Senior Program Manager

The Weather Company; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Time Off

Hybrid work model

Medical insurance options

401K match

Family plan benefits

Global tech company

Impactful work environment

Job summary

The Weather Company is seeking a Technical Program Manager for Consumer Data to guide instrumentation and ensure data integrity across our digital ecosystem. You will lead data quality initiatives, align business analytics needs with technical infrastructure, and collaborate with frontend teams to implement robust data tracking solutions.

In this role you will partner with analytics, data science, and engineering to ensure data accessibility and governance, establishing standards and best

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a technical field.
• 5+ years in data engineering, analytics, software engineering, or related roles.
• 3+ years managing consumer data from digital apps/websites.
• Proficiency in SQL and experience with relational and NoSQL databases.
• Knowledge of CDPs and consumer data collection methods (SDKs, cookies, pixels, APIs).
• Experience with event tracking frameworks and cross-partner data collection.
• Understanding of web/mobile analytics tools (Amplitude, GA, Adobe, Mixpanel).
• Familiarity with data privacy regulations and their impact on data collection.
• Understanding of A/B testing frameworks and experimentation platforms.
• Experience with cloud-based data lake solutions (AWS, Azure, Google).
• Proven leadership of technical teams and cross-functional projects.
• Strong communication to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience in Agile/Scrum environments and multi-initiative project management.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product/marketing/content to translate analytics needs into specs.
• Define data plans and tracking requirements with enterprise data architects.
• Partner with front-end developers to implement event tracking systems.
• Review tracking implementations for data consistency and accuracy.
• Guide data quality analysts to investigate data issues and resolve them.
• Work with data scientists/BI engineers to ensure data accessibility and usability.
• Establish data quality standards and governance for consumer data.
• Design data validation processes for consumer behavior data.
• Develop automated data quality checks and dashboards.
• Set best practices for instrumentation across web and mobile apps.
• Lead design and implementation of consumer data collection frameworks.
• Drive improvements in data infrastructure and processes.
• Maintain data lineage documentation and metadata management.

Skills

SQL proficiency

Relational databases

NoSQL databases

CDPs knowledge

Event tracking

Web/mobile analytics

Data privacy

A/B testing

Cloud data lakes

Technical leadership

Agile/Scrum

Project management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, or related technical field

Tools

Amplitude

Google Analytics

Adobe Analytics

Mixpanel

PostgreSQL

MySQL

SQLServer

MongoDB

Cassandra

DynamoDB

Job description

About The Weather Company:

The Weather Company is the world’s leading weather provider, helping people and businesses make more informed decisions and take action in the face of weather. Together with advanced technology and AI, The Weather Company’s high-volume weather data, insights, advertising, and media solutions across the open web help people, businesses, and brands around the world prepare for and harness the power of weather in a scalable, privacy-forward way. The world’s most accurate forecaster globally, the company reaches hundreds of enterprise clients and more than 360 million monthly active users via its digital properties from The Weather Channel (weather.com) and Weather Underground (wunderground.com).

AI is part of how we work:

Human judgment, expertise, and creativity remain essential and are amplified by AI. We expect everyone in this role to use AI thoughtfully and proactively to accelerate their performance, improve the quality of their work, and explore new possibilities. We are looking for people who are curious, adaptable, and excited to help shape an AI-enabled culture that delivers better outcomes for our customers and our company.

Job brief:

As a Technical Program Manager for Consumer Data at the Weather Company, you will guide theinstrumentation of consumer data collection that supports reporting, analytics, and machine learning usecases. You will lead our consumer data quality initiatives across our digital ecosystem, responsible forensuring the integrity, accuracy, and accessibility of consumer data collected from our applications andwebsites. You will also bridge the gap between business analytics needs & technical data infrastructurewhile collaborating closely with front-end development teams to implement robust data tracking solutions.

The impact you'll make:

• Collaborate with stakeholders, such as product, marketing, and content managers, to understand business analytics requirements and translate them into technical specifications.


• Work with enterprise data architect to define data plans, tracking requirements, and specifications for downstream consumer behavior analytics.


• Partner with front-end application developers to implement comprehensive event tracking systems.


• Review and approve tracking implementation to ensure data consistency and accuracy.


• Guide data quality analysts to investigate potential or existing data issues.Work cross-functionally to resolve them.


• Work with data scientists, data and BI engineers, business analytics teams to ensure data accessibility and usability.


• Establish and maintain comprehensive data quality standards and governance frameworks for consumer data.


• Design and implement data validation processes to ensure accuracy and completeness of consumer behavioral data.


• Develop automated data quality checks and alerting systems, such as data quality dashboards.


• Establish best practices for data instrumentation across web and mobile applications.


• Lead the design and implementation of consumer data collection frameworks.


• Drive continuous improvement initiatives for data infrastructure and processes.


• Ensure data lineage documentation and metadata management.

What you've accomplished:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, or relatedtechnical field


• 5+ years of experience in data engineering, analytics, software engineering or related technicalroles


• 3+ years of experience managing consumer data from digital applications and website


• Proficiency in SQL and experience with both relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLServer) and NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB)


• Knowledge of customer data platforms (CDPs) and consumer data collection methods such as SDKs, cookies, pixels, and APIs.


• Experience with event tracking frameworks and familiar with integrating tracking among multiple partners in order to collect data across systems.


• Understanding of web and mobile analytics implementation (Amplitude, Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics, Mixpanel)


• Understanding of data privacy regulations and their impact on data collection practices


• Understanding of A/B testing frameworks and experimentation platforms


• Experience with cloud-based data lake solutions (AWS S3/Glue/Athena, Azure Data Lake, Google Cloud Storage/BigQuery)


• Proven experience leading technical teams and cross-functional projects


• Strong communication skills with ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders


• Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments


• Project management experience with ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously

Base Salary:

$130,000 - $155,000

The base salary offered will take into account internal equity and may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region of work premises, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience, among other factors.

TWCo Benefits/Perks:

• Flexible Time Off program


• Hybrid work model


• Variety of medical insurance options including a $0 cost premium employee coverage


• Benefits effective day 1 of employment include competitive 401K match with no vesting requirement, national health, dental, and vision plans


• Progressive family plan benefits


• An opportunity to work for a global and industry-leading technology company


• Impactful work in a collaborative environment