Senior Product Manager, AI Data Platforms

NetApp, Inc.; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 196,000 - 293,000; Full time

Job summary

Instaclustr, part of NetApp, is expanding into data infrastructure for AI applications and agents. We are looking for a Senior Product Manager to define and deliver that product: the streaming, retrieval, memory and data-access capabilities that AI developers need, built on open-source engines and running in any cloud or on-premises.

You will own the product strategy and roadmap for AI workloads across the Instaclustr platform, working closely with engineering, product marketing, sales and

Qualifications

• 8+ years of product management experience, including developer-facing products or data infrastructure such as databases, streaming, search or cloud platforms.
• Hands-on understanding of how AI applications use data: RAG, vector and hybrid search, embeddings, agent frameworks and memory.
• A track record of shipping technical products from discovery to launch, with measurable adoption.
• Ability to go deep with engineers and explain simply to executives and customers; strong writing skills, including working-backwards or product requirements documents.
• Experience aligning multiple teams on priorities in demanding stakeholder environments, including across organizational boundaries.
• Strong business judgment, including pricing, packaging and the economics of a managed service.

Responsibilities

• Understand the problem. Lead customer discovery with AI developers, platform engineers and data teams.
• Own the vision and roadmap. Set the product strategy for AI workloads across the platform.
• Define and ship cross-service capabilities with clear requirements and trade-offs.
• Build with NetApp by partnering with AI, storage and data services teams.
• Learn from early customers via design-partner and early-access programs.
• Partner with product marketing and sales on positioning, plays and launches.
• Measure adoption, usage and revenue metrics for AI workloads.

Skills

Product mgmt experience

AI/data-infra understanding

Shipping technical products

Engineer collaboration

Cross-team alignment

Business judgment

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's or higher

Job description

Instaclustr, part of NetApp, is expanding into data infrastructure for AI applications and agents. We are looking for a Senior Product Manager to define and deliver that product: the streaming, retrieval, memory and data-access capabilities that AI developers need, built on open-source engines and running in any cloud or on-premises.

You will own the product strategy and roadmap for AI workloads across the Instaclustr platform, working closely with engineering, product marketing, sales and