Product Manager, Bay Area

Nexla Nexla•San Mateo, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Nexla is a leading AI-powered integration platform that uses a metadata-driven approach to unify diverse integrations across Data, Documents, Agents, Applications, and APIs into a single design pattern. This accelerates the development of solutions for GenAI, Analytics, and Inter-company data, making users and developers up to 10x more productive through a blend of no-code, low-code, and pro-code interfaces. Nexla is trusted by leading companies and is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with recognition in the Gartner Magic Quadrant™ for Data Integration Tools. The company culture is built on core values of Empathy, Curiosity, Intellectual Honesty, Achieving Excellence, and Remembering to Relax, emphasizing customer focus, a data-driven mindset, ownership, and teamwork.

Requirements

4 - 8 years of experience in Product Management, Product Operations, Technical Program Management, Solutions Engineering, or related technical SaaS roles.
Strong technical fluency experience operating in product environments involving APIs, integrations, distributed systems, data infrastructure, developer platforms, or AI/LLM systems.
Ability to engage deeply with engineers and participate meaningfully in technical product discussions.
Strong customer empathy and a track record of turning customer problems into product improvements.
Excellent communication, organizational, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Ability to operate effectively in fast-moving, ambiguous environments with high ownership.
Strong prioritization skills and a bias toward action.
Both strategic and hands-on, comfortable coordinating across teams while also prototyping ideas, exploring workflows, researching problems, and accelerating product learning cycles directly.

Nice To Haves

Experience with AI-native workflows, conversational interfaces, agents, MCP ecosystems, or developer-focused products is a plus.
Experience in data infrastructure, integrations, APIs, AI platforms, or developer tooling
Experience working closely with enterprise customers and technical stakeholders
Familiarity with ETL/ELT, streaming systems, APIs, or distributed architectures
Experience operating in fast-moving startup or platform environments
Strong understanding of developer experience and enterprise workflow design
Experience collaborating closely with engineering leadership and cross-functional technical teams

Responsibilities

Partner with leadership and engineering teams to translate product vision into execution.
Work directly with customers to understand workflows, pain points, and emerging AI use cases.
Drive product discovery through customer conversations, market research, experimentation, and rapid validation.
Prototype workflows, product experiences, and AI-native interactions to accelerate learning and reduce ambiguity.
Collaborate closely with Engineering Managers and technical leaders to align priorities and improve execution.
Synthesize customer, market, and product signals into actionable product insights.
Coordinate product releases across engineering, GTM, support, marketing, and Developer Relations.
Help create clarity, alignment, and momentum across teams as Nexla evolves rapidly.