Senior Product Manager II

Alation is pioneering the next era of data intelligence — powered by AI agents and trusted data. Organizations around the world rely on Alation to drive self-service analytics, cloud transformation, data governance, and AI innovation. Our technology helps enterprises connect people and data to make faster, smarter, and more confident decisions. With more than $340M in funding – valued at over $1.7 billion and more than 650 customers, including 40% of the Fortune 100.

As data becomes the foundation of every business, Alation is leading the way in helping organizations unlock their full potential. By bringing intelligence, automation, and trust to every interaction, we empower customers to scale data-driven innovation with confidence and speed.

Joining Alation means being part of a winning team shaping the future of AI-powered data intelligence. We move fast, think big, and deliver results together.

Job Description:

The Cloud team is one of Alation's most strategically critical — and this role sits at the center of it. As a Senior Product Manager II on Cloud, you'll own investment decisions that determine how enterprise customers adopt, trust, and migrate to our platform. From evaluating containerization architecture to prioritizing auth and security requirements from large enterprises, you'll shape the foundational capabilities that unlock Alation's next phase of growth.

We're looking for a product manager who solves the hardest problem in front of them, then picks up the next one. This role will evolve as the business does. We want someone energized by that, not unsettled.

You'll define what matters, get to the real 'why' behind customer and stakeholder asks, and drive clarity across engineering, sales, and executive audiences. You'll also be expected to use AI tools to work faster and think sharper — it's not optional, it's how we operate.

This is a hybrid role: 2 days per week in our Redwood City, CA office. Local candidates only; no relocation at this time.

What You'll Own

Cloud Product Strategy & Investment Decisions

• Evaluate and prioritize product investments in containerization, cloud connectivity, and platform infrastructure — making the call, aligning the team, and owning the outcome.

• Define a clear roadmap that balances near-term unblocking with long-term platform durability.

• Identify new problem spaces before they become blockers — surface opportunities from customer signals, engineering feedback, and market trends.
   

Enterprise Auth & Security Requirements

• Own the authentication experience, data security, and compliance requirements for our largest enterprise customers — translating complex needs into clearly scoped, deliverable milestones.

• Get to the real 'why' behind enterprise asks like 'no data may leave our servers' — validate blockers, challenge assumptions, and secure commitments before engineering invests.

• Produce customer-facing security documents, architecture diagrams, and service definitions that unblock deals and accelerate enterprise security reviews.

• Contribute to understanding and implementation of security and compliance frameworks such as iSO*, SOC II and FedRAMP.
   

Cross-Functional Execution

• Partner with engineering, security, product marketing, sales, and deployment strategists to drive alignment — not just coordination.

• Communicate complexity simply

• Use AI tools to accelerate your work — drafting requirements, synthesizing customer feedback, exploring trade-offs, building prototypes.

What You've Done
 

We're looking for someone who has done hard things and taken the decisions needed to make it happen. Specifically:

• 5+ years of product management experience, ideally with technical platforms, APIs, developer tools, cloud infrastructure, or security-sensitive products.

• Experience with Identity and Access Management (IAM), data security, or compliance-heavy enterprise features.

• Hands-on familiarity with cloud infrastructure: containers, Kubernetes, networking, observability, and hybrid cloud deployment patterns.

• Experience navigating tough enterprise conversations around security, data residency, and compliance — and turning vague requirements into actionable plans.

• The ability to make complex systems understandable to non-technical audiences: executives, sellers, customers.

We'd Love to Hear About

• A time you pushed back on a customer or stakeholder, uncovered the real need, and changed the plan for the better.

• How you've used AI tools to move faster or think more clearly in your current role.

• A moment when you had to pivot to a completely new problem space and thrived — not just survived.

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Compensation Pay Range:

Salary Information

The base salary range is specific to the United States.  The salary of the final candidate selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to internal equity, experience, education, work location, specialty and training.  If the final candidate has a different level of experience, the base salary target range may be lower or higher than what is published.

Alation, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to that individual’s race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.                                   
 

The Company will strive to provide reasonable accommodations to permit qualified applicants who have a need for an accommodation to participate in the hiring process (e.g., accommodations for a job interview) if so requested.  
 

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