Full-Time

Principal Product Manager

Apache Iceberg

Posted on 10/26/2024

Snowflake

Snowflake

5,001-10,000 employees

Data management and analytics platform

Data & Analytics
Enterprise Software
AI & Machine Learning

Senior, Expert

Bellevue, WA, USA

Category
Product Management
Product
Required Skills
Product Management
Apache Spark
Pandas
Requirements
  • 10+ years of experience in product management.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or similar.
  • Strong technical and product management skills.
  • Business and strategic acumen.
  • Ability to grasp the breadth of the Snowflake data cloud vision and product and, at the same time, dive down to the detailed level of a specific feature.
  • Prior experience executing a vision from start to finish in the past.
  • Strong interest in storage technologies, experience with various storage patterns, and enthusiasm working with open source projects related to data formats.
  • Proven expertise in understanding the voice of the customer and partnering across engineering, marketing, and sales to deliver compelling products that meet those customers’ needs.
  • Demonstrated track record of shipping successful storage-focused offerings in the cloud.
  • Decisive and detailed oriented personality, and ready and willing to stand by their decisions.
  • Ability to thrive in the dynamic environment that comes with being part of a hyper-growth company.
  • Ability to work with teams in multiple geographies.
  • Comfortable presenting and working at the CxO level within Snowflake and with Snowflake’s customers and partners.
  • Deep understanding in the areas of Developer Tools, Developer Platforms, Programming Languages, Language Runtimes as well as open source initiatives in this space.
  • Hands-on experience with products such as AWS S3, AWS Glacier, Azure Data Lake Storage, Google Cloud Storage, Apache Iceberg, Delta Lake, Pandas, Spark.
  • Prior experience working with database systems is considered a plus.
Responsibilities
  • Define and evolve the vision, roadmap, and definition of success for Apache Iceberg support across Snowflake, including existing, new, and potential features to differentiate Snowflake and delight customers.
  • Work in a cross-functional and collaborative role spanning product, design, development, documentation, QA, marketing, sales, and support as well as our business partners.
  • Collaborate across the Snowflake leadership team as well as several PM and Engineering organizations to help drive buy-in and agreement on the vision and the product.
  • Participate in and contribute to open source projects, such as those related to file and table formats (Apache Parquet, Apache Arrow, Apache Spark, Apache Iceberg, Apache Polaris - incubating).
  • Manage programs and structured projects related to the design and delivery of engineering efforts.
  • Partner with other Snowflake Product Managers on cross-company initiatives.
  • Lead customer preview programs and engage in frequent conversations with customers to understand their needs, listen to their feedback, and determine the usability of the product which will influence the product roadmap and feature design.
  • Help coordinate project execution across feature teams.
  • Own the end-to-end product life cycle from customer scenarios, product requirements, priorities, customer reviews, all the way to product/feature evangelism.
  • Manage a robust customer community for your feature areas.
  • Leverage data to help find the best solution to our complex problems.

Snowflake provides a platform called the AI Data Cloud that helps organizations manage and analyze their data. This platform allows users to store and process large amounts of data efficiently, offering services like data warehousing, data lakes, data engineering, data science, and data sharing. Snowflake's system works by uniting data from different sources, enabling secure sharing and performing various types of analytics. What sets Snowflake apart from its competitors is its ability to operate seamlessly across multiple public clouds, allowing users to access their data from anywhere. The company's goal is to help businesses leverage their data for better decision-making and strategic insights, using a subscription-based model that charges clients based on their actual usage of storage and computing resources.

Company Stage

IPO

Total Funding

$1.3B

Headquarters

Bellevue, Washington

Founded

2012

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

8%

1 year growth

17%

2 year growth

42%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Acquisition of Datavolo enhances Snowflake's rapid data integration capabilities.
  • Investment in Metaplane improves data reliability, optimizing AI applications.
  • Snowflake's strategic investment in Hex empowers non-technical users with no-code data tools.

What critics are saying

  • Integration challenges from Datavolo acquisition could disrupt operations.
  • Increased competition from Mistral AI may challenge Snowflake's market position.
  • Convertible senior notes pricing could increase financial pressure on Snowflake.

What makes Snowflake unique

  • Snowflake offers a unified platform for diverse data workloads, unlike traditional solutions.
  • The AI Data Cloud enables seamless data mobilization across multiple public clouds.
  • Snowflake's subscription model aligns costs with client usage, enhancing affordability.

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