# Senior Manager, Professional Services at Kong

- Company: Kong
- What the company does: From APIs to AI, Kong is the fabric of modern connectivity. Centralize LLM access, automate API workflows, and secure your digital ecosystem at scale. Backed by Index, NEA and a16z.
- Company website: http://konghq.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: New York, United States
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $138K to $197K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-06
- Apply by: 2026-11-23
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/kong/0f23b93a-840e-4049-864b-c50f8162f216?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/kong-senior-manager-professional-services/

## About the role

Kong is the connectivity layer of AI. We're a 6-time Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader and a Forrester Wave Leader, running in production at Fortune 500 scale. Every enterprise moving from “we're piloting AI” to “AI is in production” runs into the same wall: governance, security, and connectivity for a traffic pattern nobody built for. That's the opportunity in front of this team, and it's why Professional Services is one of the fastest-growing parts of this company right now. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 8+ years in customer-facing engineering, professional services, or platform engineering, including 2+ years directly managing a technical, customer-facing team
- A track record of delivery leadership in API gateways, API management, integrations, or distributed systems platforms — deep enough that you can direct and evaluate your team's work, not just review it
- Experience managing staffing, capacity, and prioritization across a portfolio of concurrent enterprise engagements
- Strong Kubernetes and cloud-native infrastructure fluency — enough to unblock your team and hold your own with customer architects and executives
- Experience with major cloud providers: AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Comfort directing and evaluating automation frameworks, deployment tooling, CI/CD pipelines, or migration tooling built by your team

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Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/kong-senior-manager-professional-services/