Location: US – Santa Clara, CA preferred

Reports to: VP of Strategy

About BMC Software

BMC helps customers run and reinvent their businesses with open, scalable, and modular solutions to complex IT problems. With a proven track record in innovation, automation, and enterprise-scale IT operations, BMC delivers the future of the autonomous digital enterprise.

Role Overview

We are seeking a Director of Product Management – Data Management to lead the design, strategy, and delivery of BMC’s next-generation data management offerings. These products will deliver enterprise-grade data lineage, AI-powered insights, pipeline observability, and data observability—helping organizations gain trust, transparency, and control of their data across hybrid and cloud environments. This is a unique opportunity to build a new product line from the ground up at a company with global reach, bringing the best of modern data stack innovation and AI-driven intelligence to BMC’s portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

  • Strategy & Vision oDefine the vision, strategy, and roadmap for BMC’s data management product line.

  • Identify customer challenges in data lineage, observability, and governance, and translate them into differentiated product opportunities.

  • Incorporate AI and automation to simplify data reliability, compliance, and trust at scale.

Product Definition & Execution

  • Own the product lifecycle—from ideation and requirements through GA and adoption.

  • Partner with engineering teams to design and deliver products that meet enterprise standards for scale, performance, and security.

  • Drive innovation in data observability, including pipeline onitoring, anomaly detection, impact analysis, and AI-assisted root cause analysis.

  • Define KPIs for adoption, usage, and customer satisfaction.

Customer & Market Engagement

  • Act as the voice of the customer, engaging with CDOs, data platform leaders, and architects.

  • Validate product concepts through customer advisory boards, design partners, and lighthouse accounts.

*Analyze competitive trends (e.g., Monte Carlo, Collibra, Secoda, Informatica, Alation) and ensure BMC delivers clear differentiation.

Go-to-Market Enablement

  • Partner with marketing and sales to build compelling value propositions, pricing, and launch strategies.

  • Develop playbooks, use cases, and customer stories to accelerate adoption.

  • Ensure tight integration with BMC’s orchestration and IT operations portfolio.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of product management experience in enterprise software, with at least 5 years focused on data management, observability, or data platform products.

  • Strong knowledge of data lineage, governance, metadata management, and pipeline observability.

  • Familiarity Airflow and modern data platforms.

  • Experience incorporating AI/ML into product capabilities for automation, anomaly detection, and insights.

  • Track record of building new products and successfully bringing them to market.

  • Strong technical background and ability to engage with engineering on architecture and design trade-offs.

  • Excellent communication and executive engagement skills.

  • MBA or advanced technical degree preferred.

What We Offer

  • The chance to design and launch a new category of data management products at scale.

  • A role at the intersection of AI, modern data platforms, and enterprise IT.

  • A collaborative culture and opportunities for career growth.

  • Competitive compensation and benefits.

Interested candidates, please contact basil_faruqui@bmc.com