Senior Product Manager

Role Description

At Cloudera, we empower people to transform complex data into clear and actionable insights. As a Senior Product Manager for Octopai & Unified Data Fabric, you will own the product vision, technical strategy, and roadmap execution for our automated metadata management and data lineage capabilities. Operating as a principal product leader, you will:

• Define & Drive Vision: Lead the product strategy, platform roadmap, and lifecycle for Octopai within Cloudera’s broader Unified Data Fabric vision.
• Architect Product Standards: Define functional requirements, architectural standards, and reusable product patterns that simplify metadata integration, automated lineage, and data governance.
• Bridge Strategy & Field Execution: Own technical product validation across high-impact enterprise use cases, ensuring platform scalability, security, and enterprise-grade performance.
• Drive Cross-Functional Alignment: Collaborate closely with Engineering, Architecture, Sales, and Product Marketing to translate field insights and customer challenges into high-priority roadmap capabilities.
• Build Scalable Frameworks: Establish repeatable product design patterns, standardized API capabilities, and developer documentation that accelerate platform adoption and integration velocity.
• Measure & Optimize Impact: Define, track, and optimize product adoption and performance metrics across system scalability, feature utilization, and time-to-value for customers.
• Serve as Domain Leader: Act as the primary product expert in strategic customer engagements, executive briefings, and market events, serving as a key voice for Cloudera’s data fabric technology.
• Close the Feedback Loop: Establish tight feedback loops between field engineering, enterprise customers, and core R&D teams to continuously refine product performance and user experience.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Experience: 8+ years of progressive product management experience (or equivalent technical domain leadership) building enterprise data platforms, data governance, or metadata management products.
• Domain Expertise: Deep technical knowledge of data fabric architecture, automated data lineage, metadata platforms, graph technologies, and enterprise data governance frameworks.
• Technical Depth: Demonstrated success defining requirements for scalable distributed systems, enterprise APIs, and complex data integrations.
• Cross-Functional Influence: Proven ability to influence and align cross-functional engineering, architecture, and go-to-market teams without direct authority.
• Communication & Synthesis: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with a track record of translating complex technical concepts into clear product requirements and strategic narrative.
• Customer Focus: Strong customer-facing presence with experience leading high-stakes technical product discussions with enterprise leaders.
• Mobility: Ability to travel globally as needed to support strategic customer and business initiatives.

Requirements

• This role is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

Benefits

• Generous PTO Policy
• Support work-life balance with Unplugged Days
• Flexible WFH Policy
• Mental & Physical Wellness programs
• Phone and Internet Reimbursement program
• Access to Continued Career Development
• Comprehensive Benefits and Competitive Packages
• Paid Volunteer Time
• Employee Resource Groups