Data Product Engineer: Lead Data Product Strategy

Dynata; Westport (CT); On-site; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Dynata is seeking a Data Product Engineer to own the lifecycle of data products built on a lakehouse platform. You will bridge business needs and technical delivery, defining requirements, ensuring quality, and driving adoption of data‑as‑a‑product practices.

You will work with data engineers to deliver well‑documented data products, track KPIs, and maintain metadata catalogs, ensuring policy adherence with governance teams. This role requires strong SQL, BI, and stakeholder communication skills.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in product management, data management, or analytics.
• 3+ years managing data products in a modern data lakehouse or data warehouse environment.
• Strong understanding of data modeling, data lineage, and metadata management.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies and product lifecycle tools (Jira, Confluence).
• Familiarity with BI tools (Tableau, Power BI, Looker) and SQL proficiency.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the data product roadmap aligned to business priorities and OKRs.
• Work with business stakeholders to identify, capture, and prioritize data product requirements.
• Develop data product specifications, including schemas, SLAs, access controls, and documentation.
• Collaborate with data engineers to ensure timely and quality delivery of data products.
• Establish and track KPIs for data product usage, quality, and business value delivered.
• Manage the data product catalog and metadata to enable discoverability and self‑service.
• Lead data product sprint planning, backlog grooming, capacity management, and release management.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for data consumers across business domains.
• Drive adoption of the data product framework and advocate for data‑as‑a‑product culture.
• Coordinate with governance, infosec, and compliance teams to ensure product-level policies are enforced.

Skills

Product management

Data management

Analytics

Data products

Agile/Scrum

Stakeholder management

SQL

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Tableau

Power BI

Looker

DataHub

Apache Atlas

Alation

Job description

Dynata is seeking a Data Product Engineer to own the lifecycle of data products built on a lakehouse platform. You will bridge business needs and technical delivery, defining requirements, ensuring quality, and driving adoption of data‑as‑a‑product practices.

You will work with data engineers to deliver well‑documented data products, track KPIs, and maintain metadata catalogs, ensuring policy adherence with governance teams. This role requires strong SQL, BI, and stakeholder communication skills.