Data Product Manager

VP, Data Product Manager

Axos Bank is seeking a VP, Data Product Manager, to shape the next generation of our enterprise data platform. You'll combine product thinking, data engineering fluency, and AI-driven delivery insights to help the team move faster, deliver smarter, and scale seamlessly. This role bridges strategy and execution owning the roadmap, backlog, and outcomes that enable analytics, AI, and business innovation across the organization. This role will report onsite to any of our posted locations. Remote or Hybrid is not available.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own and manage the data engineering backlogprioritize stories, define acceptance criteria, and ensure delivery of pipelines and platform capabilities that accelerate data availability and quality.
• Partner with Business Units, Analytics, and Tech Leadership to ensure data products are trusted, timely, and aligned with business priorities.
• Collaborate with Data Engineers, Tech Leads, and Architects to translate technical vision into actionable deliverables for ingestion, transformation, orchestration, and serving layers.
• Advocate for governed, scalable, and AI-ready datapartnering with Collibra and platform teams to ensure compliance and discoverability.
• Champion AI-assisted development and automation (e.g., dbt auto-tests, Databricks notebooks, CI/CD intelligence, metadata lineage) to improve team velocity and reduce manual workload.
• Leverage AI/ML-based monitoring and observability tools to enhance data reliability, anomaly detection, and operational performance.
• Drive the Data Platform roadmap, aligning across engineering, analytics, and business stakeholders with clear transparency and measurable impact.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, using metrics and retrospectives to increase throughput, quality, and predictability of delivery.
• Represent the engineering voice in cross-functional planning and communicate technical dependencies, risks, and opportunities clearly.
• Mentor junior Scrum Masters and influence agile practices to enhance team productivity and engagement.

What Success Looks Like:

• A transparent and trusted roadmap for the data platform.
• Consistent, high-quality, and governed data delivery.
• Improved team velocity and reduced cycle time through automation and AI augmentation.
• Strong relationships and alignment across business, analytics, and engineering.
• A scalable, AI-enabled platform foundation supporting future data products and innovation.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Product Ownership, or Technical Program Management roles within modern data environments.
• Hands-on familiarity with Databricks, dbt, Fivetran, Kafka, Census, Azure Data Services, SSIS, Tableau, and Collibra.
• Experience leveraging AI-assisted tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, ADO, Databricks Assistant, or similar) to boost productivity and code quality.
• Strong grasp of data architecture, pipelines, orchestration, and governance frameworks.
• Proven ability to manage backlogs, define roadmaps, and drive delivery through Agile methodologies.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across technical and non-technical audiences.

Preferred:

• Experience working in financial services or regulated data ecosystems.
• Exposure to Lakehouse architectures, metadata-driven automation, and AI Ops for data platforms.
• Certifications such as CSPO, SAFe POPM, or Cloud certifications are advantageous.

Axos Employee Benefits May Include:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
• Paid Sick Leave, 3 weeks' Vacation, and Holidays (about 11 a year)
• HSA or FSA account and other voluntary benefits
• 401(k) Retirement Saving Plan with Employer Match Program and 529 Savings Plan
• Employee Mortgage Loan Program and free access to an Axos Bank Account with Self-Directed Trading

About Axos

Born digital-first, Axos delivers financial tools and services that allow individuals, small businesses, and companies to access and manage their money how, when, and where they want. We're a diverse team of dynamic, insightful, and independent innovators who are excited to provide technology-driven solutions that offer unbeatable value to our customers.

Axos Financial is our holding company and is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "AX" (NYSE: AX).