Alation · 1 week ago
Senior Product Manager II
Redwood City, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$191K/yr - $257K/yrAlation is a data intelligence company that empowers organizations with self-service analytics and AI-ready data. They are seeking a Senior Product Manager II to lead the Cloud Platform, focusing on productizing internal platforms and enhancing customer trust and enterprise adoption through clear communication and technical understanding.
AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Business IntelligenceData GovernanceData IntegrationData ManagementMachine Learning
Responsibilities
Lead the Zero Data initiative: This initiative is to enable our customers to use our product while data does not leave their network. You will work with engineering architects to create clearly defined, understandable guarantees we can provide to our customers and stage into deliverable milestones
Clarify and validate customer requirements: When customers say “no data may leave our servers” or “we’ll migrate if XYZ,” get to the why, validate the real blockers, and secure commitments before engineering invests
Productize internal platforms: Turn foundational systems (e.g., query execution service, cloud connectivity service) into documented, spec-first services with clear APIs, release notes, and ownership. We want you to treat our internal Alation platform like a product - think about who your customers are, what they need and how they'll use it
Communicate complexity simply: Produce diagrams, service definitions, and security packets that make it easy for sellers, executives, and customers to understand and move forward
Support enterprise adoption: Partner with Sales and Product Marketing to navigate security reviews, pricing/packaging of enterprise features, and escalations with high-stakes customers
Qualification
Required
Strong technical background to lead the Cloud Platform and help productize internal platforms into durable services
Ability to dig into details and understand technical aspects
Experience in leading the Zero Data initiative
Ability to clarify and validate customer requirements
Experience in productizing internal platforms
Ability to communicate complexity simply
Experience in supporting enterprise adoption
Built or PM'd technical products (platforms, APIs, infra, developer tools, or security-sensitive features)
Worked with cloud infrastructure concepts (containers, networking, observability, k8s etc.)
Worked closely with engineers and architects to author specs, APIs, or architecture diagrams that shipped
Navigated tough enterprise conversations around security, compliance, or data residency
Made complex systems understandable to executives, sellers, and customers
Preferred
An architecture diagram or spec you authored, and how it guided decisions
A time you defined an interface or API and managed versioning/release notes
A customer or internal situation where you pushed back, uncovered the real need, and changed the plan
Any experience accelerating enterprise security reviews or migrations through clarity and documentation
Company
Alation
Alation is a data intelligence platform for banks, retailers, and government agencies.
Founded in 2012
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$314.95MKey Investors
NTT DOCOMO VenturesRiverwood CapitalIcon Ventures
2023-06-27Series Unknown
2022-11-02Series E· $123M
2021-06-03Series D· $110M
Leadership Team
Satyen Sangani
CEO & Co-Founder
Junaid Saiyed
SVP of Engineering
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