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Full-Time

Staff Product Manager

Updated on 9/10/2024

Materialize

Materialize

51-200 employees

Cloud-based operational data warehouse for real-time insights

Data & Analytics
Enterprise Software
AI & Machine Learning

Compensation Overview

$210k - $230kAnnually

+ Equity

Senior, Expert

New York, NY, USA

Category
Product Management
Product
Required Skills
Market Research
Communications
Requirements
  • You have experience working with databases, streaming systems, or other types of data infrastructure
  • You have excellent written and verbal communication skills with a track record of presenting deeply technical content to diverse non-technical audiences
  • You are based in New York and excited about coming to our office (in Astor Place) at least three days a week
Responsibilities
  • Define the strategy of your product area and work collaboratively across the company 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
  • Work with our Product, Engineering, and Go-To-Market teams to tell the story of your product area through documentation, educational content, blogs, and presentations
  • Improve the Product function and our processes as you find problems to help us ship better and faster

Materialize offers a cloud-based operational data warehouse that provides real-time insights for businesses, allowing them to make immediate decisions based on current data. The platform features automation and alerting tools to minimize manual work and delays, making it suitable for data teams and real-time customer data applications. Materialize stands out by delivering sub-second updates and strong consistency, enabling interactive data consumption similar to a SQL database. The company's goal is to empower businesses to operate effectively in the Operational Data Era.

Company Stage

Series C

Total Funding

$108.5M

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2019

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

-6%

1 year growth

1%

2 year growth

52%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Materialize's recent $40M Series B funding round led by Kleiner Perkins indicates strong investor confidence and provides resources for further growth and innovation.
  • The launch of the distributed streaming database with features like horizontal scalability and workload isolation positions Materialize as a leader in the real-time data space.
  • Materialize's platform supports a wide range of applications, from real-time customer data platforms to machine learning, offering diverse opportunities for impact and innovation.

What critics are saying

  • The competitive landscape for real-time data platforms is intensifying, with major players like Confluent and Redpanda also making significant advancements.
  • The complexity of integrating real-time data solutions into existing business processes may slow down adoption rates among potential clients.

What makes Materialize unique

  • Materialize's focus on real-time operational data sets it apart from traditional data warehouses that primarily handle batch processing.
  • The platform's ability to provide sub-second updates and strong consistency through its unique engine built on Timely Dataflow and Differential Dataflow frameworks is a significant competitive advantage.
  • Materialize's SQL interface for streaming data simplifies the adoption of real-time data, making it accessible even to teams without specialized streaming expertise.