Senior Product Manager, Data Platform – Intelligence

Wattpad

Senior Product Manager overseeing data platform and intelligence capabilities at Wattpad. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to build systems for smarter product decisions.

Posted 7/11/2026full-timeToronto • 🇨🇦 CanadaSenior💰 CA$125,000 - CA$160,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define the vision and roadmap for Wattpad's data platform
Own the long-term strategy for the systems that transform raw product events into reusable, trusted capabilities that power products across Wattpad
Develop and prioritize the roadmap across areas including:
Reusable data products
Insights Layer
Decisioning platform
Data governance and discoverability
Define the strategy and roadmap for Wattpad's Product Intelligence Platform, enabling products to make smarter, faster, and more consistent decisions
Build the platform capabilities that transform raw data into trusted, reusable intelligence for teams across the company
Work with our Content teams to deepen our content intelligence, transforming story metadata, taxonomy, and behavioural signals into reusable capabilities that power products across Wattpad
Partner with Engineering, Analytics, and Data Science to create scalable foundations for personalization, recommendations, and product decisioning
Establish trusted metrics, shared data definitions, and governance practices that improve consistency and confidence across product development
Turn recurring product needs into reusable platform capabilities that reduce duplication and accelerate delivery across teams
Balance long-term platform investments with near-term business priorities, making thoughtful tradeoffs that maximize impact
Influence product and technical strategy across the organization, helping shape the future of Wattpad's data and intelligence capabilities

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of Product Management experience, with experience owning platform, infrastructure, developer, AI, or data products
Strong understanding of modern data architectures including event pipelines, data products, warehouses, semantic layers, metrics stores, feature stores, and APIs
Experience working closely with Data Engineering, Analytics, and Software Engineering teams
Experience defining product strategy across multiple stakeholders with competing priorities
Strong systems thinking with the ability to identify reusable platform capabilities instead of one-off solutions
Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence technical and executive audiences
Comfortable making decisions in ambiguous environments while balancing long term platform investments with near term business value
Experience with modern product analytics and experimentation platforms such as Amplitude, Mixpanel, or similar tools for product measurement, behavioural analytics, and experimentation

Benefits

Comp & perks

Career development; we believe in mentorship and investing in your learning, supporting you to achieve your goals
Top industry health benefits, including vision and dental
Your own health/wellness account to spend each year
RRSP Contributions (Canada), 401K Contributions (USA)
Generous vacation and Maternity/Parental leave top-up program
Corporate discount for gym memberships for you and your family
Work from almost anywhere in the world for part of the year
Winter break shutdown and a whole lot more!

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Hard Skills & Tools

Product StrategyData ProductsEvent PipelinesData WarehousesAPIsMetrics StoresFeature StoresDecisioning PlatformsReusable CapabilitiesData Transformation

Soft Skills

Excellent CommunicationInfluencing SkillsDecision-Making in Ambiguity