Head of Platform Product Management

United States, Nationwide, Remote

At Teradata, we believe that people thrive when empowered with better information. Thats why we built the most complete cloud analytics and data platform for AI. By delivering harmonized data, trusted AI, and faster innovation, we uplift and empower our customersand our customers customersto make better, more confident decisions. The worlds top companies across every major industry trust Teradata to improve business performance, enrich customer experiences, and fully integrate data across the enterprise.
In this role, you will lead the vision, strategy, and execution for Teradatas Database Pillar, shaping the future of our compute, data and core database engine capabilities. You will own the product roadmap for Teradatas database technologies, ensuring continued leadership in price-performance, workload management, hybrid cloud deployment, elasticity, and advanced optimization techniques.
Your impact will be to deliver a best-in-class enterprise database that powers mission-critical analytics, AI/ML workloads, and real-time decisioning at a global scale. Success in this role means strengthening Teradatas competitive position in the database market, driving adoption in cloud and hybrid environments, and ensuring that our database remains the trusted foundation for enterprise customers managing the most complex data challenges.
On our team, we lead product management for the Engine and Platforms portfolio the heart of Teradatas technology stack. You will partner with engineering leadership to define priorities for query optimization, workload orchestration, parallel processing, storage engines, and multi-cloud scaling.
You will also collaborate with solution architects, sales engineering, and customer success to ensure that database product capabilities directly address enterprise requirements. Externally, you will engage with enterprise customers, ecosystem partners, and industry influencers to guide product-market fit and represent Teradata as a thought leader in the next generation of database innovation.
This position reports to the VP, Product Management, Engine and Platforms and serves as a key member of the Product Management leadership team.
10+ years of product management experience in enterprise software, with significant focus on databases, query engines, or data platforms.
~ Proven ability to drive strategy and execution in database & data systems, distributed workload processing, and cloud-native architectures.
~ Hands-on knowledge of workload optimization, indexing, partitioning, parallel processing, workload management, and security.
~ Experience with cloud service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) and multi-cloud deployment in AWS, Azure, and GCP.
~ Demonstrated success managing global product teams and delivering complex enterprise software.
~ Track record of engaging directly with customers on performance, scalability, and workload tuning.
~ Strong financial, strategic, and operational acumen with experience managing roadmaps, budgets, and investments.
~ Deep technical expertise in query optimization, execution engines, distributed databases, and elastic scaling models.
Familiarity with vectorized query processing, GPU/accelerated workloads, and AI/ML integrations with database platforms.
Understanding of competitive database technologies (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, SQL Server, Oracle, etc.) Experience building data-intensive products that support both OLTP and OLAP workloads.
Passion for database innovation and a commitment to delivering measurable value to enterprise customers.
We embrace a flexible work model because we trust our people to make decisions about how, when, and where they work. We are an antiracist company because our dedication to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is more than a statement. Teradata is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, ancestry, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related conditions), national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, military and veteran status, or any other legally protected status. We welcome and encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply and join our team, bringing their unique perspectives and experiences to help us innovate and grow.
Starting pay for the successful applicant will depend on geographic location, internal equity, job-related knowledge, skills, and candidate experience. All other permanent roles will be eligible for one of our annual incentive plans, which are based on company financial attainment and individual performance.
Employees in this position are also eligible to participate in the Companys comprehensive benefits programs, which include healthcare, life and disability insurance plans, a 401(k)-retirement savings plan, and time-off programs.