Staff Product Manager

About the role

As the Staff Product Manager for Data Platform at Crunchbase, you will shape the strategy and roadmap for the platform that powers our unique combination of live private company data, AI, and market activity. Your responsibilities include:

• Define and execute the product strategy and roadmap for Crunchbase's Data Platform.
• Drive investments that improve the quality, coverage, freshness, reliability, and scalability of Crunchbase's core data assets.
• Identify new opportunities to expand and differentiate our proprietary dataset.
• Partner closely with Engineering, Data Science, Sales, CS, Partnerships, and Legal teams to align platform capabilities with business priorities and customer needs.
• Establish metrics and feedback mechanisms to continuously measure and improve data quality, platform reliability, operational efficiency, and downstream product impact.
• Collaborate with internal product teams to understand evolving data needs and enable the development of differentiated customer experiences across the Crunchbase platform.
• Identify opportunities to leverage emerging technologies, including AI and automation, to improve data acquisition, enrichment, validation, and platform operations.
• Make thoughtful product tradeoffs across technical complexity, business value, and long-term platform health while aligning stakeholders around a shared strategy.
• Measure the success of platform investments through data quality, coverage, freshness, platform adoption, operational efficiency, customer impact, and business outcome metrics.

Responsibilities

You will be responsible for:

• Defining product strategy and delivering products in partnership with engineering and cross-functional teams.
• Ensuring the platform delivers the trusted, proprietary data foundation that powers our products and AI experiences.
• Improving the quality, coverage, freshness, reliability, and scalability of Crunchbase's core data assets.
• Expanding the breadth and depth of our differentiated proprietary dataset.
• Aligning platform capabilities with business priorities and customer needs.
• Understanding evolving data needs and enabling differentiated customer experiences across the Crunchbase platform.
• Leveraging emerging technologies to improve data acquisition, enrichment, validation, and platform operations.
• Making thoughtful product tradeoffs that maximize long-term impact.
• Measuring the success of platform investments through various metrics.

Requirements

We are looking for someone with:

• 5+ years of product management experience, particularly in building data, platform, infrastructure, or other highly technical products.
• A strong understanding of modern data platforms and concepts like data ingestion, data quality, data modeling, governance, APIs, or platform services.
• Experience balancing technical investments with customer and business needs, making thoughtful product tradeoffs that maximize long-term impact.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience using qualitative and quantitative insights to inform product decisions.
• Experience defining success metrics and using data to measure product and platform performance.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence without direct authority and align teams around a shared vision.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and breaking down complex technical problems into clear product strategies and execution plans.
• A passion for building the foundational platforms and data capabilities that enable exceptional customer experiences.
• Experience working with AI-powered products, data enrichment, or machine learning applications.
• Familiarity with graph data, entity resolution, knowledge graphs, or large-scale business datasets.
• Experience working on B2B SaaS, developer platforms, or data-intensive products.
• Experience working with platform teams that enable multiple product teams across an organization.

Qualifications

To succeed in this role, you should have:

• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Experience leading product development and managing cross-functional teams.
• Proven ability to define and execute product strategies.
• Strong understanding of data platforms and concepts.
• Experience with data ingestion, data quality, data modeling, governance, APIs, or platform services.
• Ability to balance technical investments with customer and business needs.
• Experience defining success metrics and using data to measure product and platform performance.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and breaking down complex technical problems.
• A passion for building the foundational platforms and data capabilities that enable exceptional customer experiences.
• Experience working with AI-powered products, data enrichment, or machine learning applications.
• Familiarity with graph data, entity resolution, knowledge graphs, or large-scale business datasets.
• Experience working on B2B SaaS, developer platforms, or data-intensive products.
• Experience working with platform teams that enable multiple product teams across an organization.

Skills

The ideal candidate should possess:

• Strong leadership and project management skills.
• Experience with data platforms and concepts.
• Ability to balance technical investments with customer and business needs.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience defining success metrics and using data to measure product and platform performance.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and breaking down complex technical problems.
• A passion for building the foundational platforms and data capabilities that enable exceptional customer experiences.
• Experience working with AI-powered products, data enrichment, or machine learning applications.
• Familiarity with graph data, entity resolution, knowledge graphs, or large-scale business datasets.
• Experience working on B2B SaaS, developer platforms, or data-intensive products.
• Experience working with platform teams that enable multiple product teams across an organization.

Benefits

At Crunchbase, we offer:

• Competitive compensation and equity.
• Remote-first flexibility within approved states.
• Comprehensive health benefits for you and your family.
• Continuous learning support through professional development reimbursement.
• 401(k) and Roth plans with financial advisor check-ins.
• Wellness resources and a monthly stipend for physical and mental health.
• Work-from-home enablement with internet stipend and home office setup allowance.
• A mission-driven, transparent team committed to helping companies connect and grow.
• A charitable giving match through Town Hall awards and community impact initiatives.
• Equal opportunity and inclusion policies.

Pay

$193,052 - $227,120 annually.

Schedule

Remote-first, with opportunities for in-person collaboration.