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Senior Product Manager (Metadata Catalog)

Truist
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 4 Aug 2026

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Regular or Temporary:

Regular

Language Fluency:  English (Required)

Work Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Please review the following job description:

This role serves as the strategic product leader for the organization's data catalog and metadata management capabilities, with a primary focus on the Alation platform.

The Senior Product Manager will act as the central point of coordination for data governance tooling, metadata management initiatives, and vendor engagement, ensuring alignment between business stakeholders, technology teams, the metadata management team, and external partners.

This individual will own the product strategy, roadmap, and operational relationship with Alation, driving platform adoption, integration of governance capabilities, enhancement opportunities, and long-term value realization across the enterprise data ecosystem.

The ideal candidate will bring experience in data governance, metadata management, data catalog technologies, vendor management, and technical product management.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Following is a summary of the essential functions for this job.  Other duties may be performed, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below.  Specific activities may change from time to time.  

  • Serve as the product lead for the enterprise data catalog platform (Alation), defining and executing the strategic roadmap aligned to data governance and enterprise data management objectives.

  • Act as the primary point of contact for the Alation vendor relationship, managing all aspects of vendor engagement including product enhancements, issue resolution, roadmap discussions, quarterly business reviews, contract-related coordination, and strategic partnership activities.

  • Partner closely with the Metadata Management team and Data Governance stakeholders to prioritize initiatives, communicate decisions, and align platform capabilities with enterprise governance objectives.

  • Lead evaluation, design, and implementation of new processes and capabilities that improve metadata management, data catalog adoption, governance workflows, and overall user experience.

  • Drive integration strategy and prioritization across data governance tools, ensuring effective connectivity and information flow into the enterprise data catalog ecosystem.

  • Serve as the central coordination point for cross-functional communications related to the data catalog platform, consolidating business, technology, vendor, and governance discussions into a unified product strategy.

  • Collaborate with Product Owners, engineers, architects, and governance teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions and platform enhancements.

  • Support product ownership activities including backlog refinement, feature definition, prioritization, user story development, testing coordination, and release planning.

  • Analyze platform utilization, governance metrics, metadata quality indicators, and stakeholder feedback to inform product decisions and roadmap investments.

  • Provide thought leadership on industry trends, emerging data governance capabilities, metadata management practices, and data catalog technologies.

Required Qualifications:
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • Bachelors’ degree in business, engineering, design, or technology field; or related field or equivalent combination of education and professional experience

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