Product Manager - Knowledge Platform - 1075

Lightcast; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Lightcast seeks a Product Manager for Knowledge Platform to drive the strategy and development of our knowledge-layer capabilities, spanning taxonomy, ontology, analytics, and AI-powered data products. You will translate customer problems into actionable product directions with autonomy and strong technical fluency.

The role requires 3+ years in data-focused roles, experience in data-rich environments, and a demonstrated ability to connect customer needs with data, AI, and engineering.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred in a relevant field.
• 3+ years in a relevant role with demonstrated autonomy and ownership.
• Significant experience in a data-rich environment.
• Experience with data-focused products including strategy, discovery, and/or delivery.
• Technical fluency in data, analytics, AI, ML, taxonomy, ontology, or knowledge systems.
• Experience working cross-functionally with customers, engineering, data science, product, and commercial stakeholders.
• Ability to work directly with data, including exploratory analysis and data-quality assessment.
• Strong interest in AI, knowledge representation, labour market intelligence, and the future of work.

Responsibilities

• Define the strategy, roadmap, and investment priorities for the knowledge platform.
• Lead discovery of new capabilities by identifying customer problems, assessing data feasibility, and validating opportunities.
• Translate complex data opportunities into clear product requirements and success criteria.
• Partner with engineering, data science, taxonomy, analytics, and commercial teams.
• Balance customer value, data quality, technical feasibility, and business priorities in decisions.
• Communicate complex data-product concepts to technical, commercial, and executive stakeholders.
• Evaluate developments in AI, analytics, labour market intelligence, and knowledge technologies for opportunities.
• Use data to assess quality, explore opportunities, and guide product decisions.

Skills

Data analytics

AI/ML

Taxonomy/Ontology

Knowledge systems

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Job description

The Product Manager, Knowledge Platform drives strategy and development of Lightcast's knowledge-layer capabilities across taxonomy, ontology, analytics, and machine learning-powered data products. The role focuses on understanding customer problems, evaluating data and technical opportunities, and translating ambiguous challenges into clear product direction. Success requires strong product judgement, technical fluency, autonomy, and the ability to connect customer needs with data, AI, and engineering capabilities.

Major Responsibilities:

• Define the strategy, roadmap, and investment priorities for the knowledge platform.
• Lead discovery of new capabilities by identifying customer problems, assessing data feasibility, and validating opportunities.
• Translate complex data opportunities into clear product requirements, specifications, quality criteria, and investment decisions.
• Partner with engineering, data science, taxonomy, analytics, and commercial teams throughout product development.
• Balance customer value, data quality, technical feasibility, and business priorities when making product decisions.
• Communicate complex technical and data-product concepts effectively to technical, commercial, and executive stakeholders.
• Evaluate developments in AI, analytics, labour market intelligence, and knowledge technologies to identify valuable new opportunities.
• Use data and evidence directly to assess quality, explore opportunities, and guide product decisions.

Education and Experience:

• Education: Bachelor's degree preferred in a relevant field.
• Experience: 3+ years in a relevant role, with demonstrated autonomy and ownership.
• Significant experience working in a data-rich environment.
• Experience with technical, analytical, or data-focused products, including product strategy, discovery, and/or delivery.
• Technical fluency in areas such as data, analytics, AI, machine learning, taxonomy, ontology, or knowledge systems.
• Experience working cross-functionally with customers, engineering, data science, product, and commercial stakeholders.
• Ability to work directly with data, including exploratory analysis and data-quality assessment.
• Strong interest in AI, knowledge representation, labour market intelligence, and the future of work.

Lightcast is a global leader in labor market insights with our headquarters located in Moscow, ID (US) and other offices in the United Kingdom, Europe, and India. We work with partners across six continents to help drive economic prosperity and mobility by providing the insights needed to build and develop our people, our institutions and companies, and our communities.

Lightcast is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and does not discriminate on the basis of federally protected statuses. Lightcast has always been, and always will be, committed to diversity of thought and unique perspectives. We seek dynamic professionals from all backgrounds to join our teams, and we encourage our employees to bring their authentic, original, and best selves to work.