Senior Product Manager, Data Platform

People Ai
United States
RemoteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have experience building enterprise data platform products and working with CRM systems.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with senior product management experience in data platforms and CRM integration.
    — “6–10 years of product management experience, with at least 2 years in a senior or staff-level role
  • Individuals who can bridge technical complexity with customer-facing communication and enablement.
    — “Strong customer-facing skills — you have represented technical products to enterprise IT teams, data engineering leads, and executive buyers
  • Professionals with a technical background and a track record of platform-layer product ownership.
    — “Demonstrated experience building platform-layer products — matching systems, data pipelines, integrations, admin configuration, or data quality tooling

Things to consider

  • This role requires a commitment to a Canadian-based work arrangement despite remote flexibility.
    — “Based in Canada
  • Ownership of platform delivery milestones implies significant long-term strategic responsibility.
    — “Grow into ownership of the Unified Data Platform delivery milestones and Admin Next initiative within 12–18 months

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience in CRM integration with specific examples of platforms like Salesforce or Dynamics.
    — “Lead CRM Integration roadmap execution, supporting Backstory’s CRM diversification strategy across Salesforce, Dynamics, and emerging connectors
  • Emphasize your ability to define success metrics and build feedback loops with customers and teams.
    — “Instrument your roadmap areas with clear success metrics and establish feedback loops with customers, CS, and TS
  • Showcase your background in data lakes, warehouses, and event pipelines in your resume and interviews.
    — “Deep familiarity with enterprise data systems: CRMs (Salesforce, Dynamics), data lakes and warehouses, event pipelines, API integration patterns, and data modeling
  • Demonstrate how you’ve used AI tools in product development or customer enablement.
    — “Bring AI tools and workflows into how you and the team work — in discovery, PRD development, data analysis, and enablement
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · CompanyLevel · Senior

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What success looks like

  • Owned and drove the Matching and Activity Capture roadmap
  • Led CRM Integration roadmap execution
  • Developed repeatable enablement messaging
Typical background
6-10 years of product management experienceDeep familiarity with enterprise data systems

Skills & requirements

Required

Product ManagementCRM IntegrationData PlatformSales ForecastingEnterprise Data Systems

Preferred

AI ToolsWorkflow Optimization

About the role

Original posting from People Ai via Lever

People.ai is an AI-powered foundational data platform that helps customers unlock go-to-market success & growth by providing teams with solutions built specifically for their needs. Providing enhanced pipeline visibility, more actionable insights, and a single source of truth for all sales activities. People.ai’s unique dataset, consisting of trillions of sales activities, millions of deals, 160 million business contacts, and 69 approved patents related to AI-based business insights, sets the company apart. Companies such as Verizon, IBM Red Hat, Snowflake, Zoom, and Palo Alto Networks rely on their enterprise-ready, patented AI technology. 

At People.ai, we believe that people enrich the world around them in countless ways. We believe that the more time they spend applying their creativity, resourcefulness, and critical thinking to activities that matter most in their professional life, the more effective a professional they become. Our team is a diverse, outspoken group of creatives and critical thinkers, hyper-focused on driving change and growth. We embrace different. We applaud non-traditional career paths. We're inspired by people who have made processes their own. 

As the SalesAI Forecasting Product Lead, you will spearhead the creation of next-generation forecasting tools that empower sales leaders with precise, AI-driven insights. This is a high-impact opportunity to own the end-to-end product vision, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and deliver innovation that transforms how businesses project and achieve their revenue goals.

Responsibilities::

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Own and drive the Matching and Activity Capture roadmap — including quality improvement loops, customer issue triage, and forward-looking enhancements that improve data completeness and reliability

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Lead CRM Integration roadmap execution, supporting Backstory’s CRM diversification strategy across Salesforce, Dynamics, and emerging connectors

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Grow into ownership of the Unified Data Platform delivery milestones and Admin Next initiative within 12–18 months

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Represent platform capabilities in customer-facing settings — architecture reviews, IT/data team conversations, and roadmap presentations — acting as a trusted technical thought partner

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Develop repeatable enablement messaging for CS and SE teams on platform differentiators, data quality, and integration mechanics

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Instrument your roadmap areas with clear success metrics and establish feedback loops with customers, CS, and TS

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Bring AI tools and workflows into how you and the team work — in discovery, PRD development, data analysis, and enablement

Requirements:

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6–10 years of product management experience, with at least 2 years in a senior or staff-level role

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Deep familiarity with enterprise data systems: CRMs (Salesforce, Dynamics), data lakes and warehouses, event pipelines, API integration patterns, and data modeling

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Demonstrated experience building platform-layer products — matching systems, data pipelines, integrations, admin configuration, or data quality tooling

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Strong data analysis skills; comfortable working in technically complex, research-adjacent domains

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Strong customer-facing skills — you have represented technical products to enterprise IT teams, data engineering leads, and executive buyers

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Experience in a high-growth or early-stage B2B SaaS environment where strategic and organizational change is common

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Bachelor’s degree; technical background (CS, Engineering, or equivalent) strongly preferred

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Based in Canada

Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, People.ai is backed by Y Combinator and Silicon Valley’s top investors, including ICONIQ Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Akkadian Ventures, and Mubadala Capital. People.ai is listed in the top 20 percent of Inc 5000 companies, is a regular leader in our key categories on G2, and is on the Forbes list of America’s Best Startup Employers. For more information, please visit www.people.ai.

Source: People Ai careers (Lever)

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