Big Data Innovation Product Manager

Remote; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work with office visits

Competitive salary and annual bonus

Paid vacation and sick leave

Flexible working hours

Medical and life insurance

Professional development

Collaborative environment

Job summary

Ukraine's leading telecom operator is seeking a Big Data Innovation Product Manager to lead one of our Innovation Teams, discovering and validating next-gen Big Data products.

You will identify market opportunities, conduct CusDev and interviews, and transform ideas into scalable concepts, collaborating across Data Science, Engineering, UX and Analytics while supporting a remote-first culture with occasional office visits.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in Product Management, Product Discovery or related roles.
• Experience with Big Data, AI/ML, AdTech/MarTech or data products.
• Experience with B2B products.
• Strong Lean Startup, Design Thinking and discovery method knowledge.
• Hands-on customer interviews, validating hypotheses and experiments.
• Experience launching prototypes, MVPs or digital products.
• Strong analytical mindset for customer insights and metrics.
• Knowledge of experimentation frameworks and A/B testing.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• Strong business acumen and customer-centric thinking.
• Upper-Intermediate English or higher.
• Familiarity with SQL, analytics tools or product analytics platforms is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead product discovery to identify new market opportunities and customer problems.
• Conduct CusDev, user interviews and market research to validate needs.
• Build and prioritize a hypothesis backlog aligned with growth objectives.
• Define experimentation plans and success metrics for hypotheses.
• Design, launch and evaluate prototypes and MVPs to validate feasibility and potential.
• Analyze feedback, usage and metrics to guide decisions.
• Collaborate with Data Science, Engineering, UX, Analytics and Business teams.
• Prepare validated concepts, business cases and product docs for handover.
• Monitor industry trends and competitors to identify opportunities.
• Foster a culture of experimentation and rapid learning within the team.

Skills

Product management

Customer discovery

Hypothesis testing

Cross-functional leadership

Analytical mindset

English (upper-intermediate)

Tools

SQL

Product analytics platforms

Analytics tools

Job description

As a Big Data Innovation Product Manager, you will lead one of our Innovation Teams responsible for discovering and validating the next generation of Big Data products and features. Your mission is to identify new market opportunities, deeply understand customer problems, validate business hypotheses through customer discovery, prototypes and MVPs, and transform promising ideas into scalable product concepts. You will work at the intersection of customer needs, technology, AI and data, collaborating with cross-functional teams to build the future Big Data product portfolio.

Responsibilities:

• Lead product discovery activities to identify new market opportunities and customer problems.

• Conduct Customer Discovery (CusDev), user interviews and market research to validate customer needs and business opportunities.

• Build and prioritize a hypothesis backlog aligned with company strategy and growth objectives.

• Define experimentation plans and success metrics for product hypotheses.

• Design, launch and evaluate prototypes and MVPs to validate product feasibility, desirability and commercial potential.

• Analyze customer feedback, product usage and business metrics to make evidence-based product decisions.

• Work closely with Data Science, Engineering, UX, Analytics and Business teams throughout the innovation process.

• Prepare validated concepts, business cases and product documentation for handover to Core Product Teams.

• Monitor industry trends, emerging technologies and competitors to identify future innovation opportunities.

• Foster a culture of experimentation, rapid learning and continuous innovation within the whole Big Data team.

Requirements:

• 2+ years of experience in Product Management, Product Discovery, Innovation Management or a related role.

• Experience with Big Data, AI/ML, AdTech, MarTech or Data Products.

• Experience working with B2B products.

• Strong understanding of Lean Startup, Design Thinking and product discovery methodologies.

• Hands‑on experience conducting customer interviews, validating hypotheses and running product experiments.

• Experience launching prototypes, MVPs or new digital products.

• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to interpret customer insights and product metrics.

• Knowledge of experimentation frameworks, A/B testing and data-driven decision making.

• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

• Ability to influence cross‑functional teams without direct authority.

• Strong business acumen and customer‑centric thinking.

• Upper‑Intermediate English or higher.

• Familiarity with SQL, analytics tools or product analytics platforms Would be a plus.

We offer

• A unique opportunity to shape the future of Big Data products at Ukraine's leading telecom operator

• Work on high-impact initiatives that create value across multiple business functions

• Collaboration with experienced business, data and technology professionals

• Remote work with the possibility to visit the office

• Competitive salary and annual bonus

• Paid vacation and sick leave

• Flexible working hours

• Medical and life insurance

• Professional development and career growth opportunities

• A friendly, collaborative and innovation-driven working environment