Data Product Manager - Remote Contract (3 mo)

Horizontal Talent; Minneapolis (MN); Remote; USD 95,000 - 147,000; Part time

Job summary

Horizontal Talent is seeking a Product Manager to shape data products supporting stores planning initiatives. This remote role is based in Minneapolis, MN, for a 3-month term, partnering with business, analytics, source-system and data engineering teams to turn needs into clear requirements and drive delivery from discovery through adoption.

You will own the backlog, translate requirements into user stories and acceptance criteria, and help migrate pipelines and reporting to Google Cloud

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Agile or Scrum delivery practices.
• Background in data product management or a data-focused product role.
• Strong understanding of data analytics and data-driven decision-making.
• Experience working with data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes.
• Ability to define data requirements and acceptance criteria with precision.
• Working knowledge of SQL for data validation and investigation.
• Experience managing priorities and collaborating across multiple stakeholder groups.
• Strong communication, organization, and problem-solving skills.
• Commitment to data quality, completeness, timeliness, and usability.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business, analytics, reporting, and technology teams to understand challenges and define data needs.
• Translate business and analytical requirements into user stories, acceptance criteria, and prioritized deliverables.
• Own and maintain the product backlog while balancing business value, dependencies, risk, and delivery timelines.
• Build a strong understanding of the data to help validate requirements, troubleshoot issues, and confirm solutions meet user needs.
• Coordinate across source systems, data engineering, reporting, and product teams to manage cross-functional dependencies.
• Identify risks, blockers, and dependencies early and communicate impacts clearly to stakeholders and leadership.
• Support testing and validation efforts with engineers, analysts, and business users to ensure quality and usability.
• Help drive modernization and migration efforts to Google Cloud Platform, including transition of pipelines, datasets, and reporting capabilities.
• Communicate priorities, progress, decisions, and upcoming work in a clear and timely way to technical and non-technical audiences.

Skills

Agile/Scrum

Data product mgmt

Data analytics

ETL/ELT

SQL

Stakeholder management

Communication

Data quality

Tools

BigQuery

Looker

Power BI

Job description

Horizontal Talent is seeking a Product Manager to shape data products supporting stores planning initiatives. This remote role is based in Minneapolis, MN, for a 3-month term, partnering with business, analytics, source-system and data engineering teams to turn needs into clear requirements and drive delivery from discovery through adoption.

You will own the backlog, translate requirements into user stories and acceptance criteria, and help migrate pipelines and reporting to Google Cloud