Product Manager, Data & Activation Platform

NaviStone; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Ownership in the company

Medical, dental, vision benefits

Retirement benefits

Unlimited vacation

Generous holidays

Job summary

NaviStone in Cincinnati, OH is seeking a Product Manager, Data & Activation Platform to own the roadmap and end-to-end execution for our core marketing data engine. You will manage data pipelines, drive predictive targeting models, attribution frameworks, and advanced analytics.

You will partner with senior product leadership and collaborate with Engineering and Data Science to align on direction, design scalable architectures, and move concepts from idea to production in a fast-moving platform.

Qualifications

• Experience with audience data, ML workflows, and cloud data warehousing.
• Strong ability to define product roadmaps and drive end-to-end delivery.
• Ability to partner with Data Science and Engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Identify and size opportunities across data infrastructure and activation layers.
• Define and own the roadmap for data products including predictive modeling.
• Collaborate with engineering to design scalable data pipelines.
• Productize predictive models and attribution logic.
• Perform hands-on data analysis to inform decisions.

Skills

Product management

Data platforms

ML workflows

Cloud data warehousing

Job description

Join our team of authentic, talented individuals who deliver innovative and meaningful solutions, guided by our core values that inspire inclusiveness, collaboration, creativity, and achievement.

NaviStone's benefits, programs, and perks are purpose-built to help you grow stronger professionally and personally. We offer ownership in the company as well as generous medical, dental, vision, and retirement benefits for you and your family.

Balance

We're a Rocketship, but even Rocketships need rest! We work hard, and we go fast. But we also recharge! With unlimited vacation, a generous number of paid holidays, and fun employee events throughout the year, you can refuel and reinvigorate for the incredible journey ahead!

Growth

We never stop growing, and we never stop learning. Want to explore AI? Develop new coding skills? Become a better presenter? Grow your leadership skills? Learn advanced yoga? We offer countless professional and personal development opportunities to fuel your ambitions.

Our Core Values

We bond with clients and colleagues, strive to understand one another, cheer each other on, and always assume positive intent.

We create seamless handoffs between team members and take ownership of the final result.

We Take The Work Seriously

(Ourselves, Not So Much)

We tackle challenges head-on and don’t take feedback personally.

When It Doesn't Exist, Invent It

We refuse to stay stuck and instead ask for help to leverage obstacles as pivot points for growth.

Accountability, Not Blame

We are clear about our standards, hold ourselves accountable, and embrace mistakes as opportunities for improvement.

Best in Class Culture

Join our team

At NaviStone, we balance hard work with having fun, fostering a creative and supportive environment. Our culture drives us to solve our clients’ business issues in meaningful ways, generating both personal and brand success. Clear communication, transparency, and collaboration are central to everything we do, ensuring we deliver immediate results and drive long-term success.

I appreciate the fact that NaviStone really cares about people and doesn’t just talk about it. Our employee recognition program gives us a place to celebrate each other’s accomplishments with meaningful rewards. Our participation in programs like Adopt A Class , where we support students from underserved communities in our city, is also a point of pride. People really do matter at NaviStone.

Amy Meyer Senior Human Resources Generalist, NaviStone

I love the way that we all take pride in our work and go the extra mile for each other and our customers. It's about taking initiative, seeking ways to add value and consistently following through. When we all do this, we not only succeed as a team, but our customers do as well.

Nikki Shenk Director, Demand Gen

We Take Our Work Seriously. (Ourselves — not so much.)

At NaviStone, we are committed to delivering the best products to our clients, while also having fun. From a pinewood derby competition to a steps challenge to Together Tuesday's, we foster a positive and creative work environment that allows us to innovate and excel in all we do.

Dhruv Talwar Senior Marketing Campaign Analyst

If It Doesn't Exist, Invent It.

NaviStone is a company built on ingenuity and problem-solving. We are always looking for new ways to do things and we never give up on finding a solution. The impossible doesn't stop us; we find a way or make one.

Kristi Strom Client Partner

Accountability, Not Blame

My colleagues and I believe in taking responsibility, learning from our mistakes, and growing together. We focus on finding solutions, working as a team, and not pointing fingers at each other, which helps us be efficient and effective in serving our customers.

Recognized as a Top Place to Work

NaviStone has been and continues to be recognized numerous times as a place people want to work:

• 2026 Top Workplaces
• 2023, 2024, 2025 Best Places to Work
• 2019 and 2018 Best Employer

Position:Product Manager, Data & Activation Platform

Location: Cincinnati, OH

Job Id:207

# of Openings:1

Product Manager, Data & Activation Platform

Delivering Growth!

Delivering growth for marketers is what NaviStone is all about. For B2C brands in considered-purchase verticals, we deliver proven, time-tested results. The NaviStone platform empowers marketers by finding, activating, and converting lucrative audiences, with incredible impact!
The Role

As our Product Manager, Data & Activation Platform at NaviStone, you own the roadmap and end-to-end execution for our core marketing data engine. This role sits at the intersection of infrastructure and intelligence: you will manage the data pipelines that power our platform while driving the development of predictive targeting models, attribution frameworks, and advanced analytics.

You’ll work closely with senior product leadership to align on direction, then drive delivery with urgency and conviction. This is a 0→1 opportunity within a fast-moving platform: you bring deep familiarity with audience data, machine learning workflows, and cloud data warehousing and you’re energized by ambiguity, not slowed down by it.

What You'll Do

• Identify and Size Opportunities: You find product opportunities across our data infrastructure and activation layers, connecting them clearly to revenue and marketer outcomes.
• Own the Vision: You define the roadmap for our data products including predictive modeling and attribution, setting priorities based on business impact.
• Data Infrastructure & Pipelines: You partner with engineering to design and scale the underlying data architecture that supports identity resolution and real-time activation.
• Model Productization: You collaborate with Data Science to move predictive models and attribution logic from concept into production‑grade platform features.
• Hands‑on Analysis