Staff Product Manager (Developer tools)

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San Francisco, CA, USA
In-Office
Senior level
Cloud • Enterprise Web • Information Technology • Productivity • Software
Workato helps companies integrate anything and automate everything.
The Role
The Staff Product Manager for Developer Platforms will lead the strategy, vision, and execution of AI-powered developer tools, ensuring a superior developer experience and driving product adoption.
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About Workato

Workato is the leading Control and Execution Platform for Enterprise AI — the neutral platform enterprises trust to put AI to work across their business. Workato unifies data, applications, and processes into a single platform so AI can reliably orchestrate business processes in production at enterprise scale. Built on more than a decade of running mission-critical processes for over half the Fortune 500 — including Nasdaq, Amazon, Cisco, Vodafone, Atlassian, and Lucid Motors — Workato turns over 14,000 enterprise systems AI needs to act on into one governed execution layer. For more information, visit workato.com.

Why join us?

Ultimately, Workato believes in fostering a flexible, trust-oriented culture that empowers everyone to take full ownership of their roles. We are driven by innovation and looking for team players who want to actively build our company. 

But, we also believe in balancing productivity with self-care. That’s why we offer all of our employees a vibrant and dynamic work environment along with a multitude of benefits they can enjoy inside and outside of their work lives. 

If this sounds right up your alley, please submit an application. We look forward to getting to know you!

Also, feel free to check out why:

  • Business Insider named us an “enterprise startup to bet your career on”

  • Forbes’ Cloud 100 recognized us as one of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world

  • Deloitte Tech Fast 500 ranked us as the 17th fastest growing tech company in the Bay Area, and 96th in North America

  • Quartz ranked us the #1 best company for remote workers

We’re looking for a Staff Product Manager for Developer Platforms who doesn’t just ship features—but defines what should exist in the first place. This role owns the end-to-end experience for developers building on Workato: from first API call to production-scale agent systems.

This is not a roadmap execution role. You will define the platform strategy, make hard tradeoffs, and build a product that developers choose in a competitive market.

Responsibilities

We are seeking a strategic Staff Product Manager to lead our developer-facing products for LLM and Agentic applications. In this pivotal role, you will be the bridge between our developers, our business goals, and our engineering teams, driving the vision and execution of next-generation AI-powered automation and integration tools on the Workato platform.

You will be responsible for the entire product lifecycle, from identifying market opportunities and defining the product vision to working with engineering to deliver solutions that empower developers. This role requires someone who has successfully built and shipped developer products before, with a deep understanding of developer ergonomics and an instinct for what separates good developer tools from truly exceptional ones.

This is a critical role for someone with a proven track record in developer experience, a strong understanding of the AI landscape, and the ability to translate complex technical capabilities into tangible business value. You should know what great developer tools look and feel like because you've built them yourself. You will also be responsible to:

  • Define and champion the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Workato's AI and LLM-focused developer products.

  • Partner closely with engineering, design, marketing, and sales to deliver exceptional AI products and drive go-to-market success.

  • Build deep insights into developer workflows, needs, and pain points through direct customer engagement, user research, and community feedback.

  • Transform developer insights and business requirements into actionable PRDs, user stories, and technical specifications.

  • Own the product backlog and feature prioritization, making data-driven decisions that balance immediate developer needs with long-term platform vision.

  • Lead competitive intelligence and market analysis to identify emerging trends and ensure Workato stays ahead in AI developer tooling.

  • Champion the product vision both internally and externally, engaging with developer communities, conferences, and key technical stakeholders.

  • Establish and monitor key product metrics including developer satisfaction, API adoption, and platform engagement to drive continuous improvement.

  • Drive developer adoption metrics and optimize onboarding experiences to reduce time-to-first-value.

RequirementsQualifications / Experience / Technical Skills
  • 7+ years in product management, including owning a developer-facing product or platform end-to-end—from defining the vision to shipping and iterating
  • Strong product instincts for developer platforms, with a clear point of view on what differentiates winning products (DX, capabilities, ecosystem, distribution)
  • Experience driving adoption with external developers, including improving key stages of the funnel: discover → try → activate → scale
  • Hands-on experience building or managing APIs, SDKs, CLIs, or extensibility frameworks, with an understanding of how these impact real developer workflows
  • Demonstrated developer empathy, grounded in observing and improving real workflows (e.g., working with APIs, CI/CD, logs, IDEs)
  • Comfortable going deep with engineering on system design and tradeoffs, including constraints, scalability, and abstraction decisions
  • Familiarity with modern AI/LLM or agent-based development workflows (e.g., orchestration, prompt iteration, evaluation, observability)
  • Awareness of how developer workflows are evolving (AI copilots, APIs-first development, faster iteration cycles), with a perspective on where things are headed

Nice to Have

  • Hands-on experience building or using LLM-powered applications and familiarity with AI frameworks like LangChain, LlamaIndex, or similar.

  • Experience with integration, automation, or MLOps platforms.

  • Active participation in developer communities through writing, speaking, or open-source contributions.

Soft Skills / Personal Characteristics
  • You are a strategic thinker who can connect technology with business impact and craft a compelling product narrative.

  • You have excellent leadership and communication skills, with the ability to influence and align cross-functional teams.

  • You are comfortable with ambiguity and rapid iteration, thriving in fast-paced, innovative environments.

(REQ ID: 2249)

Skills Required

  • 7+ years in product management
  • Experience owning a developer-facing product or platform
  • Strong product instincts for developer platforms
  • Experience driving adoption with external developers
  • Hands-on experience building or managing APIs, SDKs, CLIs
  • Demonstrated developer empathy
  • Comfortable going deep with engineering on system design

Workato Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Workato and has not been reviewed or approved by Workato.

  • Healthcare Strength Health insurance is highlighted as robust, with comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and mental health/EAP support. Employer materials and public benefit listings position healthcare as a standout element of the package.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Time off is portrayed as generous, featuring unlimited or flexible PTO in some regions and monthly global days off in addition to holidays. These programs signal a recharge-friendly approach to work-life balance.
  • Parental & Family Support Parental leave is consistently described as strong, with supportive maternity and paternity programs. Family support appears alongside core benefits such as health coverage and equity.

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The Company
HQ: Mountain View, CA
650 Employees
Year Founded: 2013

What We Do

The leader in enterprise automation, Workato helps organizations work faster and smarter without compromising security and governance. Built for Business and IT users, Workato is trusted by over 7,000 of the world's top brands like Gitlab, Toast, Broadcom, Intuit, Autodesk, and HubSpot. Leaders use Workato to automate key processes like Order to Cash, Speed to Lead, HR Onboarding and Offboarding and more.

Why Work With Us

Here at Workato, we are a team moved by innovation — a passion to create the best possible way and the drive to continue to make it better. We also believe in the power of our team, knowing that we only succeed if we all succeed together. Our team uses seven operating principles to help us make better decisions, work as a team, and have fun.

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