Product Manager, Semantic Layer

Anduril Industries

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Work type
On-site
Location
Costa Mesa, CA
Salary
$166,000–$220,000 / yr
Posted
72 days ago
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Confirmed live 2 days ago

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This role $193k
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This role pays less than 58% of similar roles. Most pay $175,500–$227,737 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $193k versus about $202k for comparable roles.

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About Anduril Industries

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company that builds advanced hardware and software systems for national security, including autonomous drones, surveillance systems, and the Lattice AI command platform.

Anduril Industries currently has 1697 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $146,000–$194,000 across 1504 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Product Manager, Semantic Layer

Product Manager, Semantic Layer will join the CorpTech Platform team to own the product suite for building and maintaining a single semantic layer. This role involves defining shared metrics, dimensions, entities, and relationships across data engineering, analytics engineering, data analytics, and master data management functions. The individual will resolve conflicting definitions into a governed source of truth while managing roadmap strategy and success metrics. As a hands-on builder, the person will submit code PRs using AI coding agents like Claude Code to extend semantic models and tooling. Required skills include proficiency in SQL, dbt, Python, and semantic layer technologies such as Cube or LookML within Snowflake, BigQuery, or Databricks environments. The role solves the problem of data ambiguity by creating a unified ontology that balances high-quality governance with the speed required by downstream business teams.

What does a Product Manager earn in California?

Median $223300 from 163 postings across 44 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Own the product strategy, roadmap, and success metrics for the semantic layer and ontology suite.
  • Define shared metrics, dimensions, entities, and relationships across data engineering, analytics, and master data management teams.
  • Resolve conflicting data definitions and modeling ambiguities to establish a governed source of truth.
  • Submit code PRs using AI coding agents to expand the semantic model, UI, and tooling.
  • Establish governance standards for the ontology, including ownership, versioning, and change management.
  • Manage a feedback and triage loop for definition requests, data quality issues, and adoption blockers.
  • Balance the requirements of a canonical master data model against the speed needs of downstream teams.
  • Communicate modeling decisions, trade-offs, and risk factors to technical teams and senior leadership.

What we're looking for

  • Must have 5+ years of experience in product management and at least one data function like engineering, analytics, or master data management.
  • Must demonstrate experience owning a data product or transitioning from a technical data role into product management.
  • Must be a builder capable of submitting code in SQL, dbt, Python, or semantic-layer definitions using AI coding agents.
  • Must possess technical fluency in semantic layers, dimensional modeling, and data pipelines.
  • Must have the ability to align multiple teams on shared models despite competing definitions.
  • Must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills to influence engineers and executive leadership.
  • Must have a degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Statistics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Must have U.S. Person status to access export-controlled data.

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