PRINCIPAL PRODUCT MANAGER (API PLATFORM)

Workato
Full-time
Palo Alto, California
$230,000
Posted on 3 months ago

Job Description

As a Principal Product Manager, you'll shape Workato’s API Management strategy and build a unified platform for the entire API lifecycle. Your mission: eliminate fragmented tools and empower enterprises with a seamless, AI-powered API ecosystem.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute the product strategy for a unified API Platform supporting Design, Secure, Publish, Monitor and Consumption
  • Define and prioritize the roadmap to become the leader in Full Lifecycle API Management market
  • Deliver the best experience for API Platform owners, developers and consumers
  • Leverage AI to enhance API discovery and adoption that increases ROI for enterprises
  • Integrate semantic enrichment to automate API documentation and guides to improve API consumer experience
  • Integration predictive analytics to offer advanced monitoring and alerting capabilities to API Platform teams
  • Work with AI research teams to infuse machine learning into Workato’s API services, driving continuous optimization and smarter decision-making
  • Build API management capabilities into the core platform, ensuring enterprises have built-in governance, monitoring, development speed and ease of consumption
  • Ensure compatibility with the rest of Workato’s orchestration suite
  • Ensure the platform meets enterprise security, compliance, and scalability requirements
  • Collaborate with engineering, UX, and GTM teams to ensure seamless feature adoption
  • Inspire confidence in GTM teams, as well as customers
  • Act as a thought leader internally and externally, driving customer trust and enterprise adoption

Requirements

  • 10+ years of product management experience in SaaS or B2B environments, specializing in API management products
  • Proven success in shipping and scaling complex data products with measurable business impact
  • Strong track record in leading cross-functional teams, influencing product strategy, and driving execution in fast-paced environments
  • Deep expertise in API Gateway, API Management, Developer Portals and API Lifecycle, and API Federation
  • Strong understanding of modern API architecture including, AuthN/AuthZ, API Security, API Standards, Identity Management, Telemetry, Kubernetes
  • Hands-on experience with API management tools and API Implementation tools and iPaaS to build scalable API programs
  • Familiarity with emerging API technologies like service mesh, serverless cloud gateway, AsyncAPI, edge computing, predictive autoscaling, secrets manager, and their impact on enterprise API strategies
  • Experience integrating AI/ML-driven insights into API monitoring and discovery to enhance security and adoption of APIs
  • Strong understanding of predictive analytics, anomaly detection, and semantic data enrichment for operational intelligence
  • Ability to deeply understand customer needs across platform teams, development teams, and API consumers
  • Proven ability to translate complex technical concepts into intuitive, user-friendly product capabilities
  • Skilled at collaborating with engineering, UX, security, legal, and go-to-market teams to drive enterprise adoption
  • Strong ability to use customer research, data analytics, and competitive insights to inform product decisions
  • Experience analyzing large-scale API platforms to optimize usage trends and product performance
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field
  • An MBA or advanced degree is a plus but not required

Benefits

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