Sr. Data Product Manager

At Early Warning, we’ve powered and protected the U.S. financial system for over thirty years with cutting-edge solutions like Zelle®, Paze℠, and so much more. As a trusted name in payments, we partner with thousands of institutions to increase access to financial services and protect transactions for hundreds of millions of consumers and small businesses.

Positions located in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York follow a hybrid work model to allow for a more collaborative working environment.

Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States, for any employer, at the date of hire. This position is ineligible for employment Visa sponsorship.

Overall Purpose 

The Sr. Data Product Manager is a key role within the Chief Data Office (CDO) Organization charged with transforming Early Warning’s data management and data contribution capabilities. This role will dive deeply into customer pain points, technology and security constraints, and market trends to develop a vision and requirements to scale second- and third-party data focusing on quality, usability, and risk management. They will translate stakeholder (internal/external) needs into technical data, reporting and analytics requirements, and partner across technology teams to facilitate the development of data products and capabilities.

Essential Functions

• Articulates vision, roadmap and technical requirements for data management capabilities, processes and tools to enable prioritized use cases across the enterprise.    

• Develops and maintains the roadmap for a key pillar of the CDO Organization data roadmap; scopes and prioritizes activities based on business and user impact which defines product enhancements for both short-term and long-term.    

• Gains a deep understanding of end-user needs and experience, identifies and fills product gaps and generates new ideas that grow adoption and improve user experience.   

• Collaborates with the engineering teams to design, develop, and launch scalable data products, including reporting tools, dashboards, and predictive analytics solutions, ensuring that they meet high standards of performance, usability, and accuracy.

• Champions a data-first approach to decision-making, defining KPIs, analytics requirements, and ensuring the availability of robust data products that drive insights into product performance, user behavior, engagement, and operational performance.

• Supports the company’s commitment to risk management and protect the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data. Oversees the integration of strong data governance, risk and security controls.     

Minimum Qualifications   

• Education and/or experience typically obtained through completion of a bachelor’s degree in STEM or related field.

• 9+ years' experience or related experience in product management, data management, or consulting with a proven record of high performance, preferably with experience building data and analytics products.   

• 5+ years' experience with direct responsibility working with data or data teams (data engineers, data scientists, software developers, etc.), business stakeholders and end-users.   

• Deep understanding of best practices and unique data modeling and data architecture requirements for working with big data.  

• Strong business intuition and the technical ability to understand, design, and explain complex product and data strategies to both business and technical audiences.  

• Proficiency with software development methodologies such as Agile and experience working with Scrum teams and working with Agile tools such as Jira.   

• Strong project and stakeholder management with the ability to work effectively with cross functional teams with diverse skill sets across all levels of the organization.