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Director, Product Management

Redwood City, CA
TigerGraph is a leading provider of graph database and analytics solutions. Our innovative technology enables organizations to unlock the power of interconnected data and gain insights at scale.
 
Build the future of  distributed native graph databases in the cloud. Join the TigerGraph team.
 
We’re looking for a Director of Product Management to join our product team to work on innovative consumption based graph analytics offering in the cloud. This role is a good fit for a product manager who is passionate and hands-on at the same time in working on product areas to provide pay-as-you-go graph analytic products. 
 
TigerGraph is the only performant and scalable distributed graph database in the market- we are the first and only one who conducted a 100T benchmark using LDBC SNB benchmark. Unlike conventional relational databases, TigerGraph engine does not require runtime joins. Instead, all joins are determined at schema design time, and materialized during data loading time. Whenever a new join is needed, TigerGraph allows users to change schema and add new edges to amortize the runtime join cost at loading time. 

AS A PRODUCT MANAGER FOR THE CLOUD DATABASE, YOU WILL:

  • Define and evolve our current cloud product to make this the market leading Cloud Graph Database offering.
  • You will talk to customers and help onboarding new customers and drive their new requirements to our existing cloud offering.
  • Define and execute on the product vision for consumption based model, which revolves around storing data in cost-effective object stores while managing compute resources through Kubernetes, treating them as utilities for extracting value
  • To drive success for this consumption-based cloud offering, you need to collaborate closely with our core engineering and infrastructure teams to design a comprehensive plan. You will constantly seek feedback from our customers, iterating as needed to update our product plans to meet market demand.
  • Be a technical, strong and eloquent advocate for our core foundational graph database in public.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop and execute the overall strategy and roadmap for TigerGraph Cloud DBaaS platform, ensuring alignment with the company's vision and goals.
  • Lead engineering teams responsible for supporting TigerGraph's cloud modernization efforts.
  • Oversee the design, deployment, and management of the infrastructure supporting TigerGraph Cloud.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure quality, scalability, elasticity, reliability, and security of the cloud infrastructure.
  • Work closely with product management and customer support teams to gather user feedback and incorporate it into the design and development of the cloud platform.
  • Champion the adoption of best practices and industry standards for usability and user-centric design.
  • Drive continuous improvement of infrastructure components and processes to optimize performance and cost efficiency.
  • Collaborate with security and compliance teams to define and implement robust security measures and controls.
  • Encourage and lead automation initiatives for public and private cloud databases.
  • Provide strong people leadership to empower, encourage, and engage the team.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related major. Advanced degree preferred. Equivalent years of experience may be substituted for the degree requirement.
  • 10 or more years of experience as a product manager with 5 or more of those years in a leadership role driving the direction and strategy of cloud-based products or services
  • 5 or more years of experience in cloud and/or database space.

Bonus Points:

  • Outstanding communication and customer relationship skills
  • Good at writing product requirement design documents and articulate it them with engineers
  • Excellent organization skills and ability to multitask in a fast-paced startup environment
  • Constant learner
  • Capable operational driver with core database engineers and QA team
  • Have operational knowledge of native cloud object store and integration
  • Have knowledge of K8S
  • Good at defining and launching new DBaaS offering with solid well thought business plan
  • Experience driving cloud business through direct sales as well as through indirect sales through partners and cloud marketplaces (AWS, GCP and Azure)
  • Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures, cloud infrastructure, and related technologies, especially AWS, GCP, and Azure.
  • Familiarity with graph databases, data analytics, and AI/ML technologies.
  • Experience in designing and managing scalable, reliable, and secure cloud infrastructure.
  • Demonstrated ability to deliver exceptional user experiences and drive ease-of-use initiatives.
  • Knowledge of enterprise requirements, including security, compliance, and governance.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

Join us at TigerGraph and be part of a dynamic team that is revolutionizing the way organizations leverage data. Apply today to contribute to the success of TigerGraph Cloud as the Director of Cloud.

The role will be onsite at the company’s HQ in Redwood City and the individual is expected to be in the office 2-3 days/week. The anticipated salary range for chosen candidate is $190,000 - $220,000. The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include, but are not limited to, the type and length of experience within the job, type and length of experience within the industry, education, etc.

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