Senior Product Manager, SQL User Experience

About Us

At Teradata, we empower individuals and organizations by providing superior information capabilities. Our comprehensive cloud analytics and data platform for AI enables our clients to harness harmonized data, trustworthy AI, and rapid innovation. By doing so, we enable our customers—and their customers—to make informed decisions confidently. Leading companies across diverse industries rely on Teradata to enhance business performance and create integrated data solutions.

Your Role

As the Senior Product Manager for SQL User Experience, you will play a key role in defining how users engage with data through SQL. This includes responsibility for SQL Integrated Development Environments (IDEs), VS Code plugins, query services, and natural language to SQL interactions. You'll ensure that querying data from inception to production workloads remains powerful, user-friendly, efficient, and seamlessly integrates with modern AI-driven functionalities.

Key Responsibilities

Product Ownership & Strategy

• Craft a compelling vision for SQL user experience across various platforms:
  • Web-based query editors
  • Native IDE integrations
  • Command Line Interface (CLI)
  • API execution flows
  • Queries generated by AI agents
• Enhance SQL experiences to facilitate AI-assisted query writing, debugging, optimization, and explanations.

AI-Augmented SQL

• Create natural language to SQL experiences.
• Facilitate agent-assisted query generation and improvements.
• Provide explanations of queries in simple language.
• Establish guardrails and mechanisms to build trust.
• Implement feedback loops to enhance AI query results.

Cross-Layer Experience Consistency

• Ensure SQL user experience is uniform across:
  • Browser-based interfaces
  • Notebook environments
  • Agent interfaces
  • APIs
  • Command lines
• Define experience standards for various product managers.

Performance Transparency & Trust

• Ensure visible query progress updates.
• Enhance awareness of resource consumption.
• Maintain cost awareness as necessary.
• Deliver intelligent recommendations.
• Design user experiences for failure recovery.

User Experience Leadership

• Lead the product vision for user experience, collaborating closely with designers and content strategists to define flows and interaction models.
• Transform user needs and research insights into actionable product requirements.
• Promote simplicity, clarity, and consistency throughout all product forms.
• Develop scalable experiences across multiple products maintaining coherence and intuitiveness.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Act as the main liaison for design, content, and engineering teams.
• Prioritize and coordinate timelines across disciplines, ensuring high-quality outcomes.
• Work with platform, infrastructure, and feature project managers to align user navigation.
• Effectively navigate a matrixed organization by influencing stakeholders.

Delivery & Execution

• Write clear user experience-focused product requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to balance experience quality, feasibility, and deadlines.
• Incorporate design and content considerations throughout the development process.
• Manage compromises while upholding user experience integrity.

Measurement & Continuous Improvement

• Reduce time to achieve the first successful query.
• Boost SQL editor adoption among different user groups.
• Elevate query success rates measurably.
• Encourage use of AI-supported SQL functions.
• Ensure consistent SQL user experiences across various interfaces.
• Differentiate usability effectively.

Who You Will Collaborate With

This position leads the strategic roadmap and will necessitate collaboration with designers, content leaders, and engineering partners to forge outstanding user experiences.

Qualifications

• 5-8+ years in product management, specifically for user experience-centric products.
• Proven record in managing onboarding processes, home page experiences, or navigation frameworks.
• Strong grasp of UX principles, information architecture, and user-centered design.
• Ability to lead diverse teams comprising design, content, and engineering experts.
• Experience within complex, multi-product ecosystems.
• Excellent skills in communication and stakeholder management.

Your Strengths

• Experience developing role-based or persona-driven products.
• Background in enterprise, SaaS, or platform product development.
• Collaborative experience with UX research and design system teams.
• A data-driven decision-maker with a strong sense for user experience.

Why Join Teradata?

We cultivate a people-first culture because our team is central to our success. We embrace a flexible work model empowering our team to decide how, when, and where they work. We prioritize well-being, supporting our members to flourish professionally and personally. Our commitment to fostering an inclusive environment celebrates diversity and protects unique perspectives. We firmly believe in equal opportunity employment.

Pay Rate

$92,400.00 - $138,600.00 Annually

Your starting pay will reflect geographic location, internal equity, job-related skills and experience. Sales roles may earn commission tied to quota benchmarks; other roles are eligible for annual incentive plans based on company performance and individual accomplishments.

Benefits

This position qualifies for our comprehensive benefits programs including healthcare, life and disability insurance, 401(k), retirement plans, and time-off programs. Further details regarding eligibility and plan options will be provided during the hiring process.