Staff Product Manager, Databases

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the Oracle roadmap encompassing RAC, Exadata, Data Guard, both on-premises and cloud environments.

• Develop strategies for protection and recovery, finding a balance between recovery speed, data loss, and required effort.

• Facilitate in-depth discussions with customers alongside DBAs and deliver presentations to executives.

• Articulate Rubrik's stance in relation to Oracle tools and competing vendors.

• Participate in critical restore escalations, collaborating with support, engineering, customer DBAs, and executives.

• Transform root causes of escalations into opportunities for product enhancement.

• Oversee cross-database projects including application recovery sequencing and backup-restoration validation.

• Utilize insights from customer discussions, usage patterns, and support data to prioritize product initiatives.

• Draft clear product requirements and business cases.

• Equip sales engineers with the necessary positioning and training.

• Assist in securing large enterprise deals and collaborate with partners such as Oracle and Everpure.

• Monitor product adoption following launch.

• Report directly to the Director of Product Management for Databases.

• Collaborate with engineering teams based in the US and India.

⛳️ Requirements

• Practical experience with Oracle backup and recovery processes.

• Proficiency in explaining RMAN backups, archived redo logs, point-in-time recovery, Data Guard, and RAC.

• Background in production, support, or product development with Oracle.

• Generally, 8+ years of product management experience in technical enterprise products, or equivalent experience as a DBA, solutions architect, or sales engineer.

• Capability to engage deeply with engineers on architectural matters.

• Confidence in presenting to a range of customers, from DBAs to CIOs.

• Strong writing and speaking skills characterized by clarity and precision.

• A zero-to-one mindset.

• Proficiency with AI tools for research and writing tasks.

• Preferred experience with Exadata, Oracle Database Appliance, or Oracle Database on OCI, AWS, or Azure.

• Preferred experience with SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or Db2.

• Ideal background in data protection, disaster recovery, or cyber resilience.

• Experience with clients in banking, insurance, healthcare, or government sectors is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Potential for bonuses.

• Stock equity options.

• Comprehensive benefits package.

• Reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants and employees with disabilities.