Staff Product Manager, Data Catalog & Governance

Thetradedesk; Bellevue (KY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock-based compensation

Comprehensive healthcare

401k with company match

Paid holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Parental leave

Vacation time up to 120 hours

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

The Trade Desk is seeking a Staff Product Manager to own data cataloging, governance, and access controls across its platform. You will shape how data is cataloged, classified, and governed to support compliant, scalable data usage.

You’ll partner with Legal, Privacy, Security, and Engineering to operationalize data-use constraints, define schema evolution, and enable efficient internal workflows in a hybrid environment.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of product management experience focused on data platforms and governance.
• Hands-on knowledge of data catalog and metadata management tools.
• Deep understanding of GDPR, CCPA, CPRA and privacy frameworks.
• Experience with Databricks Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, and Snowflake.
• Strong cross-functional leadership and ability to translate regulatory constraints into product requirements.

Responsibilities

• Own the roadmap for schema evolution and versioning across platforms.
• Define drift detection tooling for real-time schema changes.
• Build semantic mapping between technical schemas and business terms.
• Lead access control and data entitlements strategy across internal teams.
• Drive platformization and tagging for data assets ensuring privacy constraints.
• Collaborate across engineering, legal, privacy and data science to align governance standards.

Skills

Data governance

Product management

Cross-functional leadership

Regulatory compliance

Communication

Data catalog familiarity

Cloud data platforms (Databricks)

Schema management

Tools

Databricks Unity Catalog

Delta Lake

Snowflake

Job description

The Trade Desk is seeking a Staff Product Manager to own data cataloging, governance, and access controls across its platform. You will shape how data is cataloged, classified, and governed to support compliant, scalable data usage.

You’ll partner with Legal, Privacy, Security, and Engineering to operationalize data-use constraints, define schema evolution, and enable efficient internal workflows in a hybrid environment.