Data Product Manager, Senior Specialist

Vanguard; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanguard’s IT Data & Analytics organization seeks a Data Product Manager to own the strategy, delivery, and adoption of enterprise data products that enable decision‑making across IT and business partners.

You will work at the intersection of IT leadership, analytics, data engineering, and governance to translate strategic priorities into trusted, scalable data products while influencing across teams in a regulated environment. Strong product thinking and communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of experience in technical product management with cross-functional leadership.
• Strong written and verbal communication and ability to influence across teams.
• Experience translating business needs into clear product requirements and backlogs.

Responsibilities

• Own vision, roadmap, and lifecycle of data products (curated datasets, KPI layers, insights).
• Partner with IT leaders, analytics teams, and data engineers to translate needs into requirements.
• Drive standardization of metrics and definitions for consistent insights.
• Ensure data products meet quality, security, governance, and auditability standards.
• Lead cross-functional delivery from discovery to production and release planning.
• Measure adoption, usage, and value realization of data products.
• Communicate strategy and progress to IT executives and senior management.
• Continuously improve data product ways of working using agile practices.

Skills

Technical product management

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Engineering / Information Technology

Graduate degree preferred

Tools

APIs

Cloud platforms

Data governance

Job description

Join Vanguard’s IT Data & Analytics organization as a Data Product Manager, where you will own and drive the strategy, delivery, and adoption of enterprise data products that enable decision‑making across IT and business partners. You will work at the intersection of IT leadership, analytics, data engineering, and governance to translate strategic priorities into trusted, scalable data products. This role requires strong product thinking, business acumen, and the ability to influence across teams in a regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Own the vision, roadmap, and lifecycle of data products (e.g., curated datasets, KPI/metric layers, executive insights, data quality products).
• Partner with IT leaders, analytics teams, and data engineers to translate business needs into clear product requirements and prioritized backlogs.
• Drive standardization of key metrics and definitions to enable consistent, decision‑ready insights across IT.
• Ensure data products meet enterprise standards for quality, security, governance, and auditability.
• Lead cross‑functional delivery from discovery through production, including release planning and ongoing optimization.
• Measure and drive adoption, usage, and value realization of data products.
• Communicate product strategy, progress, and insights to IT executive stakeholders and senior management.
• Continuously improve data product ways of working, leveraging agile and product management best practices.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of experience in technical product management, with at least 2 years leading large cross‑functional teams. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field required; graduate degree preferred.
• Good to have skills in product lifecycle management, market analysis, product design, user experience evaluation, technical documentation, and cross‑functional stakeholder collaboration. Technical knowledge in software development processes, APIs, cloud platforms, or data‑driven product environments is important.
• Strong communication, strategic thinking, problem‑solving, and project execution skills.
• Preferred certifications include Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Pragmatic Institute Product Management Certifications, or SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM). Ability to balance technical feasibility with business viability and user desirability is essential.

Sponsorship

Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.