Senior Manager, Data Products

Scorpion Therapeutics; Raritan (NJ); On-site; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Scorpion Therapeutics is seeking a Senior Manager, Data Product Management & Governance to lead intake for product demand, define value, and prioritize initiatives aligned with strategy. You will own the data product roadmap from concept to retirement and translate objectives into delivery-ready requirements for cross-functional teams.

You will drive adoption of business definitions, domain taxonomies, and catalog content, partnering with Alation to enable a self-service data marketplace.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or advanced degree in business, information systems, data analytics, or related field.
• 8+ years in data governance, data/digital product management, or enterprise data platforms.
• Experience in regulated, global enterprise environments; MedTech/healthcare/pharma/life sciences/supply chain/quality/manufacturing preferred.
• Data-as-a-product expertise: glossaries, metadata, data catalog/marketplace, stewardship, data quality, access governance, lifecycle management.
• Ability to translate business needs into product requirements, executive narratives, measurable outcomes, and delivery priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead structured intake for product demand and prioritize based on strategic alignment, feasibility, risk, and business impact.
• Own business-facing roadmap for data products from concept to retirement.
• Translate objectives, backlog priorities, and release-ready requirements for delivery teams.
• Develop and drive adoption of business definitions, taxonomy, and product content for data discoverability.
• Partner with Alation and catalog teams to enable a consistent self-service data marketplace.
• Define data product ownership, stewardship roles, decision rights, and issue paths.
• Maintain business context, definitions, and lifecycle controls with domain leaders.
• Serve as primary business partner to data engineering and platform teams.
• Track adoption, usage, and business value; improve usability and reuse.
• Lead and mentor in data curation, stewardship, metadata enrichment, and marketplace operations.

Skills

Data governance

8+ years experience

Executive storytelling

Education

Bachelor’s degree or advanced degree

Tools

Alation

Job description

Senior Manager, Data Product Management & Governance

Role Responsibilities:

• Lead structured intake for product demand: assess use cases, define value, clarify requirements, and prioritize based on strategic alignment, feasibility, risk, and business impact.
• Own business-facing roadmap for data products (concept → publication → adoption → improvement → retirement).
• Translate product objectives, success measures, backlog priorities, and release-ready requirements for delivery teams.
• Develop and drive adoption of business definitions, domain taxonomies, and product content to improve data discoverability, understanding, and reuse.
• Partner with Alation and catalog teams to enable a consistent self-service data marketplace.
• Define and operationalize data product ownership, stewardship roles, decision rights, and critical issue paths.
• Partner with domain leaders/stewards to maintain business context, definitions, documentation, access expectations, and lifecycle controls.
• Serve as primary business partner to data engineering, architecture, platform, and ecosystem product teams.
• Track adoption/usage/feedback and business value; improve usability, reduce duplication, increase reuse, and accelerate responsible analytics/AI enablement.
• Lead and mentor team member capabilities for data curation, stewardship, metadata enrichment, and marketplace operations.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree (or advanced degree/equivalent) in business, information systems, data analytics, supply chain, engineering, healthcare, or related field.
• 8+ years in data governance, data/digital product management, or enterprise data platforms.
• Experience in regulated, global enterprise environments; MedTech/healthcare/pharma/life sciences/supply chain/quality/manufacturing strongly preferred.
• Confirmed data-as-a-product expertise: glossaries, metadata, data catalog/marketplace, stewardship, data quality, access governance, and lifecycle management.
• Ability to translate business needs into product requirements, executive narratives, measurable outcomes, and delivery priorities; strong written/verbal/facilitation/management skills.

Preferred Skills/Capabilities:

• Alation (or similar) data catalog/marketplace/metadata management.
• Business glossary/data dictionary/domain taxonomy/data contract/certification standards/governed documentation experience.
• Supply chain/manufacturing/quality/product lifecycle or enterprise planning familiarity.
• Ability to define operating models, RACI, governance forums, and scalable decision frameworks.

Other Requirements:

• Up to 10% domestic/international travel.
• Fully onsite attendance policy.