[Remote] Staff Product Manager, Data Platform
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Foxglove is a company focused on building data infrastructure for robotics operating in real-world environments. They are seeking a Staff Product Manager to lead the development of their Data Platform, transforming it into a high-velocity product line that enhances data management and integration across various stages of product development.ResponsibilitiesOwn the Data Strategy & Roadmap: Define how the platform will evolve to address the opportunities in data management, discovery, curation, and evaluationDrive Technical Innovation: Partner with our Search and Curation engineering teams to deliver innovative data layers built around the complex requirements of operating in the physical worldFuel Product-Market Fit: Transition the product from a visualization enabler into a core value proposition of Foxglove. Lead design partnerships with lighthouse customers to build and validate new capabilities before general availabilityCommercialize Consumption: Work with GTM to refine and implement a product-led growth model that aligns with customer value generation and feeds into Enterprise salesConnect the Loop: Ensure seamless integration between the Data Platform and our Visualization and Fleet products, creating a "data flywheel" for customersSkills5+ years of product management experience, including 2+ in robotics, autonomous vehicles, developer tools, data infrastructure, AI & ML development, search, developer tools, or highly technical B2B SaaSStrong understanding of robotics, AV, or Physical AI development needsDeep technical understanding of data lakes, indexing strategies, vector databases, and query languages (SQL). You understand the cost/performance tradeoffs of hot vs. cold storage0β1 Mindset: You excel at taking a technical capability (ingesting logs) and turning it into a commercial product (selling insights). You are comfortable defining MVPs and iterating based on customer feedbackExcellent communicator who can synthesize complex systems into clear product directionComfortable using data to make decisions and define success metrics (e.g., query latency, data under management, ingestion rates)Passion for robotics, embodied AI, and empowering teams to operate physical systems at scaleExperience with Robotics or Autonomous Vehicle data platforms & tools(ROS, MCAP, sensor fusion)Background building Search products (using embeddings, vector DBs, RAG), Data Evaluation pipelines, or AI/ML model developmentExperience with building cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Snowflake, Datadog)Benefits$300 monthly budget towards commuter benefits or building your personal workspace (remote only)Competitive equity grant in a Series B companyMedical, Dental, Vision, and Term Life insurance coverage at 100% for employees and 75% for dependents401(k) matching up to 4%4 weeks vacation, plus holidays and winter breakAll expenses paid company off-sites 1-2Γ per yearCompany OverviewFoxglove is an open-source robotics platform for visualizing, debugging, and monitoring robot systems. It was founded in 2021, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://foxglove.dev/.