Lead Product Manager, Data Platform

Lead Product Manager – Data Platform Lead Product Manager based in the United States, owning the strategy, roadmap, and delivery of the data platform powering Alkami’s broader product strategy. This senior individual contributor role spans multiple engineering groups and product surfaces, guiding a multi‑year vision for a unified data layer and intelligence layer. Key Responsibilities Platform Strategy – Roadmap Own and evolve a multi‑year roadmap spanning data ingestion, data modeling, and intelligence capabilities built on top of them. Translate Alkami’s broader product strategy into a coherent platform strategy, ensuring the data layer is a true force multiplier for downstream product teams and client outcomes. Define and champion the product vision for the unified data layer and the intelligence layer that sits on top of it, including how native, client, and third‑party data sets are surfaced through a single, consistent experience. Drive a strong point of view on data governance, quality, lineage, definitions, and standards across both ingestion and modeling domains. Define and monitor key business and platform metrics that measure success, and use those insights to continuously optimize delivery and value. Data Ingestion, Modeling & Intelligence Partner with the data ingestion engineering team to deliver scalable, cloud‑native pipelines that onboard new data sources reliably, securely, and cost‑effectively. Partner with the data cleansing, modeling and insights engineering team to deliver curated, high‑trust analytic models that power internal analytics and external client experiences. Shape the intelligence layer roadmap in close partnership with Data Science, advancing Alkami’s machine learning capabilities from point solutions toward a coherent, reusable intelligence platform. Act as the voice of the customer—synthesizing input from financial institution clients, internal analysts, and product teams—to prioritize work that maximizes platform value. Own and manage backlogs for the teams you support, ensuring they are well‑organized, prioritized, and aligned with the roadmap. Cross‑Functional Product Leadership Lead product across two cross‑functional Scrum teams (engineers, designers, QA, data scientists), driving alignment without owning the org chart. Serve as the central product point of contact for Sales, Client Success, UX, Engineering, Data Science, and other Product teams that depend on the data platform. Partner with peer Product Managers to ensure the data platform meets the needs of the products built on top of it and the strategic bets the company is making. Lead the Agile ceremonies relevant to your teams—sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, retrospectives—and help shape how product and engineering operate together at the platform layer. Collaborate with engineering leadership to define scope, sequencing, dependencies, and resourcing across both teams. Mentor and uplevel other product managers and adjacent roles through example, coaching, and clear product craft. Qualifications Education & Experience Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field; advanced degree a plus. 10+ years of product management experience, with meaningful time spent on data platforms, analytics products, or developer/internal platforms. Demonstrated experience operating at a lead or principal level: setting direction across multiple teams, influencing senior stakeholders, and owning outcomes at a platform or portfolio scope. Prior experience in fintech, digital banking, SaaS, or another regulated, data‑intensive domain strongly preferred. Must be based in and authorized to work in the United States; this is a U.S.-based, remote‑first role. Technical & Domain Expertise Strong fluency in cloud‑native data architectures: data lakes, data warehouses, lakehouse patterns, streaming and batch pipelines, and modern modeling approaches. Hands‑on familiarity with AWS data services and the broader modern data stack. Experience productizing client‑facing data and analytics capabilities, including exposing curated and client‑owned data sets through unified, analyst‑friendly experiences. Solid understanding of machine learning productization—how models move from experimentation to production, and building a durable intelligence layer on top of a data platform. Experience launching and scaling platform or data products, ideally with a 0‑1 offering moved to general availability. Deep knowledge of Agile methodologies, including Scrum, and experience leading multiple Agile teams in parallel; comfortable with tools such as Jira and Confluence. Strong grasp of security, privacy, compliance, and performance considerations relevant to financial data. Analytical Mindset & Communication Data‑driven decision making, prioritization, and measurement at the platform level. Exceptional communication and presentation skills, conveying complex technical concepts to technical and non‑technical audiences, including executives and clients. Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with a structured, first‑principles approach to ambiguous problems. Proven ability to influence without authority, build trust across organizations, and rally cross‑functional teams around a shared platform vision. Why This Role This foundational role shapes Alkami’s data platform, which will underpin a significant portion of Alkami's product strategy for years to come. By leading product at the platform level, you will influence many teams, products, and clients. Salary $164,000–$205,000 Benefits Remote‑first environment, unlimited paid time off, 401(k) with employer match, and other benefits. Pay Transparency As of January1,2023, new states and locales have enacted pay equity laws that require more pay transparency by employers in the following states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland, Nevada, NewJersey, NewYork, Ohio, Rhode Island and Washington. Work Authorization We cannot offer employment sponsorship at this time. Candidates must be eligible to work in the U.S. for full‑time employment. Recruiting We are not looking for outside recruiting firms to help us in this search. Equal Employment Opportunity Alkami Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: Alkami is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Alkami are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Alkami will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. 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