Data Product Manager - Remote Data Platform Strategy

S-R-International-Inc; Saint Paul (MN); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Minnesota IT Services (MNIT) / DCYF is seeking a Data Product Manager to lead the strategy, roadmap, and execution of data initiatives transforming organizational data into scalable, high-value data products, including curated datasets and analytics platforms.

The role collaborates with data engineering, data science, analytics, and business teams to modernize legacy mainframes toward data lakes and modern curation platforms, guiding products through lifecycle from ideation to deprecation.

Qualifications

• 4-7 years of experience in data management, data analytics, data engineering, or related fields.
• Strong Product Management / Product Leadership experience.
• Strong understanding of data systems, data pipelines, data warehousing, data modeling, metadata, and data governance.

Responsibilities

• Define the vision, strategy, and roadmap for enterprise data products.
• Identify high-value opportunities based on business needs and data landscapes.
• Lead end-to-end data product lifecycle including requirements, design, development, testing, launch, and iteration.
• Partner with data engineers and data scientists to build scalable pipelines, models, and data services.
• Ensure data quality, governance, lineage, metadata, and documentation standards.
• Translate business logic into data transformations, metadata, and domain-specific rules.
• Serve as the primary liaison between technical teams and DCYF business stakeholders.
• Define success metrics, KPIs, dashboards, and reporting frameworks.
• Ensure data products provide actionable insights for data-driven decisions.
• Promote privacy, governance, compliance, and ethical AI practices.
• Support modernization from legacy mainframe systems to modern data lakes and platforms.

Skills

Data Management

Data Analytics

Data Engineering

Product Leadership

Data Systems

Data Pipelines

ETL

Data Lakes

Databricks

SQL

Power BI

Tableau

Looker

dbt

Google Analytics

Java

Python

Data Governance

Data Quality

Metadata

Enterprise Architecture

Tools

Databricks

Job description

Minnesota IT Services (MNIT) / DCYF is seeking a Data Product Manager to lead the strategy, roadmap, and execution of data initiatives transforming organizational data into scalable, high-value data products, including curated datasets and analytics platforms.

The role collaborates with data engineering, data science, analytics, and business teams to modernize legacy mainframes toward data lakes and modern curation platforms, guiding products through lifecycle from ideation to deprecation.