Principal Data Platform PM — Databricks/Lakehouse Leader

IT America Inc; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 160,000 - 230,000; Part time

Job summary

IT America Inc in Austin, TX is seeking a Principal Product Manager Data Platform to lead strategy, roadmap, backlog, and delivery of enterprise data platform capabilities.

This hands-on, technical PM role is about 70% Product Management and 30% Scrum Master/Agile leadership across two technical teams, partnering with engineering, analytics, data governance, and security to drive Databricks/Lakehouse initiatives and modern data platform transformation.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Product Management, Product Ownership, Agile Delivery, or related technical leadership roles.
• Strong experience supporting technical/data engineering teams.
• Demonstrated experience owning a data platform or data product backlog end-to-end.
• Strong understanding of Data Platforms, Lakehouse architecture, cloud data technologies, and modern data engineering.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage the Data Platform product roadmap, vision, strategy, and backlog.
• Prioritize initiatives across platform modernization, technical debt, operational stability, data governance, and new analytics requirements.
• Work closely with engineering, data, architecture, security, compliance, and business stakeholders.
• Translate business requirements into clear epics, features, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Manage and prioritize the product backlog using appropriate prioritization frameworks.
• Provide product leadership across two technical delivery teams.
• Support Agile ceremonies and Scrum activities, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Partner with technical teams on Databricks / Lakehouse platform capabilities, data architecture, governance, security, lineage, and self-service analytics.
• Help drive platform modernization and cloud/data transformation initiatives.
• Balance short-term operational requirements with long-term platform strategy and technical debt reduction.
• Manage competing priorities across multiple stakeholders and make data-driven product decisions.
• Establish and track measurable outcomes such as platform adoption, data quality, operational efficiency, modernization progress, and analytics enablement.
• Ensure product priorities align with organizational security, governance, risk, and compliance requirements.
• Communicate product strategy, priorities, dependencies, risks, and progress to senior leadership.

Skills

Product Management

Data Platform

Agile/Scrum

Stakeholder management

Communication

Tools

Databricks

Lakehouse

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

Job description

IT America Inc in Austin, TX is seeking a Principal Product Manager Data Platform to lead strategy, roadmap, backlog, and delivery of enterprise data platform capabilities.

This hands-on, technical PM role is about 70% Product Management and 30% Scrum Master/Agile leadership across two technical teams, partnering with engineering, analytics, data governance, and security to drive Databricks/Lakehouse initiatives and modern data platform transformation.