Product Manager - Data Platform

About the Role

At Spotify, our mission is to unleash human creativity by enabling millions of artists to earn a living from their art and allowing billions of fans to connect deeply with these creators. The Data Platform Studio fuels Spotify's success by simplifying and accelerating the application of data. Our Data Platform oversees the entire data lifecycle—from collection to governance—to serve thousands of engineers, scientists, and product teams. With AI agents increasingly creating code and powering experiences, this platform is a vital element of our infrastructure.

This role leads the product vision for Spotify’s data catalogue, metadata, and lineage tools. You'll help users find, comprehend, trust, and safely leverage data at scale by collaborating with cross-functional partners.

Responsibilities

• Formulate and manage the strategic direction and development roadmap for the data catalogue and metadata domains.
• Gain in-depth understanding of the needs of Spotify’s data community, including engineers, scientists, analysts, ML engineers, and AI agents.
• Prioritize impactful challenges considering user demands, business goals, platform essentials, and compliance requirements.
• Decide on, implement, and integrate solutions via internal development or third-party acquisitions.
• Set and track key performance indicators measuring adoption, value, and business outcomes.
• Create close ties with internal teams to understand workflows, gather feedback, and influence future platform improvements.
• Work closely with engineering, design, and data science to deliver excellent platform experiences.
• Advocate product vision and unify priorities across the Data Platform Studio and wider company.
• Guide Spotify’s approach to metadata management, governance, discoverability, lineage, and trust amid an AI-driven transformation.
• Keep abreast of trends in data platforms, developer tools, AI/ML infrastructures, analytics, and governance.

Candidate Profile

• Minimum 2 years experience in product management focused on platforms, developer tooling, data infrastructure, analytics, or governance.
• Technical background via a degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Ability to collaborate with engineers through technical dialogue while advocating customer and business priorities.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills for building alignment across diverse teams.
• Strong systems thinking with capability to link platforms, user workflows, and business objectives.
• Empathy for data professionals and insight into their daily challenges.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and clarifying complex issues.
• Interest in AI’s impact on data and motivation to influence future developments.
• A leadership style grounded in humility, trust, and fostering momentum.

Additional Information

• This position is located in Toronto with flexibility for remote work; in-person meetings will be expected occasionally.
• The hiring process may involve AI-assisted tools for evaluating applications, but human decision-making is final.
• Spotify remains the world’s leading audio streaming subscription service, committed to innovation and creativity.