Senior Product Manager (Connectors & Connectivity)
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Job Location:
Palo Alto, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About Workato
Workato transforms technology complexity into business opportunity. As the leader in enterprise orchestration Workato helps businesses globally streamline operations by connecting data processes applications and experiences. Its AI-powered platform enables teams to navigate complex workflows in real-time driving efficiency and agility.
Trusted by a community of 400000 global customers Workato empowers organizations of every size to unlock new value and lead in todays fast-changing world. Learn how Workato helps businesses of all sizes achieve more at .
Why join us
Ultimately Workato believes in fostering a flexible trust-oriented culture that empowers everyone to take full ownership of their roles. We are driven by innovation and looking for team players who want to actively build our company.
But we also believe in balancing productivity with self-care. Thats why we offer all of our employees a vibrant and dynamic work environment along with a multitude of benefits they can enjoy inside and outside of their work lives.
If this sounds right up your alley please submit an application. We look forward to getting to know you!
Also feel free to check out why:
Business Insider named us an enterprise startup to bet your career on
Forbes Cloud 100 recognized us as one of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world
Quartz ranked us the #1 best company for remote workers
Role Overview
As Senior PM you will own the connectivity ecosystem that powers Workato: pre-built connectors the Connector SDK On-Prem Agent (OPA) and advanced connectivity frameworks across SaaS databases ERPs data lakes/warehouses messaging systems APIs and AI endpoints.
You will apply design thinking principles to ensure these technical capabilities are not only powerful but also delightful and intuitive for our builders. This includes simplifying complex integration tasks making connector experiences frictionless and driving adoption through thoughtful UX across our platform.
Responsibilities
- Product Strategy & Roadmap
- Define and drive the connectors/connectivity roadmap aligned with Workatos vision of becoming the most comprehensive agenti- orchestration platform.
- Prioritize investments across breadth (new connectors) depth (advanced capabilities) and platform extensibility (SDK OPA MCP integration).
- Anticipate emerging integration patterns (GraphQL streaming event-driven AI/LLM endpoints Iceberg/Delta formats) and define Workatos roadmap to support them.
- Customer-Centered Design
- Apply design thinking to simplify complex workflows reduce cognitive load and make building with connectors an intuitive and delightful experience.
- Partner with UX/UI designers to create consistent human-centered patterns for connector discovery setup error handling and monitoring.
- Champion usability testing and customer feedback loops to continuously refine experiences.
- Execution & Delivery
- Lead cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality enterprise-grade connectors that meet performance scalability and compliance needs while staying simple to use.
- Drive enhancements to the Connector SDK OPA and MCP Server integration for secure hybrid connectivity.
- Define and measure KPIs for connector usability adoption time-to-value and reliability.
- Customer & Ecosystem Focus
- Partner with customers partners and internal teams to deeply understand connectivity gaps enterprise needs and usability pain points.
- Drive developer and partner adoption of the Connector SDK and Marketplace (Xchange) to expand coverage.
- Collaborate with strategic ecosystem partners (Salesforce SAP Snowflake ServiceNow Databricks OpenAI/Anthropic etc.) to co-develop high-value intuitive connectors.
- Governance Security and Scale
- Ensure connectivity capabilities meet enterprise standards: security observability performance and governance.
- Partner with platform teams to deliver monitoring throttling and error-handling at scale for billions of records/day.
Requirements
- Experience: 6 years in Product Management with at least 3 years in integration/connectivity/data platform domains.
- Design Thinking: Proven experience applying design thinking methodologies to build products that combine technical depth with delightful intuitive user experiences.
- Technical Expertise:
- Strong understanding of SaaS APIs databases ERPs message queues and modern data platforms.
- Familiarity with ETL/ELT streaming/event-driven integration and API management.
- Experience with SDKs/adapters OPA/hybrid connectivity and emerging data formats (Iceberg Parquet).
- Customer Empathy: Skilled at translating enterprise requirements and customer pain points into intuitive product experiences.
- Execution & Influence: Strong at driving cross-functional projects influencing engineering and design and delivering products users love at enterprise scale.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Time Management
- Data Analytics
- Analytical
- Agile
- Requirement Gathering
- Strategic thinking
- Visio
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Market Research
- UML
- Cross Functional Teams
About Company
A single platform to orchestrate data integration, app connectivity, and process automation across your organization.
