Data Product Manager

Cava Group; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Bonus and long-term incentives

Early Wage Access

Unlimited PTO

Parental leave

Health, Dental, Vision, Telemedicine,

Pet Insurance

401k enrollment

Company-paid STD, LTD, Life and AD&D

Free CAVA food

Casual work environment

Ground floor of a rapidly growingbrand

Job summary

CAVA is seeking a Product Manager to define, build, and optimize enterprise data products that drive operational excellence and measurable value. You will own the product lifecycle from creation to ongoing optimization, partnering across business, technology, and user experience teams.

The role sits at the intersection of strategy, tech, and UX, translating business needs into actionable requirements, and ensuring scalable, usable solutions aligned with enterprise priorities.

Qualifications

• 3–7+ years in data product management or related technical/business roles.
• Proficient in SQL or Python.
• Experience with modern data architecture (data mesh, lakehouse).
• Experience with data visualization tools.
• Strong understanding of product lifecycle management and agile methodologies.
• Ability to translate complex concepts into actionable requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead a Data Product team supporting CAVA’s FP&A business unit.
• Define the vision, strategy, and roadmap for enterprise products, ensuring alignment with CAVA’s business goals.
• Oversee end-to-end product development, including prioritization, sprint planning, testing, and release management.
• Ensure products meet quality, usability, and performance standards.
• Act as the bridge between business and engineering teams, serving as a SME.
• Drive governance, privacy, and security standards for products.
• Develop training materials, user guides, and adoption strategies.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data product management

Agile methodologies

Data visualization

Tools

Databricks

APIs

Data mesh

Lakehouse

Job description

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The Product Manager at CAVA is responsible for defining, building, and optimizing enterprise products that drive operational excellence and deliver measurable business value. This role ensures that products are treated as strategic assets, not just operational byproducts, and takes end-to-end ownership of the product lifecycle—from initial creation through ongoing consumption and continuous improvement.

Sitting at the intersection of business strategy, technology, and user experience, the Product Manager partners with cross-functional teams to translate business needs into actionable product requirements, ensuring solutions are scalable, intuitive, and aligned with enterprise priorities.

Success at CAVA:

At CAVA, Managers oversee daily execution for themselves and their team of analysts and make operational decisions that keep things running smoothly. We look for leaders who support team development, lead with agility, foster inclusion, and drive consistent results aligned with team and company priorities. In this role you will be expected to lead a team of analysts and scale the team as needed based on business needs.

What You’ll Do:

ProductStrategy & Vision

• Lead a Data Product team supporting CAVA’s FP&A business unit
• Direct oversight for data analysts
• Define the vision, strategy, and roadmap for enterprise products, ensuring alignment with CAVA’s business goals.
• Treat products as strategic assets, guaranteeing relevance and value over time.
• Identify high-impact opportunities to enhance efficiency, decision-making, and innovation.
• Establish product KPIs and success metrics.

Product Development & Execution

• Translate business needs into clear user stories, requirements, and specifications.
• Oversee end-to-end product development, including prioritization, sprint planning, testing, and release management.
• Ensure products meet quality, usability, and performance standards.

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Act as the bridge between business and engineering teams, serving as a subject matter expert (SME).
• Partner with stakeholders to identify, measure, and prioritize product-driven opportunities.
• Facilitate feedback loops for continuous improvement.

Governance & Compliance

• Ensure products comply with enterprise governance, privacy, and security standards.
• Drive adoption of best practices, documentation, and data integrity measures.

User Experience & Adoption

• Design experiences aligned to specific personas and use cases.
• Develop training materials, user guides, and communication plans to support adoption.
• Conduct user testing and lead iterative improvements.

The Qualifications:

Required

• 3–7+ years of experience in data product management or related technical/business roles.
• Proficient in SQL or Python
• Experience with modern data architecture (data mesh, lakehouse, etc) and data visualization tools
• Strong understanding of product lifecycle management and agile methodologies.
• Ability to translate complex concepts into actionable requirements.

Preferred

• Excellent communication, influencing, and collaboration skills.
• Experience managing products in a high-growth environment.
• Familiarity with modern tools and platforms (e.g., Databricks, APIs, operational dashboards).
• Background in technology, operations, or analytics-heavy functions.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to maintain stationary position to be able to operate a computer and other office equipment
• Must be able to identify, analyze and assess details
• For certain positions, must be able to occasionally move or transport items up to 50 pounds
• Ability to communicate with others and exchange information accurately and effectively
• Constantly positions self and move about to support ordinary restaurant or food production support or office operations, as applicable
• Ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner

What we offer:

• Competitive salary, plus bonus and long-term incentives*
• Early Wage Access!
• Unlimited PTO, paid parental leave, plus paid opportunities to give back to the community
• Health, Dental, Vision, Telemedicine, Pet Insurance plus more!
• 401k enrollment with CAVA contribution
• Company-paid STD, LTD, Life and AD&D coverage for salaried positions*
• Free CAVA food
• Casual work environment
• The opportunity to be on the ground floor of a rapidly growing brand

• Allexempt and non exempt employees are eligible for benefits. Benefits areeffective the 1st of the month following 30 days of service and you haveuntil the day before the effective date to enroll. A new hire can enrollin our benefit program by selecting a link that is emailed directly to thenew hire at their personal email address once hired.
• Pleasenote that visa sponsorship is not available.
• Theposting range is an all cash range.

*Indicates qualifyingeligible positions only

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