Data Platform Product Manager

Moody's Investors Service; United States; Remote; USD 134,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Data Platform Product Manager to lead a dynamic data engineering squad. This role focuses on driving effective delivery of new data sets while ensuring high-quality standards. The ideal candidate will collaborate with various teams, manage an agile scrum team, and leverage their technical expertise to solve complex customer problems. Join a forward-thinking company that values innovation and inclusivity, where your contributions will directly impact the business and customer satisfaction. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and have a passion for data, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Parental Leave

Paid Time Off

401(k) Plan

Life Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Discounted Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in technical product management for B2B products.
• Strong grasp of agile methodologies and processes.
• Experience in data platform or data warehousing space.

Responsibilities

• Manage an agile scrum team and facilitate communication across squads.
• Partner with teams to bring new data sets to market.
• Ensure data quality standards are met and maintained.

Skills

Technical Product Management

Data Engineering

Agile Methodologies

SQL

Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

MBA or Master’s Degree

Tools

Athena

Redshift

Snowflake

Databricks

Kafka

Job description

Location(s):

• 7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich Street, New York, New York, 10007, US
• Remote - United States, US

Line Of Business: Data Estate(DE)

Job Category:

• Product Development

Experience Level: Experienced Hire

At Moody's, we unite the brightest minds to turn today’s risks into tomorrow’s opportunities. We do this by striving to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome to be who they are—with the freedom to exchange ideas, think innovatively, and listen to each other and customers in meaningful ways.

If you are excited about this opportunity but do not meet every single requirement, please apply! You still may be a great fit for this role or other open roles. We are seeking candidates who model our values: invest in every relationship, lead with curiosity, champion diverse perspectives, turn inputs into actions, and uphold trust through integrity.

Role/Responsibilities

The Data Platform Product Manager will be responsible for a data engineering squad for one of Moody’s Analytics’ most critical data platforms. Our data platform has a bias towards rapid shipping and delivery of new data sets. The Data Platform Product Manager will drive towards effective delivery and help unblock team members and decisions efficiently. This position is part of the Data Product Management Team, a dynamic, analytical group that is curious about data but relentlessly focused on driving value for customers and the business.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with our Data Platform Product Owner, Data Governance, Quality Assurance, Data Engineering and internal Product Development teams to bring new data sets to market
• Collaborate with the data engineering team to understand complexity of various solutions and participate in decision making to choose the right implementation approach to solve customer problems
• Manage an agile scrum team and all associated ceremonies
• Facilitate alignment and communication across data and product development squads to monitor interdependencies and make sound decisions
• Responsible for managing a backlog of work for the data engineering team; creating user stories, bugs, and tasks to accomplish the roadmap initiatives
• Responsible for ensuring data is deployed successfully and coordinate effectively with the release management team within Operations, Data Quality and Data Governance
• Establish strong and collaborative relationships with data strategy partners to ensure effective and accurate delivery of new data sets and evolution of existing data
• Ensure that all data quality standards are met and that our best practices around high-quality data delivery are instantiated in our stories and priorities
• Gather appropriate stakeholder input to build, prune, and maintain the product backlog, consisting mostly of user stories, but also defects, production support tickets, refactors and infrastructure work, prioritized based on user value, time dependencies, risk reduction and effort
• Identify opportunities to automate tasks, leverage technology and streamline the delivery of data
• Identify and mitigate risk and ensure controls are in place throughout the data delivery lifecycle

Qualifications:

• Undergraduate/first-level degree (e.g., Bachelor’s) or graduate/second-level degree (e.g. MBA, Master’s)
• 5+ year(s) of experience in technical product management or data engineering for data intensive B2B products.
• You have a strong grasp of agile methodologies and processes
• Prior technical business analyst or technical product management level knowledge and experience in the data platform or data warehousing space (for example, Athena, Redshift, Snowflake, Databricks, Kafka)
• Experience monitoring and recommending quality assurance standards
• Experience and proficiency using SQL for troubleshooting and analysis
• A driver - focused on driving actions and change; Results oriented.
• Experience working in a matrixed environment and managing a development team supplemented by external consulting or vendor resources.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
• Superb analytical skills and persistence in problem solving.
• Demonstrated initiative, enthusiasm to learn, excel and be a part of a dynamic team.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• You continually improve the effectiveness of your peers and the organization through your ideas, actions, and influence. You enable the team through scalable processes

For US-based roles only: the anticipated hiring base salary range for this position is $134,400.00 - $194,850.00, depending on factors such as experience, education, level, skills, and location. This range is based on a full-time position. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for incentive compensation. Moody’s also offers a competitive benefits package, including not but limited to medical, dental, vision, parental leave, paid time off, a 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities, life, disability, and accident insurance, a discounted employee stock purchase plan, and tuition reimbursement.

Moody’s is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender, age, religion or creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital or familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Moody’s also provides reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities or based on a sincerely held religious belief in accordance with applicable laws. If you need to inquire about a reasonable accommodation, or need assistance with completing the application process, please email [e-mail]. This contact information is for accommodation requests only, and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications

For San Francisco positions, qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

This position may be considered a promotional opportunity, pursuant to the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act.

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Candidates for Moody's Corporation may be asked to disclose securities holdings pursuant to Moody’s Policy for Securities Trading and the requirements of the position. Employment is contingent upon compliance with the Policy, including remediation of positions in those holdings as necessary.