Product Manager, Semantic Layer

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote
• Employment Type: Full-time
• Salary: Not specified

dbt Labs is a company dedicated to helping analysts create and disseminate organizational knowledge. They have pioneered analytics engineering, built the primary tool in the analytics engineering toolbox, and fostered a strong community. As of February 2025, they have surpassed $100 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) and over 5,100 dbt Cloud customers, with 85% year-over-year growth in adoption among Fortune 500 companies. dbt plays a critical role as the data control plane for enterprise data teams.

About Us

Since 2016, dbt Labs has been on a mission to help analysts create and disseminate organizational knowledge. They've pioneered the practice of analytics engineering, built the primary tool in the analytics engineering toolbox, and have been fortunate enough to see a fantastic community coalesce to help push the boundaries of the analytics engineering workflow. Today, there are 50,000 teams using dbt every week, 100,000 dbt Community members, and over 5,100 dbt Cloud customers.

About the Role

As the Product Manager for dbt Labs’ Semantic Layer, you will be at the forefront of driving product vision, strategy, and execution for one of our top company initiatives. You will partner closely with engineering, developer experience, design, sales, and community teams to ensure that the Semantic Layer product—encompassing areas like MetricFlow, caching, and API integrations—meets the evolving needs of our customers and partners. Your insights will shape both proprietary and source-available components, balancing technical feasibility with market dynamics to build trust and drive adoption.

What You’ll Do

• Define & Execute Vision: Craft a long-term vision and roadmap for the Semantic Layer that aligns with overall business goals and addresses current product gaps.
• Cross-functional leadership: Collaborate with engineering, design, and GTM teams to drive product development from ideation to launch.
• Market & User Research: Conduct comprehensive market analysis and gather developer and customer feedback to ensure our product meets real-world needs.
• Lifecycle Ownership: Manage the complete product lifecycle—from research and ideation to design, development, and go-to-market strategies—focusing on features like MetricFlow enhancements and caching solutions.
• Community Engagement: Build tight feedback loops with the developer community to continuously iterate on product features and maintain strong customer relationships.
• Strategic Alignment: Work with cross-domain teams to align the Semantic Layer’s evolution with broader commercial and engineering strategies.

Requirements

• 7+ years of product management experience, preferably in data analytics or data engineering products.
• Proven experience in owning product strategy and execution.

Application Instructions

• Not specified. (Please refer to dbt Labs' career page for application instructions.)