Data Product Manager

Hollstadt & Associates; Minnesota; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Hollstadt Consulting is seeking a Data Product Manager for a 1-year contract. The role is remote or hybrid at the offices in St. Paul MN, with the resource available during 7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Central Time, Monday through Friday.

Pay rate is $85/hour W2. Desired qualifications include 4–7 years of data management/analytics, strong leadership, governance, and collaboration with data teams. The position emphasizes building scalable data platforms and delivering actionable insights.

Qualifications

• 4–7 years of experience in data management, analytics, data engineering, or related fields.
• Demonstrated product leadership and ability to work in ambiguity.
• Strong understanding of data systems: pipelines, warehousing, modeling, metadata, governance.
• Proficiency collaborating with data architecture, data engineering and data science teams.
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into business-friendly language.
• Strong communication, prioritization, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with analytics tools (dbt, Looker, Tableau, Power BI, Google Analytics).
• Understanding of large organizational data sharing constraints and data sharing agreements.
• Experience with SQL, data lakes, data and data pipelines / ETL.
• Significant experience with Databricks.
• Familiarity with Java and Python.
• Background in building internal platforms or developer facing products.
• Experience in implementing modern data architectures at an organization.
• Experience in a highly regulated industry performing statistical analysis and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Define the vision and roadmap for data products and align with enterprise architecture.
• Lead end-to-end lifecycle of data products with engineers and data scientists.
• Translate business needs into data transformations and governance standards.
• Serve as the primary liaison between technical teams and business partners.
• Define success metrics and design dashboards, KPIs, and reporting.
• Uphold governance, privacy, and ethical data use with regulatory compliance.

Skills

Data management

Data analytics

Product leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Ambiguity handling

Data governance

SQL

Databricks

Java

Python

Tools

dbt

Looker

Tableau

Power BI

Google Analytics

Databricks

SQL

Java

Python

Job description

Hollstadt Consulting is a management and technology consulting firm dedicated to placing professionals at engagements where they will excel. When you work with us, you'll work with a refreshingly real company led and staffed by seasoned experts who are also down-to-earth, good people. We're committed to treating you with respect and helping you achieve your career aspirations.

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Since 1990, Hollstadt has been a trusted partner to more than 150 domestic and global companies and has successfully completed over 3,000 projects. Our continued growth has created challenging and rewarding opportunities for accomplished IT and Business Consultants. Hollstadt Consulting is an equal opportunity employer including disability/veteran.

Job Description

Role: Data Product Manager

Contract: 1 year

Location: The work is expected to be done remotely or hybrid at the offices in St. Paul MN. The resource must be available for work during regular business hours of 7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Central Time, Monday through Friday.

Pay Rate: $85/hour W2

Desired Qualifications

• Desired 4–7 years of experience in Data management, data analytics, data engineering, or related fields.
• Demonstrated Product leadership skills and ability to work in ambiguity.
• Strong understanding of data systems: pipelines, warehousing, modeling, metadata, governance.
• Proficiency collaborating with data Architecture, data engineering and data science teams.
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into business-friendly language.
• Strong communication, prioritization, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with analytics tools (dbt, Looker, Tableau, Power BI, Google Analytics).
• Understanding of large organizational data sharing constraints and data sharing agreements.
• Experience with SQL, data lakes, data and data pipelines / ETL.
• Significant experience with Databricks.
• Familiarity with Java and Python.
• Background in building internal platforms or developer facing products.
• Experience in implementing modern data architectures at an organization.
• Experience in a highly regulated industry performing statistical analysis and reporting.

Sample Tasks

Product Strategy & Vision

• oDefine the vision and roadmap for data products (e.g., data platforms, analytics tools, ML infrastructure).
• oIdentify high value opportunities by investigating the data landscape, pain points, and business needs.
• oAlign data product strategy with organizational priorities and long-term data architecture, in partnership with the Enterprise Architecture team and various interested parties.
• oConnect data capabilities to business outcomes and organize efforts to achieve the business outcomes.
• oAlign engineering, analytics, and business teams. Uses metrics to guide prioritization and product evolution.

Data Product Development

• oLead the end-to-end lifecycle of data products: requirements, design, development, testing, launch, and iteration.
• oPartner with data engineers and data scientists to build scalable pipelines, models, and data services. Ensure data quality, governance, lineage, and documentation standards are met.
• oTranslate business logic into data transformations, metadata, and domain specific rules.Skilled in or adept at data architecture, modeling, and pipelines.
• oEnsures data products are reliable, governed, and scalable.

Interested Parties Management

• oServe as the primary liaison between technical teams and business partners across the organization.
• oCommunicate product value, roadmap, and use cases to leadership and cross-functional teams.
• oPrioritize incoming requests and balance competing needs across teams.

Analytics, Insights & Measurement

• oDefine success metrics and measure product performance and adoption.
• oEnsure data products deliver actionable insights and support decision making.
• oPartner with analytics teams to design dashboards, KPIs, and reporting frameworks.

Governance, Compliance & Ethical Data Use

• oUphold data governance, privacy, and ethical AI standards.
• oEnsure compliance with regulatory and organizational data policies.
• oAdvocate for responsible data use across the human services space served by and supported through the company

Provide knowledge transfer

Hollstadt offers medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, paid sick leave, and retirement benefits to eligible employees. With three different medical plans to choose from, you can enroll in the coverage you need from individual to family, or anywhere in between!

Remarketing Process

Hollstadt is based on retention and relationships. We get to know your strengths and career wishes throughout your assignment and then start remarket discussions 6-8 weeks prior to your end date. By being proactive, we are able to keep your down time between assignments as short as possible, unless you choose otherwise.

Professional Development

Hollstadt offers on-demand training through our consultant portal. Trainings give our consultants the continuing education they need to excel on their projects. Many of our courses apply towards continuing education credits and we have an entire training hub dedicated to upskilling in Artificial Intelligence (AI).

401k + Matching

One popular benefit is our 401(k) match on the first 4% of your contributions. Hollstadt wants to help you reach your long-term financial goals and understands that planning for your future is critical. Consultants also have access to support from a Financial Advisor.

We appreciate and reward loyalty

We appreciate and reward loyalty. Join Hollstadt, stay for 5 years, and we’ll give you a $5,000 Longevity Award bonus! Additionally, we know great talent knows other great talent. If you are on contract with Hollstadt and refer one of your connections who gets placed, we’ll pay you $1,000!

Ongoing Support & Networking

We have made a significant investment in building a support program for our consultant team - so you never have to feel like you are going it alone. We also have a Consultant Coach program which acts like a 'work buddy' to provide a safe ear for questions or concerns at your client site.