Principal Product Manager, Data & ML for Marketplaces

Openlane; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

401K with company match

Paid vacation/time off

Maternity/paternity leave

Disability and life insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Employee assistance program

Job summary

OPENLANE is seeking a Principal Product Manager (Data) to unify data science initiatives into scalable marketplace data solutions. You will set a multi-year vision, define business problems for data science, and drive production models—pricing, recommendations, and fraud detection—into the marketplace.

You will oversee data provisioning, APIs, and monetization for clients, partnering with Data Science, Engineering, and Marketing to translate complex data capabilities into business outcomes.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive PM experience, incl. Senior/Lead exposure.
• Proven track record of defining, launching, and scaling digital products.
• Experience translating data science models into production-grade products.
• Experience building developer portals, data APIs, and data monetization models.
• Strong strategic thinking; ability to tie decisions to company objectives.
• Executive-level communication and presentations.
• Experience with customer interviews and structured discovery.
• Strong data-driven prioritization and decision making.
• Solid knowledge of agile product development processes.
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority.
• Excellent organizational skills with multiple initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Define multi-year data product vision and roadmap for models and marketplace data.
• Turn production data science models into customer-facing products.
• Oversee the developer data portal and establish data provisioning and monetization strategies.
• Lead requirements, evaluation, and operations for fraud detection across the platform.
• Identify market opportunities and build data-driven business cases.
• Conduct discovery, customer research, and competitive analysis to guide direction.
• Collaborate with Engineering and Design to drive high-quality execution.
• Prioritize initiatives based on customer value and feasibility.
• Define and track KPIs tied to revenue, engagement, and satisfaction.
• Communicate strategy and trade-offs to executives; mentor PMs.

Skills

Product management

Senior/lead experience

Data APIs

Data monetization

Strategic thinking

Executive communication

Customer interviews

Data-driven decisions

Agile development

Cross-functional influence

Organization skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA (nice to have)

Job description

OPENLANE is seeking a Principal Product Manager (Data) to unify data science initiatives into scalable marketplace data solutions. You will set a multi-year vision, define business problems for data science, and drive production models—pricing, recommendations, and fraud detection—into the marketplace.

You will oversee data provisioning, APIs, and monetization for clients, partnering with Data Science, Engineering, and Marketing to translate complex data capabilities into business outcomes.