Hybrid Product Manager – Unified Entity Layer

at Meltwater

• Job title: Product Manager – Unified Entity Layer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: ETL
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Cape Town, South Africa

About the role

• Product Manager leading the evolution of Meltwater’s core data foundation. Shaping and expanding semantic models for meaningful insights and better product experiences.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the core entity data model that connects key entities across our products (e.g., organizations, sources, themes).
• Unify and standardize datasets to reduce duplication and improve consistency and data reliability.
• Define how entities are identified, matched, and maintained, combining automated methods with human review where needed.
• Work closely with AI & Enrichment teams to ensure entity context improves classification, sentiment, topics, and narrative understanding.
• Collaborate with Search & Retrieval teams to ensure fast, reliable entity-aware search and filtering experiences.
• Set and monitor data quality measures, and drive ongoing improvements in accuracy, coverage, and consistency.

Requirements

• 4 years+ in Product Management working with data-heavy systems - for example, data platforms, ML/NLP enrichment systems, or large-scale information architectures.
• Customer value mindset: You understand how foundational data capabilities power end-user workflows, and you work closely with customer-facing PMs to translate platform capabilities into meaningful product improvements and outcomes.
• Comfort working across teams: You collaborate confidently with engineering, data science, and other product teams.
• Structured thinking: You enjoy making sense of complex data and building clear frameworks instead of isolated features.
• Excellent communication skills: You can effectively translate data structure concepts into tangible product value for both internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong technical understanding of structured data, APIs, and data modeling (you can converse comfortably with engineers and data scientists).
• Experience working with entity models or structured data relationships (e.g., knowledge graphs, taxonomies, or similar systems) and how they help with search, discovery, or interpretation of information.
• Nice to Have Experience with graph databases
• Experience in NLP, entity recognition, or data linking.
• Familiarity with data quality, enrichment, or ETL workflows.
• Background in semantic modeling or data unification.
• Exposure to media intelligence, social listening, or marketing analytics environments.

Benefits

• Enjoy flexible paid time off options for enhanced work-life balance
• Meltwater demonstrates a commitment to your well-being by contributing towards Discovery Health , ensuring robust healthcare coverage
• Complimentary CalmApp subscription for you and your loved ones, because mental wellness matters.
• Energetic work environment with a hybrid work style, providing the balance you need
• Benefit from our family leave program , which grows with your tenure at Meltwater.
• Thrive within our inclusive community and seize ongoing professional development opportunities to elevate your career.