Senior Product Manager, Data

Overview

Valon is building the AI-native operating system for regulated finance, starting with mortgage servicing. Valon is a Series C company backed by a16z, transforming industries that others have written off as too complex to innovate. We operate our own mortgage servicing business managing $110+ billion in loans to deeply understand the complexity needed to build software that works in regulated industries.

Valon

OS is our unified platform that makes every process structured and programmable, positioned for the AI era. When everything flows through one system with rich data, AI agents automate tasks and continuously improve operations. Mortgage servicing is just the beginning of our vision to transform regulated industries and beyond.

You’ll join the core Platform & Infrastructure product org. This team builds the foundational systems and services that serve as the backbone for features across our product suite. We balance deep technical rigor with customer empathy, working at the intersection of infrastructure and end-user features (e.g., platforms, self-service tools, dashboards). We operate in a high-growth, high-authenticity engineering culture with high visibility across the org.

• Define and own the roadmap for one or more core infrastructure domains (such as data platform, reporting platform, APIs, etc.).
• Deeply engage with internal stakeholders (engineering leads, vertical PMs, operations) and our customers to drive discovery and specification.
• Drive initiatives end-to-end: from ideation, discovery, scoping, to launch, adoption, and iteration.
• Map processes and systems in high ambiguity, building reliable abstractions for complex domains.
• Write clear, structured product specs and user stories that are easy to understand, even for someone without domain knowledge.
• Partner closely with engineering leadership and architects to make tradeoffs on design, performance, scale, and technical debt.
• Evangelize infrastructure best practices across the organization and influence roadmap tradeoffs.

• 5+ years of product management experience (or equivalent), ideally with exposure to B2B SaaS products, enterprise databases, and data platforms.
• Strong technical fluency—comfortable working with engineers on systems, APIs, data models, and integration patterns.
• Excellent customer discovery skills: experienced in conducting interviews, creating journey maps, and synthesizing qualitative and quantitative insights.
• Highly structured thinker who can communicate complex concepts clearly and simply.
• Comfortable working with high autonomy, ambiguity, and accountability.
• Strong collaboration skills: able to manage stakeholders, drive alignment, and maintain cross-team accountability.

• Compensation: competitive salary with a meaningful stake in the company via equity, and 401k plan.
• Health & well-being: comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Commuter benefits: pre-tax deductions for public transportation, rideshare services, and parking expenses.
• Grow together: company-wide onboarding and learning opportunities, plus regular reviews with 360-degree feedback.
• Play together: quarterly budgets for team and company outings.
• Generous time off: flexible paid time off, sick days, and 11 company holidays.
• Baby bonding time: 12 weeks off for both birthing and non-birthing parents, fully paid.

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Valon is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. Hiring decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.

Compensation Range: $178.5K - $241K