World’s leading Data Intelligence Platform supercharging over 500,000 GPUs across all data workloads
Senior Manager, Product Operations
Location
California + 1 moreAll locations: California | New York
Posted
5 days ago
Salary
$195K - $240K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Manager, Product Operations
DDN
• Own and orchestrate the annual and quarterly strategic planning cycle for the Product and R&D organization, including goal-setting (OKRs/MBOs), investment prioritization, and portfolio review. • Partner with CPO, VP Product, VP Engineering, and Finance to develop multi-year product investment strategies and resource allocation frameworks. • Translate business strategy into actionable operating plans; maintain a live view of strategic commitments, resource coverage, and trade-offs. • Identify, scope, and personally drive high-priority cross-functional initiatives that cut across Product, Engineering, Finance, Sales, and Customer Success. • Enhance product operations function: product launch readiness, go-to-market coordination, release management, and feedback loop integration. • Communicate program status, strategic progress, and operational health clearly to C-level executives and board stakeholders.
Job Requirements
- 12+ years of experience in product operations, strategy & operations, program management, or management consulting within a B2B technology company.
- Demonstrated experience owning and leading strategic planning processes (annual planning, OKRs, portfolio reviews) at a VP or C-level-adjacent scope.
- Proven track record designing and driving cross-functional strategic initiatives from ambiguous starts through measurable outcomes.
- Strong business and financial acumen: comfortable with P&L visibility, headcount planning, and investment frameworks.
- Exceptional executive communication skills — can write a compelling strategy memo, run a QBR, and present to a board.
- Experience managing and developing direct reports and influencing without authority across senior stakeholders.
- Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or advanced degree strongly preferred.
Benefits
- A seat at the table: direct partnership with CPO, VPs, and C-suite on decisions that shape DDN’s product trajectory.
- Scope to build: this role has significant latitude to define how the product operations function grows and evolves.
- Technically meaningful work: DDN’s products underpin AI breakthroughs, scientific discovery, and national security workloads.
- Competitive compensation, equity participation, and comprehensive benefits.
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