Senior Product Manager, Enterprise Data Governance

About the role

Asana is seeking a seasoned product leader to spearhead the strategic evolution of our enterprise data governance framework, ensuring our platform remains the gold standard for large-scale organizational collaboration. You will be responsible for the end-to-end lifecycle management of customer data, architecting solutions for auditing, retention, migration, and export that satisfy the rigorous demands of global enterprises. By harmonizing complex technical infrastructure with intuitive administrative controls, you will empower our largest clients to embrace AI-driven workflows while maintaining strict adherence to security and regulatory mandates. This role sits at the critical intersection of platform scalability, compliance, and user trust, requiring a visionary approach to building the foundational pillars of our enterprise product suite.

Key facts

What you'll do

• Architect and drive the multi-year product roadmap for enterprise-grade data governance and platform-level infrastructure.
• Oversee the comprehensive lifecycle of customer data, engineering sophisticated controls for secure deletion, data recovery, and long-term governance.
• Act as the primary product lead in cross-functional collaborations with Engineering, Design, Security, Legal, Compliance, Support, and Go-to-Market teams to ship high-impact enterprise solutions.
• Design and implement administrative policy controls that facilitate the safe, scalable deployment of AI features across complex organizational structures.
• Optimize the underlying governance infrastructure to enhance system reliability and scalability while simultaneously reducing manual operational burdens.
• Proactively monitor the global regulatory landscape to translate emerging legal requirements into actionable product features and compliance workflows.
• Define and track key performance indicators related to platform stability, the adoption rate of governance features, and overall enterprise customer trust.
• Translate intricate technical protocols and data relationship models into , high-craft user experiences for IT administrators.
• Manage competing investment priorities by balancing immediate enterprise needs with long-term platform technical debt and innovation goals.
• Facilitate executive-level alignment and stakeholder communication to ensure product initiatives remain synchronized with broader company objectives.

Requirements

• A minimum of 6 years of professional experience in a Product Management capacity, ideally within a high-growth SaaS environment.
• Deep subject matter expertise in B2B enterprise platform solutions, specifically regarding identity management, authentication systems, or regulatory compliance frameworks.
• Demonstrated ability to synthesize complex data architecture into accessible, user-friendly administrative workflows.
• Proven track record of managing product strategy across diverse, cross-functional teams and navigating the complexities of organizational decision-making.
• Exceptional communication skills with a history of building consensus, resolving inter-departmental conflicts, and presenting strategic roadmaps to leadership.
• Experience in the tactical sequencing of platform initiatives, with a focus on delivering high-craft Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) that provide immediate value.
• Strong analytical capabilities to evaluate trade-offs in system design, security protocols, and feature prioritization.

Nice to have

• A genuine curiosity about the evolving AI landscape and a desire to integrate emerging technologies into productivity tools to drive better decision-making.
• Demonstrated experience in mentoring junior product managers and fostering a culture of product excellence and best practices within an R&D-heavy organization.
• Background in managing products that serve highly regulated industries such as finance, healthcare, or government.

Skills & tools

• Identity and authentication systems (e.g., SAML, SCIM, SSO)
• Security and regulatory compliance frameworks (e.g., GDPR, SOC2, HIPAA)
• Data lifecycle management and retention policy design
• Enterprise B2B platform strategy and API-first product development

Practical notes

• Salary range: $176,000 - $200,000 CAD for Senior level or $211,000 - $240,000 CAD for Principal level.
• Total compensation package is comprehensive, consisting of a competitive base salary, equity grants, and a benefits suite.
• Benefits include dedicated mental health and fitness support, professional career coaching, family building assistance, retirement savings plans, and high-quality in-office culinary options.
• Asana is committed to fairness and conducts rigorous yearly pay equity audits to ensure compensation remains competitive and unbiased.
• We value diverse perspectives and encourage candidates who may not meet every single bullet point in the requirements to apply, as we believe in growth and potential.

About the company

An āsana is a body posture, originally and still a general term for a sitting meditation pose, and later extended in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise, to any type of position, adding reclining, standing, inverted, twisting, and balancing poses. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali define "asana" as "[a position that] is steady and comfortable".