Manager, Data Product

NewRez LLC; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 125,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan with employer-m

Paid maternity/parental leave

Tuition & certification reimbursement

Employee mortgage loan program

Job summary

Newrez LLC seeks a Manager Data Product to own the roadmap, requirements, and delivery of core data platform components. Focus areas include ingestion, pipelines, governance, and platform reliability to empower analytics, ML, and applications.

You will collaborate with engineering, governance, security, and architecture teams to standardize event models and ensure data quality while enabling business enablement and user adoption.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or business administration preferred. 6-8 years’ experience as a Product Owner or Technical Product Manager.
• Strong knowledge of modern data architectures, data engineering practices, and cloud-native services.
• Experience building or supporting ingestion frameworks, pipelines, or data quality systems.
• Ability to translate complex technical needs into clear product requirements.

Responsibilities

• Translate business and technical needs into data product requirements.
• Define and maintain the platform foundations roadmap, prioritizing stability, scalability, and adoption.
• Collaborate with engineering to deliver high-quality platform features and services.
• Partner with data governance, security, and architecture teams on standards and compliance.
• Help standardize event models, patterns, and governance across the data products.
• Track KPIs related to data platform reliability, ingestion throughput, and data quality.
• Ensure the foundational layer enables downstream analytics, ML, and application use cases.
• Gather feedback from internal users to continuously improve platform usability and performance.

Skills

Data architecture

Cloud platforms

Data ingestion pipelines

Product ownership

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or business administration

Job description

Who We Are

At Newrez, we bring big thinkers and caring doers together to make home happen. We’re a team built on heart and hustle, united by a commitment to show up for our customers, our communities, and each other. We believe that when our people thrive, homeowners thrive - and that’s why we invest in your growth, wellbeing, and ability to make an impact. Every day, we work to exceed the expectations of our residential mortgage borrowers and business partners through superior service, simple processes, and clear communication. We do this by empowering our employees, encouraging innovative solutions and recognizing great performance.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Manager Data Product will own the roadmap, requirements, and delivery of the core components of the enterprise data platform. This role focuses on foundational capabilities such as ingestion, data pipelines, governance frameworks, and operationalize platform reliability.

DESCRIPTION

Essential Functions, Duties, and Responsibilities

• Translate business and technical needs into data product requirements.
• Define and maintain the platform foundations roadmap, prioritizing stability, scalability, and adoption.
• Collaborate with engineering to deliver high-quality platform features and services.
• Partner with data governance, security, and architecture teams on standards and compliance.
• Help standardize event models, patterns, and governance across the data products.
• Track KPIs related to data platform reliability, ingestion throughput, and data quality.
• Ensure the foundational layer enables downstream analytics, ML, and application use cases.
• Gather feedback from internal users to continuously improve platform usability and performance.
• Ensure data product adoption and business enablement plan.
• Ability to effectively and accurately convey information to others.
• Performs related duties as assigned by management.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a business administration degree preferred. 6-8 years’ experience as a Product Owner or Technical Product Manager. Strong knowledge of modern data architectures, data engineering practices, and cloud-native services. Experience building or supporting ingestion frameworks pipelines, or data quality systems. Ability to simplify complex technical needs into clear, actionable product requirements. Strong collaboration skills across engineering, architecture, and business team.

Skills, Abilities, and Knowledge

Strong verbal communication skills; strong writing and composition abilities. Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to develop and maintain effective and professional relationships across the organization and with customers. Strong influencing and negotiation skills; consultative and collaborative work style. High learning agility with the ability to learn and integrate business variables and learn new systems and platforms. Strong analytical skills & problem-solving abilities; solid decision-making abilities coupled with sound judgment. Effective at managing multiple priorities under tight deadlines in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. Strong project management and time management capability. Self-directed and comfortable working with ambiguity and uncertainty. High degree of professional maturity, integrity, ability to maintain confidential data and information. High degree of business acumen; strong technical aptitude.

Work Environment and Physical Requirements

Working on-site at assigned office location. Regular and punctual attendance adhering to schedule established by leadership. Flexibility to work occasional adjusted work schedules, overtime, and evening and/or weekend hours to meet deadlines or as business needs demand. Working in a cubicle hub, maintaining focus on phone calls in a noisy environment within earshot of multiple other conversations. Sedentary work in a stationary position at a cubicle for prolonged periods of time. Constant repetitive motions required for operating a computer, such as typing and managing phone calls. Constantly communicating effectively verbally in English, including accurately exchanging information with others following identification of correct procedures.

Additional Information

While this description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the position’s requirements, it in no way implies/states that these are the only job responsibilities. Management reserves the right to modify, add or remove duties and request other duties, as necessary. All employees are required to have smart phones that meet Company security standards with the ability to install apps such as Microsoft Authenticator. Employment will be contingent on this requirement.

Why Newrez

We’re a great place to work because we invest in what matters: your career, your community, your wellbeing, and your future. Our total rewards package is designed to support your whole self.

Company Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Health Savings Account with employer contribution
• 401(k) Retirement plan with employer match
• Paid Maternity Leave/Parental Bonding Leave/Caregiver Leave
• Adoption Assistance
• Tuition & Certification reimbursement
• Employee Mortgage Loan Program
• The Newrez Employee Emergency and Disaster Fund is a program to support our team members experiencing hardships
• Newrez NOW: Through Newrez NOW, our Corporate Social Responsibility program, you’ll have opportunities to give back, lead, and make a difference.
• 1 company-paid Volunteer Time Off day (with over 40,000 volunteer hours contributed since our inception)
• Matching Gifts Program - dollar-for-dollar up to $1,000
• Access to grants, nonprofit resources, and volunteer opportunities
• More than $6,000,000 donated since 2020
• 1 in 5 employees participates in at least one Employee Resource Group (ERG)
• Equal Employment Opportunity

Equal Employment Opportunity

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer- and celebrate our employees' differences, including race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, and Veteran status. Different makes us better.

CA Privacy Policy CA Notice at Collection The right company in the right industry. In both good economic times and bad, people need homes - and mortgages to buy them. We help these people every day buy homes or refinance their current mortgage loans. In addition to offering an in-demand product, there are two things you should know about us: We value and reward entrepreneurial spirit, and we are growing. Few lenders are as innovative, as financially solid, as well managed and on track to become America’s leading lender as the Newrez Family of Companies. We deliver products and services that turn prospects into delighted customers —providing abundant opportunity for the great people who work here. These competitive advantages set us apart, and they’re why you can grow with us for the long term.