Senior Director, Product Manager- AI and Data Integration

About the role

Software AG customers, large enterprises and government organizations around the world, have developed business-critical applications based on high-transaction processing enterprise databases. In order to bring these data assets into the future, it is a key objective to integrate these systems with modern AI platforms, data analytics systems (e.g., data lake) and new frontend apps (e.g., SaaS).

Responsibilities

• Full ownership of all product management tasks within the context of an international B2B software vendor working with mission-critical databases
• Drive business growth by expanding and evolving the data integration product across the global install-base, supporting business development, strengthening sales execution, and working with a scalable partner ecosystem to acquire new customers and opportunities.
• Engage with customers globally within a multi-stakeholder environment (e.g., sales, marketing, pre-sales, professional services, partners).
• Collect, review and manage customer requirements/feedback and translate them into ranked feature backlogs by decomposing complex problems into smaller manageable tasks.
• Manage the full product life cycle including strategy, product launch, release/roadmap planning, agile methodologies, delivery, pricing, technology partnerships and product validation (e.g., MVP, customer co-innovation).
• Create content and market awareness through multiple channels (e.g., Webinars, events, social media, Blogs, communities/user groups, product demo) working closely with marketing.
• Enable and coordinate with internal stakeholders, e.g., sales, pre-sales, marketing, professional services, R&D, support, business operations, legal.
• Observe and fully understand relevant data integration market trends and the competitive landscape with a focus on AI data integration including data access, semantics, governance, security, and AI agent connectivity (e.g., MCP).

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field. Advanced degree.
• 7+ years of product management experience working at an international B2B software vendor, ideally with enterprise-grade data integration platforms.
• Proven expertise in integrating enterprise databases (SQL, non-relational, On-premises) with AI platforms and corresponding technologies/architecture (e.g., MCP, agentic frameworks, RAG, LLM, MLOps).
• Longstanding experience in working with large-scale data integration technologies and modern data platform architecture (e.g., MCP, Data Lake/-house, NoSQL, Kafka, ETL/ELT, Data Pipelines, SQL, Data Virtualization, API) across a variety of database platforms (mainframe, Linux, AWS, Azure and Google Cloud, etc.).
• A solid data integration market and vendor landscape understanding and a proven track record to a grow product business within a competitive environment.
• Proven ability to manage the full life cycle and processes of an enterprise-class software product.
• Customer-focused mindset: Proven ability to collaborate effectively with customers, partners and internal stakeholders.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and analytical mindset to structure and solve complex tasks.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills (verbal and written) in English to convey technical concepts and solutions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to work in a highly agile environment with globally distributed teams.
• Experience in enabling and mentoring stakeholders.
• Self-learning and self-driving attitude delivering results according to goals and measurements.
• Proven ability to collaborate with R&D, effectively set priorities, manage tasks, and establish clear acceptance criteria to drive success.
• Proven experience in working with product management related tools for roadmap planning, requirement/feature management, collaboration, presentation, etc. (e.g., Aha!, Atlassian Jira, Atlassian Confluence, Microsoft 365).

Qualifications

• Occasional international travel is required (less than 20%).

Skills

• Technical credibility
• Customer-centric mindset
• Passion for making a new product successful within a high collaborative environment

Benefits

• Company paid Holidays, Sick Leave, and Vacation time.
• Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence.
• Community Service Day.
• Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA/HSA, Life Insurance and Pet Insurance.
• 401(k) Plan with up to 5% employer match.
• Wellness Program.
• Set yourself up for success in your new role by upgrading your home office space using your one-time hybrid work payment.
• Lean on the Employee Assistance Program for support during some of life’s most common but difficult challenges.