Senior Product Manager, Data Platform – Orchestration

Zillow

. Own the Data Orchestration roadmap end-to-end across MCP Gateway and ZG Graph, defining clear problem statements, success metrics, and platform adoption targets .

Posted 4/22/2026full-timeRemote • California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $148,600 - $237,400 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsGraphQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the Data Orchestration roadmap end-to-end across MCP Gateway and ZG Graph, defining clear problem statements, success metrics, and platform adoption targets
Define and evolve the unified access model for how applications and AI agents interact with data and capabilities, spanning GraphQL, APIs, and AI tool invocation
Enable Data Mesh adoption by defining and scaling domain-driven access patterns, aligning orchestration with domain models, lifecycle contracts, and cross-domain interoperability
Establish and uphold the operational excellence bar for the orchestration layer, including availability, latency, observability, and incident response standards
Define authentication, authorization, and access patterns that enable secure, scalable interaction across data, services, and AI-powered tools
Design and operationalize governance models for access and orchestration, including lifecycle expectations, versioning standards, and ownership clarity across domains
Create paved paths and platform primitives that reduce onboarding friction while preventing fragmented or unmanaged integration patterns
Drive adoption of MCP Gateway and ZG Graph as the default access layer through structured rollouts, enablement, and measurable impact
Use reliability, adoption, and governance metrics to continuously improve platform performance and prioritize platform hardening versus expansion

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of product management experience, ideally building internal platforms, APIs, gateways, developer infrastructure, or data systems that support multiple teams
Strong technical fluency in distributed systems, service-to-service communication, authentication patterns, APIs, and platform architecture concepts, with the ability to reason about reliability and security tradeoffs
Proven ability to define platform strategy and operating models that scale beyond initial experimentation into production-grade infrastructure
Demonstrated experience leading migrations, consolidations, or standardization efforts across fragmented systems
Clear, structured communicator who can influence engineers and stakeholders through data, operational reasoning, and strong product judgment
Comfortable driving behavioral change and adoption across multiple teams, balancing enablement with governance
Able to operate in ambiguity and impose structure on complex, cross-functional infrastructure initiatives
Excited to work in a highly collaborative environment where you partner closely with engineering, data science, AI, and product teams to deliver company-wide impact

Benefits

Comp & perks

equity awards based on factors such as experience, performance and location

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Hard Skills & Tools

Data OrchestrationGraphQLAPIsAI tool invocationdistributed systemsservice-to-service communicationauthentication patternsplatform architecturegovernance modelsoperational excellence

Soft Skills

structured communicationinfluenceoperational reasoningproduct judgmentbehavioral changecollaborationability to operate in ambiguityproblem-solvingleadershipcross-functional teamwork