Associate Director / Data Product

National University of Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent educational institution in Singapore seeks an Associate Director/Senior Manager (Data Product) to manage the lifecycle of data products. The role includes driving partnerships with stakeholders and overseeing product strategy. The ideal candidate should have a degree in IT or Business Analytics, at least 12 years in IT, including 5 in product management, with strong experience in data governance and analytics. This position offers an opportunity to influence data product delivery in a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Employee referral bonus

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 years in IT, with 5 years in product management using agile framework.
• Proven experience managing data product lifecycle, data lakes, and/or data warehouses.
• Strong business process and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Drive stakeholder partnerships to shape data product strategy and requirements.
• Manage data product lifecycle from ideation to discontinuation.
• Ensure successful delivery of high-quality data platforms.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Data product lifecycle management

Business analysis

Project management

Data governance

Technical coordination

Agile methodology

Education

Degree in Information Technology or Business Analytics

Certification in PMP or CITPM

Tools

Data analytics technologies

Job description

Job Title: Associate Director/Senior Manager (Data Product) Posting Start Date: 26/05/2025

Job Description

The Data Product Team in NUS IT serves as the focal point between the business and technical teams. The team oversees, drives, and manages the development of data products such as data lakehouse, operational data store, MDM hub, data marketplace, and their underlying technologies, with plans for additional future data products.

As a Data Product Manager, you will be responsible for building partnerships and working closely with stakeholders to define the data product strategy and roadmap, ensuring the right prioritization and delivery of product features that meet business needs. You will also be responsible for managing the development of data products throughout their lifecycle, including contract management with third-party vendors.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Drive strong partnership with stakeholders to shape the data product strategy, roadmaps, requirements, and solutions.
• Drive the data product lifecycle from ideation to discontinuation, ensuring high standards of quality and performance through rigorous testing and validation.
• Responsible for business analysis and project management, including requirement analysis, participation in solution design, planning, testing, and implementation.
• Responsible for data requirements (including necessary aggregations), data taxonomy, reference data standards, and data product features for the end users.
• Collaborate with data technical teams to ensure the successful delivery of high-quality data platforms and technologies that meet business needs.
• Collaborate with the data governance team to develop and implement strategies that enhance data quality, protection, transparency, and accessibility.
• Manage procurement, including framework agreements. This involves preparing and publishing tender specifications, evaluating, and recommending potential solutions and vendors, and overseeing contract management.
• Manage vendors to ensure the successful delivery of products and/or services in accordance with the contract.

Qualifications

• Degree in Information Technology, Business Analytics or equivalent.
• Certified in PMP, CITPM or equivalent.
• At least 12 years within IT industry, inclusive of 5 years’ experience in product management using agile framework.
• Proven experience in managing data product lifecycle, preferably data lakes, data warehouses, and/or data marketplace.
• Proven experience in managing business analysis, data requirements, and data product features for end users.
• Proven experience in collaborating with business teams to establish data taxonomy, data dictionaries, and standards.
• Proven experience in partnering with senior stakeholders and data scientist teams to build data products.
• Strong knowledge in data and analytics technologies, methodologies, and best practices.
• Strong technical background to coordinate with technical teams to solve complex requirements and issues.
• Strong business process and analytical skills with the ability to assimilate information thoroughly and quickly and communicate complex requirements and issues clearly and concisely.
• Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to interact and communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders from all levels.
• Must be a self-starter, proactive, creative, fast learner and able to work independently with minimum supervision.
• Must be a good team player, meticulous, highly organized and positive attitude.

More Information

• Location: Kent Ridge Campus
• Organization: NUS Information Technology
• Department: Applications - Applications Architecture & Technology
• Employee Referral Eligible: Yes
• Job requisition ID: 25869

Req ID: 25869

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