Senior Director, Product Management, Database

Job description

**Location:**
+ United States, Nationwide, Remote
**Our company:**
At Teradata, we believe that people thrive when empowered with better information.

That’s 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 customers—and our customers’ customers—to make better, more confident decisions.

The world’s top companies across every major industry trust Teradata to improve business performance, enrich customer experiences, and fully integrate data across the enterprise.
**What you will do:**
In this role, you will lead the vision, strategy, and execution for Teradata’s Database Pillar, shaping the future of our compute, data and core database engine capabilities.

You will own the product roadmap for Teradata’s 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 Teradata’s 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.
**Who you will work with:**
On our team, we lead product management for the Engine and Platforms portfolio — the heart of Teradata’s 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.
**What makes you a qualified candidate:**
+ 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.
+ Excellent executive communication skills with the ability to influence internal stakeholders and represent the company externally.
**What you will bring:**
+ 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.) and how Teradata differentiates.
+ 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.
You bring a unique combination of technical depth and business leadership, with the ability to define a long-term vision for Teradata’s database while ensuring execution excellence.

Your leadership will shape the next generation of Teradata’s data platform and solidify our position as the trusted enterprise database for mission-critical analytics and AI.
**Why we think you will love Teradata:**
We prioritize a people-first culture because we know our people are at the very heart of our success.

We embrace a flexible work model because we trust our people to make decisions about how, when, and where they work.

We focus on well-being because we care about our people and their ability to thrive both personally and professionally.

We are an anti-racist company because our dedication to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is more than a statement.

It is a deep commitment to doing the work to foster an equitable environment that celebrates people for all of who they are.
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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.
Pay Rate: 199500.0000 - 249400.0000 - 299300.0000 Annually
Starting pay for the successful applicant will depend on geographic location, internal equity, job-related knowledge, skills, and candidate experience.

Sales roles will be eligible for commission payments tied to quota achievement.

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 Company’s comprehensive benefits programs, which include healthcare, life and disability insurance plans, a 401(k)-retirement savings plan, and time-off programs.

Specific details of these benefits, including eligibility criteria and plan options, will be provided during the hiring process and can be reviewed here: https://www.teradata.com/About-Us/Careers/Benefits

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