Manager, Product Data Enablement

The Hillman Group; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The Hillman Group seeks a Manager of Product Data Enablement to lead centralized item setup within Data Governance, ensuring approved products move from decision to data-ready status. You will drive end-to-end intake, stage-gate workflows, and cross-functional collaboration with Product, Data Stewardship, and Data Quality to deliver reusable enterprise data.

You will oversee a team, define priorities, and maintain governance while ensuring business ownership of source information and product

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Information Systems, Data Management, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in product data, master data, item setup, data governance, product operations, supply chain, or related discipline.
• At least 2 years of experience leading people, workstreams, or an operational team; direct people-management preferred.
• Experience designing or managing cross-functional workflows, controls, service levels, performance measures, and escalation processes.
• Experience with Oracle Fusion Product Data Hub or another product information or master data management platform preferred.
• Experience operating in centralized or shared-services environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop the Product Data Enablement team responsible for centralized item setup coordination and execution.
• Own the centralized intake channel and end-to-end item setup workflow from approved request through data-ready handoff and release.
• Establish team priorities, workload allocation, service expectations, escalation paths, and operating routines for predictable delivery.
• Coordinate Product, supplier, customs, packaging, logistics, pricing, and other functional contributors for item information.
• Define, implement, and enforce stage-gate criteria for intake, data collection, standards validation, item creation, and readiness for business use.
• Ensure attributes are complete, data standards and controls are met, and requests are certified ready before creation.
• Partner with Data Stewardship to support item creation in Oracle Fusion PDH and publication to downstream systems.
• Partner with Data Quality to monitor defects and drive improvements to standards and workflows.
• Maintain governance and decision rights so business teams retain ownership of product decisions and data.

Skills

People leadership

Process ownership

Data governance

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Risk assessment

Analytical skills

Documentation

MS Office

PDH knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Information Systems, Data Management, or related field

Tools

Oracle Fusion Product Data Hub

ERP item-master processes

Job description

Job Summary

The Manager, Product Data Enablement leads the centralized item setup capability within Data Governance, ensuring approved products move efficiently from business decision through complete, standards-aligned product data readiness. Provides people leadership, owns the end-to-end intake and stage-gate workflow, and coordinates cross-functional inputs required for governed item creation and release. Partners with Product, functional teams, Data Stewardship, and Data Quality to improve speed, consistency, transparency, and reusable enterprise data while preserving business ownership of product decisions and source information.

Essential Job Functions*

• Lead, coach, and develop the Product Data Enablement team responsible for centralized item setup coordination and execution.
• Own the centralized intake channel and end-to-end item setup workflow from approved request through data-ready handoff and release.
• Establish team priorities, workload allocation, service expectations, escalation paths, and operating routines that support predictable delivery.
• Coordinate Product, supplier, customs, packaging, logistics, pricing, and other functional contributors to obtain required item information.
• Define, implement, and enforce stage-gate criteria for intake, data collection, standards validation, item creation, and readiness for business use.
• Ensure required attributes are complete, product data standards and controls are met, and requests are certified as ready before governed record creation.
• Partner with Data Stewardship to support accurate item creation and maintenance in Oracle Fusion Product Data Hub and controlled publication to downstream systems.
• Partner with Data Quality to monitor defects, identify recurring issues, perform root-cause analysis, and implement corrective improvements to standards and workflows.
• Maintain clear governance and decision rights so business teams retain accountability for product strategy, commercialization decisions, priorities, approvals, and source data.
• Develop and maintain procedures, intake forms, job aids, controls, dashboards, service measures, and performance reporting for the item setup capability.
• Provide transparent status, risk, capacity, service, and issue reporting to Data Governance leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Drive continuous improvement, standardization, automation, and scalability to support Oracle Fusion expansion, acquisitions, and product-line growth.
• Champion a service-oriented and accountable culture focused on quality, speed, consistency, safety, and reusable enterprise data.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Employees are expected and encouraged to participate in safety and health program activities including immediately reporting hazards, immediately reporting unsafe work practices and incidents to supervisors, wearing required personal protective equipment, and participating in and supporting safety committee activities.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Information Systems, Data Management, or a related field required. Equivalent experience will be considered in lieu of degree.
• At least 5 years of experience in product data, master data, item setup, data governance, product operations, supply chain, or a related discipline required.
• At least 2 years of experience leading people, workstreams, or an operational team required; direct people-management experience preferred.
• Experience designing or managing cross-functional workflows, controls, service levels, performance measures, and issue-escalation processes required.
• Experience with Oracle Fusion Product Data Hub, another product information or master data management platform, or enterprise ERP item-master processes preferred.
• Experience operating in a centralized or shared-services environment preferred.

Competencies – Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• People leadership, coaching, performance management, workload planning, and team accountability skills required.
• Strong process ownership and the ability to translate strategy into practical operating routines, controls, and service expectations required.
• Knowledge of product and item master data, lifecycle controls, data governance, data stewardship, taxonomy, and data quality principles required.
• Ability to influence Product, Commercial, Supply Chain, Sourcing, Finance, IT, and other functional teams while respecting established decision rights required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, facilitation, conflict-resolution, and stakeholder-management skills required.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, assess risk, remove blockers, and make sound escalation decisions required.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to use service, throughput, quality, capacity, and predictability measures to improve performance required.
• Excellent documentation skills, attention to detail, and commitment to timely follow-through required.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and collaboration tools required.
• Working knowledge of Oracle Fusion Product Data Hub or a comparable product information, master data management, or ERP item-master platform preferred.

Operational Equipment

• Standard office technology and enterprise business systems, including Microsoft Office applications and Oracle Fusion Product Data Hub (PDH), or comparable product and master data management tools.

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