Staff Product Manager, Self Managed
Who We Are:
Materialize is the live data layer for apps and AI agents. It lets your team use SQL to transform siloed operational data into up-to-the-second views of your business, helping you operate confidently in dynamic environments. Use Materialize to deliver fresh context to AI agents, power data-intensive UIs, and create low-latency, event-driven architectures that drive microservices and core business processes. Materialize is trusted by General Mills, Bilt Rewards, and Crane Worldwide Logistics to solve their most pressing operational data challenges while building a live data foundation for their AI transformation
Our team spans the US (with a NYC headquarters), Canada, and EMEA.
Investors:
Kleiner Perkins, Redpoint Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
About the role
As a Staff Product Manager for Materialize Self-Managed, you’ll drive the success of one of our core products.
Materialize was built on top of pioneering research in incremental computation. Enterprises use Materialize to transform siloed operational data into live digital twins of their businesses, using just SQL. Materialize Self-Managed launched in early 2025, and has become our fastest growing product in the enterprise. Our customers include digital native tech companies, and Fortune 100 financial firms.
You will be responsible for ensuring that the product is set up for repeatable success with landing new customers, getting them into production, and expanding them. Results you’ll drive include improving our win rates, reducing sales cycles, and increasing net revenue retention.
To drive these results, you’ll define the strategy and roadmap for how our customers deploy, operate, and optimize Materialize Self-Managed. You’ll work closely with your engineering team to execute on your roadmap and course correct as you get feedback. You’ll help position our offering, enable account executives, and partner with our broader go-to-market team to identify & tackle sales blockers. Finally, you’ll work closely with peer product managers and our executive team on leading company-wide initiatives.
This is a highly technical role, with large scope for growth. You’ll have a rare opportunity to help create a new category of software infrastructure. If this sounds exciting - we’d love to hear from you.
Responsibilities
- You’ll define the strategy of your product area and work collaboratively across engineering, sales & marketing to ensure you deliver on it.
- Become the authoritative expert in your product area — both internally and externally — by conducting market research, learning from our customers, and using the product yourself
- Proactively manage a portfolio of small and big projects, while balancing short-term goals against long-term vision
- Drive the understanding of user pain points with the current product, and aim to reduce the sophistication required for our customers to be successful
- Instrument, monitor, and report on your product area, prioritizing and delivering on improvements where necessary.
- Come to our New York City office, in Astor Place, 3+ days a week
What you’ll bring
- 5+ years of B2B product management experience, with 3+ years on infrastructure products
- 2+ years of software engineering or SRE experience
- Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure, security & compliance
- Excellent technical communication skills, with the ability to engage in architecture discussions with customers
- Bachelor’s degree required, with a computer science degree highly preferred. MBA is a plus.
Salary: $220,000 - $280,000
The salary range provided in this job description should not be considered a guarantee or commitment. The actual compensation offered may vary based on individual qualifications objectively assessed during the application and interview process, including but not limited to the candidate’s:
- Qualifications and relevant work experience
- Educational background and credentials
- Relevant skills and certifications
- Geographic location
- Market demands
Materialize reserves the right to adjust the salary range based on the candidate's specific circumstances and the overall compensation package.
We understand it takes a diverse team of highly intelligent, passionate, curious, and creative people to develop the exceptional product we are building. Our dynamic team has incredible perspectives to share, just as we know you do, and we take great pride in being an equal opportunity employer.
Questions & answers for this job
- What is the type of contract for this job?The contract for this job is a Full-time contract
- What's the salary range for the Staff Product Manager, Self Managed position?The suggested salary for this job is $202,800 - $254,000*
- Is telecommuting possible for this job?No, telecommuting is not possible for this job
