Senior Technical Product Manager Data Platform

As a Senior Technical Product Manager, Data Platform, you will partner with our Engineering leads to drive the strategy, roadmap, and execution of our core data platform, enabling seamless data processing, storage, and analysis across a broad set of internal and customer-facing use cases that will enable us to predict and meet the current and future needs of our internal and external stakeholders and customers with a data platform that's robust in terms of scale, data quality and analyst ease of use. You will quickly develop a deep understanding of data-driven use cases, collaborate cross-functionally and drive stakeholder alignment, and employ your expertise to help the team effectively prioritize the most impactful near-term and long-term investments. You will also serve as a thought-leader in the organization as we scale our data platform, consider the possible scale impact of future applications of data-centric products and AI use cases in our platform, and guide those building on our data platform.

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive the vision, strategy, and roadmap for our data platform with Engineering counterparts.
• Work with engineering teams to design and implement improvements to our data platform to ensure that we provide scalable high-performance and high quality data solutions -- inclusive of our already heavily-used and high-value data lake, and the data pipelines that feed it -- that will serve Salsify, our customers, and our partners in the near and long-term.
• Partner closely with stakeholders to understand how our data is used, how stakeholders would like to use it, its impact, and prioritize work to ensure critical data is highly available and trustworthy.
• Support prioritization and triage of data infrastructure projects, balancing strategic initiatives and tactical needs.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and escalations, ensuring clear communication and alignment.
• Provide thought leadership on data platform scalability and strategic investments that will enable us to leverage our data in support of future AI or other data-driven use cases.
• Be a partner for others on the Product team, enabling other Product Managers to do responsible discovery, understand the implications of decisions, and build scalable solutions for our customers
• Evangelizing use of the Data Platform across internal teams, and helping drive understanding of its’ value and how to use it
• Stay ahead of emerging trends in data engineering, cloud computing, and distributed systems, integrating innovative solutions where applicable.
• Collaborate with Data Platform engineering to define ‘golden paths’ for platform users, ensuring efficient and standardized access for analysts, engineers, and others building data-driven applications at Salsify.
• Collaborate with infrastructure engineering leadership to align roadmaps and identify overlapping initiatives.
• Support Engineering in maintaining compliance with regulations such as SOC and GDPR, ensuring visibility into data provenance, usage and governance.
• Explore AI-enabled features and processes within the data platform, helping define tooling, governance, and monitoring strategies.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in product management, with 3-5 years focused on data platforms or data infrastructure.
• Strong technical background with a solid understanding of distributed systems, databases, data pipelines, and cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, etc.).
• Experience working with modern data architectures, including event-driven systems, business intelligence tools, data warehouses, data lakes, and stream processing frameworks.
• Strong understanding of systems and their interactions, with the ability to connect the dots and simplify complex concepts for broader audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to manage relationships with stakeholders, ensuring alignment and effective communication.
• Experience with observability, logging, monitoring, and security best practices for cloud-based data platforms.
• Familiarity with compliance standards such as GDPR and SOC 2 is a plus.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field preferred.

Why Join Us?

• Data is at the center of everything we do at Salsify, from data-powered customer-facing features to data-driven decision making at the C-suite to the engineering team. This is a high-impact opportunity to reach every corner of our team, our business and our customer base.
• Collaborate with our talented engineers and product leaders in a dynamic and innovative environment.
• Competitive compensation, stock options, and benefits package.
• Flexible work arrangements, including remote-friendly options.
• A culture that values learning, growth, and technical excellence.

If you are passionate about building world-class data infrastructure and want to shape the future of a high-growth SaaS company, we’d love to hear from you!