Senior PM: AI Data Platform & Product Roadmap

LanceDB; Canada; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

LanceDB is seeking a senior product leader to shape the roadmap with the CTO and engineering leadership, turning direction into focused product initiatives that align with our ICP. You will talk to users, run deep dives on competitors and adjacent tech, and drive cross‑team prioritization across engineering, field, and support as a technically respected peer.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in software or technical product roles and experience with large-scale data platforms, translating

Qualifications

• 10+ years as a software engineer or in a highly technical product role
• Shipped and iterated on products end-to-end
• Experience working on large-scale data platforms (e.g., databases, data infra, ML/AI systems)
• Understanding of AI researcher persona - what success looks like for them, what are their pain points, what increases their happiness
• Regularly engaged with users (interviews, support, design partners, or community)
• Demonstrated ownership of ambiguous projects with minimal guidance
• Experience influencing or driving roadmap / prioritization decisions
• Strong written and verbal communication (can drive alignment across teams)
• Comfortable using data (metrics, experiments, usage) to guide decisions
• Experience contributing to or working with open source communities

Responsibilities

• Shape roadmap with CTO + eng leadership
• Deep dives into competitors, users, and adjacent tech
• Talk to users constantly; turn insight into product changes
• Drive cross-team decisions on priorities (eng, field, support)
• Work with engineering directly as a technically-respected peer

Skills

10+ years exp

End-to-end product

Data platforms

AI researcher persona

User interviews

Ownership

Roadmap influence

Communication

Data-driven decisions

Open source

Job description

LanceDB is seeking a senior product leader to shape the roadmap with the CTO and engineering leadership, turning direction into focused product initiatives that align with our ICP. You will talk to users, run deep dives on competitors and adjacent tech, and drive cross‑team prioritization across engineering, field, and support as a technically respected peer.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in software or technical product roles and experience with large-scale data platforms, translating