Careers at WEKA

About The Position

WEKA is leading a paradigm shift in how data is stored, managed, and processed in the cloud and AI era. We are a pre-IPO, growth-stage company on a hyper-growth trajectory that has raised over $275M in capital and is backed by dozens of world-class venture capital and strategic investors.

Our flagship product, the WEKA® Data Platform, is a software-based, hybrid cloud solution transforming stagnant legacy data silos into dynamic data pipelines that power GPUs efficiently and fuel performance-intensive workloads like generative AI and machine learning seamlessly and sustainably.

We’re passionate about helping our customers overcome complex data management challenges to accelerate their innovation and help grow their businesses. If you share our passion, we invite you to join us on this exciting journey.

What’s Cool About This Job:

As a Product Operations (Product Ops) manager at WEKA, you will play a key role in streamlining and optimizing product management processes. This is a unique opportunity to work closely with our Product, Engineering, and Customer Success teams to help shape and scale our product development processes, ensuring our solutions are perfectly aligned with customer needs and market trends.

Bring Your Expertise – and Your Passion

Expertise:

Deep understanding of product lifecycle management, especially in SaaS or cloud environments. Experience with data-driven decision-making, KPIs, and performance metrics for products. Proven track record in managing cross-functional projects or product initiatives

Leadership Skills: 

Strong project management skills and ability to drive execution across multiple teams. Ability to influence without authority, aligning cross-functional teams on shared goals

Strategic Vision: 

Ability to recognize and analyze market trends to inform product enhancements. Strong business acumen, with the ability to translate complex insights into actionable strategies

Communication Skills: 

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Experience presenting product strategies and roadmaps to internal teams and external customers 

Responsibilities include:

- Developing and optimizing processes for product planning, prioritization, and roadmap management

- Gathering and analyzing data to track product performance, customer feedback- Facilitating cross-functional collaboration to drive product initiatives and ensure alignment with company goals

- Supporting the Product team in managing feature requests, backlog, and prioritization

- Helping establish and drive  NPI and product lifecycle processes for things like: End-of-Life, deprecation, gradual rollout of features and more 

- Collaborating with Product Marketing, Sales, and Customer Success teams to support go-to-market strategies and customer onboarding

Desired Qualifications:

- 3+ years of experience in Product Operations, Program management working closely with B2B product management teams 

- Experience working with tools such as Jira, Confluence, and product analytics platforms

- Strong analytical skills with a data-driven approach to decision-making

- Proven ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with a high level of adaptability

- Familiarity with agile and lean methodologies

Concerned you don’t meet every qualification? Don’t let it stop you from applying!
Concerned that you don’t meet every qualification above?Studies have shown that women and people of color may be less likely to apply for jobs if they don’t meet every qualification specified. At WEKA, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If you are excited about this position but are concerned that your past work experience doesn’t match up perfectly with the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway – you may be just the right candidate for this or other roles at WEKA.WEKA is an equal opportunity employer that prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. We provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.