Senior Product Manager - UI/UX, PLG & Activation
Airbyte
Location
San Francisco
Employment Type
Full time
Location Type
On-site
Department
Product
Compensation
- $192K – $215K • Offers Equity
The actual base salary within the stated range will be based on a combination of factors such as an individual's skills, experience level, location, and other relevant job-related considerations.
Airbyte is the open‑source standard for data movement. We've enabled data teams to move data from applications, APIs, unstructured sources and databases to data warehouses, lakes, and AI applications. With tens of thousands of connectors built and hundreds of thousands of companies adopting Airbyte, we've proven the economics of data integration at scale. And now Airbyte is building the frontier agentic data infrastructure, purpose-built for AI agents that need fast, accurate access to data across hundreds of sources. Our mission: make data available and actionable, everywhere.
We've raised $181M from the world's top investors (Benchmark, Accel, Altimeter, Coatue, Y Combinator, etc.) and we believe in product-led growth, where we build something awesome that all our users love. We’ve raised enough capital to explore boldly, but we still choose to move quickly, stay scrappy, and experiment constantly as we find the right paths in an AI-native landscape.
The Role:
Airbyte is becoming the standard for agentic data infrastructure. We have the connector factory, a strong presence in pure data use cases, and the foundation of our new product, ADP, which connects agents to all the pieces of data that exist within a company.
This role exists to turn product usage into momentum. You will own the journey from:
First visit
First workspace
First connector
First Agent
Aha moment
And expansion beyond that
Your mission: Increase activation. Reduce friction. Compound product-led growth.
What You’ll Own:
Activation & First Value
Define and instrument activation metrics
Improve time-to-first-sync
Improve time-to-first-value
Reduce drop-off across onboarding funnel
Design in-product education that drives behavior
Clarify the “aha” moment for different personas
You will treat activation like a system, not a checklist
UI/UX Quality Bar
Raise the usability bar across Airbyte Cloud and ADP
Reduce cognitive load in complex workflows
Simplify connectors, authentication, configuration…
Partner deeply with Engineering
Bring clarity to technical surfaces
We operate in a complex domain. Your job is to make it feel simple.
Product-Led Growth Engine
Own free → activated → paid → expanded funnel
Design and run experiments across pricing surfaces and usage limits
Improve conversion without hurting trust
Build upgrade prompts that feel helpful
Collaborate with Marketing on growth loops and acquisition feedback
PLG is not a team. It’s a product discipline. You will be the owner.
Experimentation & Data Discipline
Define north star and activation metrics
Increase experiment velocity
Run structured A/B tests
Build growth dashboards with real signal
Kill ideas fast when signal is weak
Bold views. Flexible thinking. Measured by impact.
How We Work:
High ownership
Direct feedback
Fast iteration
Outcome over activity
Clear metrics
You are expected to use AI to amplify yourself. This means using AI tools to accelerate research, prototype faster, generate UX variations, draft experiments, and automate analysis. We are building for an AI-native future. We expect our PMs to operate like AI-native builders. If you are doing everything manually, you are under-leveraged.
What We're Looking For:
5+ years as a PM in B2B SaaS, DevTools
Experience owning activation, onboarding, or growth
Strong product instinct for UX
Comfort operating in technical products
Deep comfort with analytics and experimentation
High bar for execution speed
Bias toward action
Nice To Have:
Experience in infra, data, or developer tools
Experience in PLG motions
Experience building in AI-native environments
Experience in early-stage (Seed/Series A) startups
What Success Looks Like in 12 Months:
Activation rate materially higher
Time to first sync reduced significantly
Clear growth loops embedded in product
Free → paid conversion meaningfully up
Product experience noticeably sharper
Location:
Onsite 5 days/week in San Francisco, CA
If you find this role exciting, we encourage you to apply even if you think you don’t meet all of the requirements!
Airbyte is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, familial status, domestic violence victim status, veteran or military status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Airbyte is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. Please let us know if you need assistance or accommodations due to a disability.
Compensation Range: $192K - $215K
