Data Product Lead

firstPRO US

Arlington, VA

Job Description

Data Product Lead

Industry: Financial Services / Lending

Focus: Data Product Management, Analytics, Data Governance

About the Role

Our client is seeking an experienced Data Product Lead to support a large-scale data and AI modernization initiative. This role focuses on managing data products from initial business requirements through development, launch, adoption, and ongoing performance.

The ideal candidate will have strong financial services or lending experience and act as the bridge between business stakeholders, data engineering, and governance teams.

Key Responsibilities

Own the full data product lifecycle from concept through launch, adoption, and retirement.
Gather business requirements and translate them into clear product specifications.
Define product roadmaps, priorities, KPIs, and success metrics.
Partner with engineering teams to deliver scalable data and analytics solutions.
Manage stakeholder relationships across business, technical, and executive teams.
Monitor product adoption, usage, quality, and business impact.
Coordinate with U.S. and offshore teams in an Agile environment.
Support data governance, quality standards, and legacy reporting modernization.

Required Qualifications

5+ years of data product management, product ownership, or analytics experience.
3+ years of financial services or lending experience , including credit, underwriting, payments, or portfolio analytics.
Strong experience gathering requirements, developing PRDs, and managing product roadmaps.
Proven ability to define business KPIs, measure ROI, and drive product adoption.
Understanding of modern data platforms, including Snowflake, dbt, AWS, and BI tools.
Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and organizational skills.
Experience working with Agile/Scrum and distributed teams.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in commercial lending, consumer credit, or merchant financing.
Familiarity with data governance, semantic layers, and data contracts.
Consulting or client-facing analytics experience.
Product management certifications (CSPO, PSPO, SAFe).
Exposure to AI/GenAI and SQL.

Ideal Candidate: A business-focused Data Product Manager with strong lending or financial services expertise who can translate business needs into successful data products. This is a product ownership role, not a hands-on engineering position.

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