Sr. Technical Product Manager - Data

Petco; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Petco is hiring a Sr. Technical Data Product Manager to shape and deliver trusted, scalable data products powering analytics, personalization, and AI-driven decision-making across the company.

You will bridge business stakeholders with data, analytics, architecture, and governance teams, owning end-to-end delivery, data governance, and cross-domain product strategy. This role supports data platforms across customer, loyalty, sales, inventory, marketing, merchandising, services and finance, using

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field and 5+ years delivering end-to-end data products.
• Experience in technical product ownership, data product management, data engineering, analytics, or BI.
• Strong understanding of data warehousing, modeling, ETL/ELT, APIs, data quality and BI.
• Expert knowledge of SQL.
• Experience managing Agile backlogs and cross-functional delivery.
• Ability to communicate with both technical teams and senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own the vision, roadmap, backlog, and outcomes for enterprise data products.
• Translate business needs into user stories, data models, and technical requirements.
• Partner with data engineers, architects, analysts, data scientists, and business teams.
• Define data-quality standards, data contracts, and SLAs.
• Define and analyze key insights to track product performance.
• Drive adoption of governed data products and measure business value.
• Support data platforms on Google Cloud and BigQuery.
• Create feedback processes and prioritize requests across stakeholders.
• Champion data governance across internal teams.

Skills

SQL

Agile product management

Data warehousing

ETL/ELT

Data modeling

Looker

BigQuery

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Statistics, Data Science or another quantitative field

Tools

Google Cloud

dbt

Looker

API design

Job description

Want to help pets live their best lives?

We’re proud to be where the pets go and where the pet people go. If you want to make a real difference, create an exciting career path, feel welcome to be your whole self and nurture your wellbeing, Petco is the place for you.

Our core values capture that spirit as we work to improve lives by doing what’s right for pets and people.

• Pet First – Protect & Empower. All pets should Live their Best Life. We put the needs of pets and pet parents at the center of everything we do.
• Foster the Fun – Connect & Bond. Our Passion for pets brings us together! We celebrate the journey of pet parenthood through district experiences, products, and services.
• Let’s Go! Own & Commit. We are stronger as One Petco team. We bring our unique superpowers and champion authenticity in everyone to drive success.

About Petco

We’re proud to be "where the pets go" to find everything they need to live their best lives for more than 60 years — from their favorite meals and toys, to trusted supplies and expert support from people who get it, because we live it. We believe in the universal truths of pet parenthood — the boundless boops, missing slippers, late night zoomies and everything in between. And we’re here for it. Every tail wag, every vet visit, every step of the way. We are 29,000+ strong and together we nurture the pet-human bond in more than 1,500 Petco stores across the U.S., Mexico and Puerto Rico, 250+ Vetco Total Care hospitals, hundreds of preventive care clinics and eight distribution centers. In 1999, we founded Petco Love. Together, we support thousands of local animal welfare groups nationwide and have helped find homes for approximately 7 million animals through in-store adoption events.

We’re hiring a Sr. Technical Data Product Manager at Petco! This role will help shape and deliver trusted, scalable data products that power analytics, personalization, operational insights, and AI-driven decision-making across Petco.

You’ll serve as the bridge between business stakeholders and our data, analytics, architecture, and governance teams turning business needs into reusable enterprise data products across domains such as customer, loyalty, sales, inventory, marketing, merchandising, services and finance.. You will help lead product strategy and roadmaps, take ownership of end-to-end delivery of data products, and guide data governance best practices across internal teams..

Responsibilities

What you’ll do:

• Own the vision, roadmap, backlog, and outcomes for enterprise data products.
• Translate business needs into user stories, acceptance criteria, data models, and technical requirements.
• Partner with data engineers, architects, analysts, data scientists, and business teams.
• Define data-quality standards, business rules, data contracts, metric definitions, and service-level expectations.
• Define and analyze key insights to track the performance of our data products.
• Drive adoption of governed data products and measure their business value.
• Support modern data capabilities built on Google Cloud and BigQuery.
• Create processes for collecting feedback from users and prioritizing requests across business stakeholders.
• Champion data governance standards in collaboration across internal teams.

Qualifications

What we’re looking for:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Statistics, Data Science or another quantitative field 5+ years of product management experience, including delivery of entire products from start to finish.
• Experience in technical product ownership, data product management, data engineering, analytics, or business intelligence.
• Strong understanding of data warehousing, modeling, ETL/ELT, APIs, data quality, lineage, and BI.
• Expert knowledge of SQL.
• Experience managing Agile product backlogs and cross-functional delivery.
• Problem solver with a product mindset: Ability to problem solve complex issues and constantly think about how to make processes more efficient.
• Ability to work and communicate effectively with both technical teams and senior business stakeholders, with proven track record of taking end-to-end ownership and successfully delivering data products.
• Experience with BigQuery, Looker, dbt, Customer 360, MDM, CDP, retail, or e-commerce is a plus.

The ideal candidate understands that a data product is more than a table or dashboard. It must be trusted, well-defined, governed, reusable and designed around measurable consumer value.

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Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

The pay ranges outlined below are presented in accordance with state-specific regulations. These ranges may differ in other areas and could be subject to variation based on regulatory minimum wage requirements. Actual pay rates will depend on factors such as position, location, level of experience, and applicable state or local minimum wage laws. If the regulatory minimum wage exceeds the minimum indicated in the pay range below, the regulatory minimum wage will be the minimum rate applied.

Salary Range: $100,100.00 - $166,100.00

Hourly or Salary Range will be reflected above. For a more detailed overview of Petco Total Rewards, including health and financial benefits, 401K, incentives, and PTO - see https://careers.petco.com/us/en/key-benefits

Petco Animal Supplies, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or any other protected classification.