Data Product Manager Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Data Product Manager to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Develop presentations to summarize and communicate key messages to senior management sponsors and colleagues;
- Coordinates across several stakeholder and departments to define and align on the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) where applicable;
- Partners with architecture teams to analyze the cost and impact of solving these market problems through detailed solutions analysis discussions;
- Passionate about continuous learning and professional development;
- 5-8 years of proven experience as a product manager, data analyst, business analyst, or similar role;
- Establish and analyze metrics and user feedback to continuously improve the product;
- Able to translate ambiguous business problems into a structured, conceptual framework;
- Collaborate with functional leads in Data Engineering, Data Science, and Architecture to build best-in-class research products and services;
- Meet with customers and users to understand how they are consuming our data and how the data can be improved to meet their needs;
- Monitors & reports progress against goals monthly and serves as a guardian of the strategic project through to delivery;
- Create and manage effective Go to Market strategies to ensure successful adoption of new product offerings;
- Effective communication and presentation skills. Can work both independently and collaboratively;
- Take a collaborative approach to problem solving, engage a diverse stakeholder group to work through product ideation to deployment;
- Accurately use key data and metrics to support assumptions, recommendations, and drive actions;
- Defining data use cases and requirements gathering from both internal and external constituents to support both corporate and data roadmap KPI’s.
Requirements:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
- You are great at presenting and sharing ideas and collaborating cross-functionally with people at all levels of the organization;
- You have strong data and analysis skills;
- Proven experience independently developing and implementing recommended approaches to complex / ambiguous problems while making thoughtful trade-offs;
- 10+ years of relevant experience providing data-powered products, platforms, or services;
- Organizational and management skills demonstrating the ability to work collaboratively and effectively in a cross-functional organization;
- Demonstrated willingness to be flexible and adaptable to changing priorities with the ability to motivate others to lead cross-functional teams;
- Strong SQL, Excel, and quantitative skills as well as experience with big data and/or complex data sets;
- Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills;
- 3-5 years in a product management role with a portfolio of successful, large scale data integration and management initiatives;
- Familiar and fluent in SQL and/or other advanced query languages and data extraction tools;
- Bachelor’s degree (preferably in Engineering or Information Management) or related discipline;
- Solid track record of technical acumen, being able to quickly understand technical details of a product or platform;
- Strong communication and leadership skills; highly adept at managing stakeholder expectations and balancing competing urgent priorities;
- Analytical mindset with the ability to structure and process qualitative data and draw insightful conclusions.