
Staff Product Manager (Evals) at Workato
Palo Alto, CaliforniaFull-timeProduct & EngineeringPosted 11 days ago
About the Role
<div class="content-intro"><h1><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>About Workato</strong></span></h1>
<p>Workato delivers enterprise infrastructure for the agentic era, redefining iPaaS and helping enterprises unify data, applications, processes, and AI into a single, governed platform. A leader in Enterprise MCP and trusted by 50% of the Fortune 500, Workato’s cloud-native architecture connects every application, data source, and process to power real-time orchestration at scale. With enterprise-grade security and continuous innovation at its core, Workato provides the trusted foundation for organizations to automate with confidence and operationalize AI across the business. To learn more, visit <span><a href="http://www.workato.com" target="_blank">www.workato.com</a></span></p>
<h1><strong>Why join us?</strong></h1>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ultimately, Workato believes in fostering a </span><strong>flexible, trust-oriented culture that empowers everyone to take full ownership of their roles</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">. We are driven by </span><strong>innovation </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">and looking for</span><strong> team players </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">who want to actively build our company. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But, we also believe in </span><strong>balancing productivity with self-care</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">. That’s why we offer all of our employees a vibrant and dynamic work environment </span><a href="http://www.workato.com/careers"><span style="font-weight: 400;">along with a multitude of benefits</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> they can enjoy inside and outside of their work lives. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If this sounds right up your alley, please submit an application. We look forward to getting to know you!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Also, feel free to check out why:</span></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/47-enterprise-startups-to-bet-your-career-on-in-2020-2019-12"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Business Insider</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> named us an “enterprise startup to bet your career on”</span></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.forbes.com/cloud100/#a57477b5f941"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Forbes’ Cloud 100</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> recognized us as one of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world</span></p>
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<p><a href="https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/technology-media-and-telecommunications/articles/fast500-winners.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Deloitte Tech Fast 500</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> ranked us as the 17th fastest growing tech company in the Bay Area, and 96th in North America</span></p>
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<p><a href="https://qz.com/work/2053446/the-best-companies-for-working-from-home/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Quartz</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> ranked us the #1 best company for remote workers</span></p>
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</ul></div><h1><strong>Responsibilities</strong></h1>
<p>We're looking for a Staff Product Manager to own evaluations for AI agents at Workato — both the internal framework that helps our teams ship better AI features, and the customer-facing tools that let builders assess and improve the agents they create. This is a role with a dual mandate. Internally, you'll establish how Workato evaluates agent quality, starting with Agent Studio and expanding to other teams shipping AI capabilities. Externally, you'll build the evaluation experience that helps business technologists understand why their agents succeed or fail — and what to do about it. The right person for this role has actually written evals. You've built test suites, designed evaluation criteria, and debugged agent failures in the trenches. You know the gap between "eval theory" and "eval reality," and you can translate that practitioner knowledge into products that work for both technical teams and non-technical builders.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this role, y</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">ou will also be responsible to:</span></p>
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<p>Define and own the evaluation framework for Workato's internal AI agent features, driving adoption across teams starting with Agent Studio</p>
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<p>Build the customer-facing evaluation experience — how builders test, measure, and improve agents they create on Workato</p>
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<p>Make hard calls about what evaluation complexity to expose versus abstract, balancing rigor with approachability</p>
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<p>Partner closely with the Build Experience PM to ensure evaluation is integrated into the builder journey, not bolted on</p>
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<p>Work with ML engineers and platform teams to ground the framework in technical reality while keeping it accessible</p>
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<p>Establish metrics for what "good" looks like — both for internal agent quality and for customer evaluation adoption</p>
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<p>Spend significant time with customers understanding where they struggle to assess agent performance and what mental models they bring</p>
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<h1><strong>Requirements</strong></h1>
<h3><strong>Qualifications / Experience </strong></h3>
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<p>7+ years in Product Management</p>
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<p>Hands-on experience writing evaluations for AI/ML systems (agents, LLMs, or similar)</p>
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<p>Track record of shipping technical products to both internal and external users</p>
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<p>Experience driving adoption of frameworks or practices across engineering teams</p>
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<p>Strong written and verbal communication skills</p>
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<p>Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience</p>
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<p><strong>Practitioner depth in evaluations.</strong> You've written evals yourself — built test suites, designed rubrics, debugged why agents underperformed. You understand evaluation methodology not only from reading about it, but from doing it. You have opinions about what works, what doesn't, and where current approaches fall short.</p>
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<p><strong>Strong product management experience.</strong> You've shipped products, driven roadmaps, and led cross-functional teams. You know how to translate technical capabilities into user value and write specs that don't leave details to chance.</p>
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<p><strong>Technical translation ability.</strong> You can take complex evaluation concepts and make them accessible to business technologists without dumbing them down. You understand the difference between hiding complexity and organizing it.</p>
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<p><strong>Internal influence skills.</strong> You've driven adoption of frameworks, practices, or tools across teams. You can be a credible partner to ML engineers while advocating for what internal teams actually need.</p>
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<p><strong>Greenfield comfort.</strong> You've defined products from ambiguity — scoped v1s, made bets with incomplete information, and iterated based on what you learned. You don't need an existing playbook to be effective.</p>
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<p><strong>B2B product sensibility.</strong> You see enterprise conventions as problems to solve, not constraints to accept. You're drawn to products that make complex workflows feel elegant.</p>
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<h3><strong>Nice to Have</strong></h3>
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<p>Experience with agent architectures, RAG systems, or LLM application development</p>
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<p>Background in ML engineering, solutions architecture, or technical program management before PM</p>
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<p>Experience building developer tools or platform products</p>
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<p>Familiarity with evaluation frameworks (e.g., human eval pipelines, automated benchmarks, red-teaming)<br><br></p>
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<p>For California applicants, the pay for this role may range between $185,000 - $250,000 plus benefits, perks, and equity. The final package will depend on the interview process, we're open to negotiation.</p>
<p><strong>(REQ ID: 2538)</strong></p>
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