Technical Program Manager, Data
Core
Driving Figma's Self-Serve Analytics initiative to enable data democratization through semantic layer expansion, AI assistants, and automated evaluation frameworks.
Role type
Senior Technical Program Manager (Data Science)
Builds
Self-serve analytics platform, semantic layers, Slack bot, automated eval framework, and Figma Data Assistant.
Domain
SaaS design collaboration tools / Data Science & AI
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis
Required skills
End-to-end program delivery, cross-functional stakeholder management, change management, governance and security policy definition, organizational operations planning, metric ownership.
Preferred skills
Semantic layer architecture, data cataloging, AI-powered query interfaces (RAG), eval framework design, data engineering tooling (dbt, Snowflake, Dagster), data-driven product analytics.
Technologies
Slack, Notion, Hex, Sigma, Cortex Analyst, Snowflake Semantic Views, Acryl, Dagster.
Responsibilities
Own end-to-end delivery of the Self-Serve Analytics initiative including semantic layer expansion and AI assistant launch; Coordinate delivery across Data Engineering, Data Scientists, Security, IT, and business stakeholders; Lead governance and security work streams for LLM data access and PII guardrails; Drive adoption and change management to shift culture from request-based to self-serve; Build and maintain Data Science org operations including planning cycles and headcount tracking; Own program-level success metrics such as time-to-insight and request volume reduction.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC