Splice Machine is the only transactional SQL-on-Hadoop database for real-time Big Data applications. Splice Machine provides all the benefits of NoSQL databases, such as auto-sharding, scalability, fault tolerance and high availability, while retaining SQL – the industry standard. It optimizes complex queries to power real-time OLTP and OLAP apps at scale without rewriting existing SQL-based apps and BI tool integrations.

The Director/Lead Product Manager is responsible for driving all product planning activities at Splice Machine. This includes managing the product throughout the product lifecycle, gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, defining the product vision, and working closely with engineering to deliver winning products. It also includes working with sales, marketing and technical support to ensure revenue and customer satisfaction goals are met. The Product Manager’s job also includes ensuring that the product and marketing efforts support the company’s overall strategy and goals.

We expect that the Director/Lead Product Manager will always be hands-on, including developing MRDs and PRDs.  Over time, the Director/Lead Product Manager will hire and develop a team of product managers and focus more on managing the overall product management process and driving product marketing.

A successful candidate will be a unique blend of business and technical savvy, big-picture vision, and the drive to make that vision a reality.  You must be able to communicate with all areas of the company. You will work with an engineering counterpart to define product release requirements. You will work with marketing communications to define the go-to-market strategy, helping them understand the product positioning, key benefits, and target customer. You will also serve as the internal and external evangelist for Splice Machine, occasionally working with sales and key customers.

The Director/Lead Product Manager is expected to:

• Define the product strategy and roadmap
• Deliver MRDs and PRDs with prioritized features and corresponding justification
• Actively work with Engineering during the entire product release cycle: establishing release criteria, managing release scope, prioritizing bugs, etc.
• Engage with external third parties to assess partnerships and licensing opportunities
• Be an expert with respect to the competition
• Develop the core positioning and messaging for the product
• Set pricing to meet revenue and profitability goals
• Develop sales tools and collateral
• Be the public face of the product to customers, prospects, sales team, analysts, partners, press and conferences
• Act as product expert in sales cycles
• Perform product demos to customers
• Brief and train the sales force at quarterly sales meetings
• Brief press and analysts and go on press tours
• Speak at conferences
• Act as a leader within the company

• Minimum of 3 years experience as a Director/Lead Product Manager
• Demonstrated success defining and launching excellent products
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Technical bachelor’s degree, such as computer science or electrical engineering (MBA degree is a plus)
• Technical knowledge or product management experience in one or more of the following: SQL databases, big data solutions, SQL engines, or distributed computing solutions
• Excellent teamwork skills
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority
• Ability to provide anonymized examples of past MRDs, PRDs, and product roadmaps