Staff Engineering Product Manager, Analytics – Query Language & Planning

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Staff Product Manager owning Splunk’s SPL search language and query-planning strategy. Aligning analytics products, developers, architecture, compatibility, and customer-impacting migrations.

Posted 8/9/2026full-timeSan Jose • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $171,600 - $245,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in product management for technical platforms, with a focus on query languages and developer products. Capable of leading cross-functional teams to align product strategy and architecture while ensuring compatibility and migration principles are upheld.

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Product Management ExperienceQuery Language ExpertiseTechnical Direction LeadershipCross-Functional AlignmentOutstanding Communication Skills

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Hard Skills

Query LanguageDatabase EngineCompilerRuntimeTechnical Platform DevelopmentCompatibility HandlingMigration ManagementArchitectural Decision MakingSPL FamiliarityDistributed Query Engines

Soft Skills

Verbal CommunicationWritten CommunicationInfluencing SkillsProblem ResolutionAlignment Building

Certifications & Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree

Industry Keywords

Security AnalyticsObservability ProductsAnalytics Over MetricsLogsTracesSpansAI Query Interfaces

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Splunk

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the long-term vision and product strategy for Splunk’s SPL search language
Define how internal and third-party developers build on SPL
Lead cross-functional alignment to integrate SPL across products with different execution models
Create a consistent analytical experience across the Splunk portfolio
Define the query-planning model translating user intent into execution against indexes, distributed data stores, and streaming or third-party runtimes
Establish compatibility, versioning, and migration principles for evolving the language without changing existing search behavior
Build the language roadmap from direct customer and internal client insight
Connect platform architecture to user workflows
Influence partner teams and senior leaders through narratives and architecture reviews
Resolve technical disagreements and drive a coherent language strategy
Lead go-to-market and internal rollout across team boundaries

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s Degree
Minimum of 8 years of professional experience
At least 5 years of product management experience with a highly technical platform or developer product
Validated depth in a query language, database engine, compiler, runtime, or developer platform
Experience crafting how a technical platform or language behaves and evolves
Experience driving technical direction across organizational boundaries
Experience with technical customers or internal developers as a primary customer
Ability to build alignment around product and architectural direction
Outstanding verbal and written communication with technical and executive audiences
Ability to explain architecture decisions clearly and respond to technical challenges in real time
Experience handling compatibility for customer-authored content or public developer interfaces
Experience handling developer- or customer-impacting migrations
Preferred: familiarity with SPL and customer content built on it
Preferred: experience with distributed query engines or orchestration platforms
Preferred: background in security analytics, observability products, or analytics over metrics, logs, traces, and spans
Preferred: experience designing query interfaces for AI agents

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental and vision insurance
401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
Paid parental leave
Short- and long-term disability coverage
Basic life insurance
Cisco restricted stock unit grants may be available
10 paid holidays per full calendar year
1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
1 paid day off for employee’s birthday
Paid year-end holiday shutdown
4 paid days off for personal wellness
16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year for non-exempt employees
Flexible vacation time off program with no defined limit for eligible exempt employees
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter
Up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward
Additional paid time away for critical or emergency family issues
Optional 10 paid volunteer days per full calendar year
Annual bonuses may be available for non-sales roles
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