Senior Product Manager, AI Data Platform

LanceDB; Canada (KY); On-site; USD 190,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

LanceDB is seeking a senior product leader to shape the roadmap for a data-centric platform used by researchers and engineers. You will translate high-level directions into deliberate product outcomes, collaborating with CTO and engineering leadership to drive outcomes that improve the LanceDB platform for its ICP.

You will regularly converse with users, analyze competitors, and stay close to adjacent technologies.

Qualifications

• 10+ years as a software engineer or technical product leader
• Shipped and iterated on products end-to-end
• Experience on large-scale data platforms (databases, data infra, ML/AI)
• Understands AI researcher persona and success metrics
• Regularly engages with users via interviews, support, or partners
• Proven ownership of ambiguous projects with limited guidance
• Influences or drives roadmap and prioritization decisions
• Strong written and verbal communication across teams
• Comfort using data (metrics, experiments, usage) to guide decisions
• Experience contributing to/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 experience

End-to-end shipping

Large-scale data platforms

Open source

Roadmap influence

User interviews

Data-driven decisions

Cross-team alignment

Tools

Python

Job description

LanceDB is seeking a senior product leader to shape the roadmap for a data-centric platform used by researchers and engineers. You will translate high-level directions into deliberate product outcomes, collaborating with CTO and engineering leadership to drive outcomes that improve the LanceDB platform for its ICP.

You will regularly converse with users, analyze competitors, and stay close to adjacent technologies.