Helm, ArgoCD, Jenkins, GitOps).
• Familiarity with cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) and on-prem solutions (OpenShift, bare-metal Kubernetes, etc.)
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to present complex technical information to non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage multiple stakeholders effectively.
Preferred Skills:
• Kubernetes Expertise: Strong understanding of Kubernetes cluster architecture, workload orchestration, networking, RBAC, and security best practices. Hybrid-Cloud & On-Prem Platforms: Hands-on knowledge of hybrid and multi-cloud environments and experience integrating Kubernetes with enterprise systems. Agile Practices: Deep experience with Agile methodologies and backlog/project management tools (e.g., Jira, Rally, ADO). Licenses and Certifications:
• Kubernetes certifications (CKA, CKAD, or CKS) strongly preferred
• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or SAFe POPM (Preferred)
• Cloud certifications (AWS/Azure/GCP) a plus ***PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.*** PNC is an in-office company that fosters a supportive culture where employees can thrive and achieve balance. We encourage candidates to connect with their recruiter and hiring manager to understand workplace expectations and ensure the role aligns with their goals.
Position Overview
At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all of our employees feel respected, valued and have an opportunity to contribute to the company’s success. As a Product Owner Expert within PNC's Technology organization, you can be based Dallas TX, Phoenix AZ, Pittsburgh PA, Strongsville OH or Birmingham AL.***PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.*** We are looking for an accomplished and experienced Product Owner Expert to support our Kubernetes CaaS Platform. The successful candidate will be instrumental in shaping the strategic direction, defining the roadmap, and facilitating adoption of container hosting platforms across both on-premises and cloud environments. A Product Owner Expert is a senior-level role focused on designing, managing, and evolving container-based platforms (Kubernetes ecosystems) as products for internal or external users. This role serves as a link between technical engineering teams and business stakeholders, ensuring scalable infrastructure solutions are developed, launched, and widely adopted while prioritizing user experience. Key Responsibilities:
Product Strategy & Roadmap: Establishes the long-term vision, strategic direction, and roadmap for containerized infrastructure and Kubernetes services. Ensures alignment of container strategy with organizational objectives such as scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency. Identifies avenues for platform enhancement and innovation. Technical Leadership: Responsible for overseeing the product development process, collaborating with engineering to convert market requirements into technical specifications for container runtime, security, and orchestration. Guarantees developer usability through self-service options, APIs, and clear documentation. Promotes widespread adoption among engineering teams and provides mentorship as well as guidance to engineers. Customer & Market Insight: Represents customers, studies industry trends, and informs product development and adoption. Performance Optimization: Oversees product metrics to enhance the performance, usability, and reliability of containerized workloads across various environments. Architecture & Design: Develop and set standards for container orchestration systems such as Kubernetes. Establish best practices for CI/CD pipelines, Microservices deployment, and Observability—including logging, monitoring, and tracing. Guarantee robust high availability, fault tolerance, and scalability. Security & Compliance: Apply container security, scan images, secure runtime, enforce policies, and meet enterprise standards. Performance & Cost Optimization: Enhance cluster efficiency and resource management, minimize on-prem / cloud expenses through effective container orchestration, and strengthen system performance and reliability in accordance with SLOs/SLAs. Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience) preferred
• 7-10 years Relevant Product Management, Product Owner, or Architecture/Software Engineer experience in an agile software product development environment preferred. Advanced level understanding of customer experience
• 10+ years relevant Product Management or Product Owner experience in cloud, infrastructure, or platform engineering domains preferred.
• Experience in Agile software development environments, preferably with developer platform products.
• Strong background in Kubernetes, container orchestration, and DevOps tooling (e.g., Helm, ArgoCD, Jenkins, GitOps).
• Familiarity with cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) and on-prem solutions (OpenShift, bare-metal Kubernetes, etc.)
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to present complex technical information to non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage multiple stakeholders effectively.
Preferred Skills:
• Kubernetes Expertise: Strong understanding of Kubernetes cluster architecture, workload orchestration, networking, RBAC, and security best practices. Hybrid-Cloud & On-Prem Platforms: Hands-on knowledge of hybrid and multi-cloud environments and experience integrating Kubernetes with enterprise systems. Agile Practices: Deep experience with Agile methodologies and backlog/project management tools (e.g., Jira, Rally, ADO). Licenses and Certifications:
• Kubernetes certifications (CKA, CKAD, or CKS) strongly preferred
• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or SAFe POPM (Preferred)
• Cloud certifications (AWS/Azure/GCP) a plus ***PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.*** PNC is an in-office company that fosters a supportive culture where employees can thrive and achieve balance. We encourage candidates to connect with their recruiter and hiring manager to understand workplace expectations and ensure the role aligns with their goals.
PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.
Job Description
- Owns the vision and definition of the product. Serves as the voice of the Customer. Responsible for ensuring the Scrum Team(s) effort is concentrated on the right priorities based on business value. Maintains a strategic focus in the group while dealing with the most complex matters including but not limited to integration, workflow, and/or risk.
- Oversees end to end development and 'go to market' approach. Acts as the primary engagement owner to address client/customer needs and ensures value delivery.
- Takes a proactive approach to mitigate risk issues and solve problems dealing with the integrity of the product backlog.
- Negotiates with vendors and outside consultants that are needed for the product. Drives efficiency and provides PNL value during all stages of the product. Acts as the lead decision maker for the team and is responsible for crew management.
- Communicates the delivery of business value and outcomes of the iteration to the stakeholders, clients, and provides updates to senior and executive leadership.
PNC Employees take pride in our reputation and to continue building upon that we expect our employees to be:
- Customer Focused - Knowledgeable of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and able to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.
- Managing Risk - Assessing and effectively managing all of the risks associated with their business objectives and activities to ensure they adhere to and support PNC's Enterprise Risk Management Framework.
Qualifications
Successful candidates must demonstrate appropriate knowledge, skills, and abilities for a role. Listed below are skills, competencies, work experience, education, and required certifications/licensures needed to be successful in this position.
Preferred Skills
Accountability, AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Customer Solutions, Data Visualization, Prioritization, RedHat, Scrum, User Experience (UX) DesignCompetencies
Agile Development, Business Acumen, Design Thinking, Effective Communications, Innovation, Interpersonal Relationships, IT Standards, Procedures & Policies, Managing Multiple Priorities, Organizational Leadership, Planning and Organizing, Solutions DevelopmentWork Experience
Roles at this level typically require a university / college degree. Higher level education such as a Masters degree, or PhD is desirable. Industry experience is typically 8 + years. Specific certifications are often required. In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education, job specific certification(s), and experience (including military service) may be considered.Education
BachelorsCertifications
No Required Certification(s)Licenses
No Required License(s)Pay Transparency
Base Salary: $100,000.00 – $198,375.00 Salaries may vary based on geographic location, market data and on individual skills, experience, and education. This role is incentive eligible with the payment based upon company, business and/or individual performance.Application Window
Generally, this opening is expected to be posted for two business days from 03/27/2026, although it may be longer with business discretion.Benefits
PNC offers a comprehensive range of benefits to help meet your needs now and in the future. Depending on your eligibility, options for full-time employees include: medical/prescription drug coverage (w
Posted 2026-03-30
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