Product Manager II, Labeling Tool

Overview 

Grata is the leading private market dealmaking platform. We make it easy to find, research, and engage with private companies. Our platform has the most comprehensive, accurate, and searchable proprietary data on private companies, their financials, and their owners.  

We help leading investors (PE/growth), investment bankers, management consultants, and corporate development teams discover and win more deals. Grata has over 700 customers and has been widely recognized as the market leader by G2, PE Wire, and more.  

We’re looking for an experienced Product Manager to own the roadmap and execution for the labeling tool used by our researchers (end users / customers of the product). The labeling tool is embedded into the day-to-day operations of our Philippine-based team where researchers utilize the tool to receive their assignments, complete the requested tasks (label training dataset for ML models, handle customer requests, manually QA/QC the data from vendors and automation, etc.), and return the results to data core to feed into Grata’s client-facing platform.  

In this role, you will serve as the central point of contact among product team, engineers (AI/ML, FE/BE), researchers, data operators, and data pillar leads. You will continuously drive improvements to create efficiency for the product using a combination of automation, tool enhancements, and process improvement.  

You will report to the Director of Data Product while working closely with the Director of Data Operations and Engineering Lead for the tooling squad with a lot of responsibility, collaboration, and interactions with a global  
team. 

We are looking for someone who takes initiative, excels in a fluid environment and transforms ambiguity into clear solutions. The ideal candidate is also deeply customer-obsessed, ensuring that their work consistently aligns with and addresses customer needs.  

If you’re passionate about building innovative products, shaping the future of data labeling, and driving real impact for users, we’d love to hear from you. 

Grata is a hybrid company, which means our employees work from our NYC office (near Bryant Park) on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.  

 
At Grata, we will expect you to:  

• Build a deep understanding of customer needs, pain points, and behaviors by partnering with  
  commercial teams and conducting user research and data analysis  

•  Develop strategic roadmaps with clear milestones and measurable metrics to achieve ambitious goals  
  and track progress effectively  

•  Work across design, engineering, QA, and operations to define and ship the roadmap  

•  Prioritize initiatives ruthlessly using a data-driven approach to maximize impact and deliver customer  
  value  

• Craft detailed requirements informed by customer conversations, usage data analysis, and iterative  
  feedback from design and engineering teams  

•  Establish yourself as the go-to expert and trusted leader for the product area, building credibility  
  through ownership and results  

• Communicate effectively with cross-functional teams and executive stakeholders, distilling complex  
  ideas into clear insights that drive alignment across the organization  

 
What we are looking for:  

• 5+ years of product management experience  

• Excellent written and verbal communication  

•  Experience developing a strategic vision and product roadmap for data initiativ 

•  Can partner and influence effectively across all levels of an organization, and regularly use these skills to improve the work going on around you  

• Experience in a prior startup or high-ambiguity environment; a track record of managing ambiguity and complexity affecting many stakeholders in an organized and structured way  

• Experience with data modeling languages such as Python, SQL and R  

• Strong expertise in data lakes, data warehouses, ETL/ELT pipelines, and data governance frameworks.  

• Experience with modern data stack technologies (e.g., Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, Apache Spark, Airflow, DBT, Kafka).  

• Deep understanding of data modeling, domain-driven design, and building scalable, resilient data  
  platforms.  

• [Bonus] Prior experience working with labeling product and teams in Asia  

•  [Bonus] Prior experience as a data scientist, data engineer or senior data analyst 

• [Bonus] Domain knowledge and experience with the private capital markets  
   

Benefits and Perks: 

• Medical, dental, vision plans: we offer plans with 80% coverage of premiums for employees  

• Company-sponsored lunch through Grubhub on a weekly basis  

• Unlimited PTO policy  

• Flexible Work Location (FWL) policy that allows you to work from home 24 days of the year  

•  Other benefits: 12 weeks of parental leave, 401k, pre-tax commuter benefits, dog-friendly office  

 
Grata is committed to providing competitive cash compensation and benefits. The compensation offered for this role will be based on multiple factors such as location, the role’s scope and complexity, and the candidate’s experience and expertise, and may vary from the range provided below. For roles based in New York City, the estimated base salary for this role is $130,000 - $150,000 per year.  

 
Grata is proud to be an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information,  
veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Grata considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Grata is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures.  

If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please let your recruiter know. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.