Director, Product

Overview

Cadent ignites seamless connections between brands, publishers & consumers. Our predictive AI orchestrates outcomes on any platform customers are on, across any media they consume & at any stage of the journey. To learn more, please visit Cadent.com.

Cadent is looking for a highly technical and detail-oriented Product Director to lead the execution of the data foundation supporting our reporting, analytics, measurement, and business intelligence capabilities.

Working closely with Reporting & Measurement Product Leadership, this role will translate the broader product vision and roadmap into strategic deliverables, detailed requirements, implementation plans, and scalable technical solutions. The Director will serve as the primary subject-matter expert for the data products, models, pipelines, APIs, and shared services that power reporting experiences across Cadent.

The ideal candidate combines deep technical knowledge, strong product execution skills, sound judgment, and exceptional attention to detail. This person will work across Product, Data Engineering, Software Engineering, Enterprise Systems & Operations, Analytics, and business teams to bring structure to complex initiatives, evaluate requests for enterprise data, identify dependencies, and ensure solutions align with Cadent’s broader data and reporting standards.

Responsibilities

• Execute the Reporting & Measurement roadmap and strategic priorities established by Product Leadership.
• Translate product vision and business priorities into detailed requirements, implementation plans, delivery milestones, and technical workstreams.
• Serve as the subject-matter expert for the data foundation supporting reporting, measurement, analytics, and business intelligence products.
• Develop a deep understanding of Cadent’s data ecosystem, including source systems, data models, pipelines, APIs, dependencies, business logic, and downstream reporting use cases.
• Own the day-to-day product execution for reporting data products, shared services, and platform capabilities.
• Work across Data Engineering, Software Engineering, Enterprise Systems & Operations, Analytics, and Product teams to coordinate delivery and resolve complex technical dependencies.
• Evaluate requests to add new data, metrics, dimensions, integrations, and capabilities to the enterprise data ecosystem.
• Ensure requests are clearly defined and evaluated against business value, data readiness, technical feasibility, scalability, and existing enterprise standards.
• Serve as a voice of reason across competing teams and priorities, helping distinguish enterprise needs from one-time or narrowly focused requests.
• Guide teams toward scalable and reusable solutions while identifying potential downstream impacts, risks, and gaps.
• Drive the standardization of reporting datasets, schemas, metrics, dimensions, identifiers, and business logic.
• Define detailed requirements for data pipelines, APIs, analytical datasets, semantic layers, access controls, publishing processes, and partner integrations.
• Establish clear data contracts, source-of-truth expectations, ownership, and acceptance criteria across upstream and downstream systems.
• Ensure data solutions meet expectations for quality, accuracy, completeness, freshness, security, scalability, observability, and performance.
• Write detailed Product Requirements Documents that clearly communicate business use cases, data requirements, transformation logic, workflows, dependencies, business rules, and success measures.
• Partner with Engineering, Enterprise Systems & Operations, and Technical Leads to develop implementation plans, sequence work, and manage team-level priorities.
• Track execution across multiple technical teams and communicate progress, risks, decisions, dependencies, and delivery timelines to Reporting & Measurement Product Leadership and key stakeholders.
• Lead the product evaluation of production data and reporting issues and coordinate teams through resolution.
• Identify recurring issues and recommend long-term improvements to strengthen the reliability and scalability of the reporting data foundation.
• Partner closely with product owners responsible for reporting experiences and business intelligence tools to ensure their solutions are supported by trusted and performant data.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Product Management, Data Product Management, technical platform delivery, or a related role.
• Demonstrated experience executing complex data, reporting, analytics, or platform roadmaps.
• Deep understanding of data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes, APIs, analytical datasets, data models, reporting schemas, and semantic layers.
• Experience working closely with Data Engineering, Software Engineering, Enterprise Systems & Operations, Analytics, and Product teams.
• Proven ability to translate strategic direction into detailed requirements and executable technical plans.
• Experience managing multiple interconnected initiatives, technical dependencies, and cross-functional delivery teams.
• Strong understanding of enterprise data standards, data contracts, source-of-truth frameworks, and shared-service models.
• Experience evaluating requests for new enterprise data and determining the appropriate scalable implementation approach.
• Strong understanding of data quality, lineage, observability, security, permissions, scalability, and performance requirements.
• Experience supporting data-platform modernization, system integration, schema standardization, or reporting infrastructure initiatives.
• Experience working with business intelligence, analytics, or self-service reporting platforms.
• Working knowledge of SQL and the ability to review and validate reporting logic, data mappings, joins, and transformations is strongly preferred.
• Experience with cloud-based data platforms is preferred.
• Experience in digital advertising, media, measurement, analytics, or marketing technology is preferred.
• Exceptional attention to detail and the ability to identify gaps, inconsistencies, technical risks, and downstream impacts.
• Strong judgment and the confidence to challenge assumptions, ask detailed questions, and guide teams toward the appropriate enterprise solution.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex technical topics to both business and technical audiences.
• Ability to lead through influence and bring clarity, accountability, and structure to multiple fast-moving teams.
• Bachelor’s degree

Eligibility:

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship now or in the future.

Health & Wellbeing

• Inclusive health, dental, and vision plans built to support diverse lifestyles
• Enhanced support for reproductive health, family planning, and new parents
• Employer contribution to HSA
• Voluntary Benefits: Pet Insurance, LegalEase Legal Assistance, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, and Accident coverages
• Generous and inclusive paid parental leave
• Mental health support and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Free access to the Calm App
• Monthly Wellness reimbursement
• Special discounts through LifeMart and Plum Benefits
• Flexible Time Off (FTO) policy and company breaks
• 11 observed Federal holidays
• Summer Fridays between Memorial Day and Labor Day

Inclusion & Belonging

• Employee Resource Groups that foster connection and community
• DEI programming and initiatives
• Company-sponsored events to bring employees together
• Offices across the U.S., including Manhattan, Philadelphia, and San Jose

Financial & Security

• 401(k) participation with discretionary employer match
• Life, Short-term, and Long-term Disability coverage
• Cell phone and WiFi stipend
• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• Access to certified financial coaches and planning tools

Values

• Passionate. We are inspired partners.
• Purposeful. We create with intention.
• Curious. We discover what’s possible.

The salary range for this role takes into account a wide range of factors considered in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications as well as other business and organizational needs.

Cadent is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to supporting all it’s employees when it comes to Inclusion & Diversity. Cadent’s policy is to provide equal opportunity for applicants & employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual identity or orientation, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability or medical condition (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), sexual and reproductive health decisions, genetic information, marital status (including domestic partnerships and civil unions), pregnancy, culture ancestry, familial or caregiver status, military status, veteran status, socioeconomic status, unemployment status, status as a victim of domestic violence or any other basis prohibited by law. and will not discriminate against the basis of disability. This commitment is honored when it comes to decisions on hiring, recruiting, training, promotions, compensations, benefits, transfers and terminations.

Cadent is seeking to actively engage with our employees from a wide variety of cultures and to connect with our clients differently. Our workforce has generational diversity that supports greater innovation when we maximize representation of all diversity. Our active employee resource groups promote engagement across all groups of individuals that are represented within the company and externally.

Pay Range

USD $150,000.00 - USD $190,000.00 /Yr.