Technical Product Manager II, Data Platforms

The New York Times Company; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 142,000; Full time

Job summary

The New York Times Company seeks a Technical Product Manager for the Data Platforms team in New York City. You will partner with engineers, data scientists, and analysts to design scalable data products and improve end-to-end data infrastructure, enabling faster, data-driven decisions.

You will own the data products roadmap, collaborate across domains, and deliver tools that help analysts and product teams discover and consume information about our content and business.

Qualifications

• 4+ years designing and building data products as a product manager or similar role.
• Experience with data governance, modeling, pipelines and infrastructure.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Background in data handling technologies and analytics.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate to create a coordinated data products roadmap.
• Deliver data products across domains to enable data-driven decisions.
• Deliver tools that help analysts, scientists, and product teams discover information.
• Establish product lifecycle and data product quality processes.
• Partner with teams to address analytics needs and prioritize requests.
• Deliver iterative products and gather quick feedback from partners.
• Measure impact using qualitative and quantitative methods.

Skills

Data product design

Cross-functional collaboration

Complex concept communication

Data governance

Data pipelines

Data modeling

Tools

SQL

BigQuery

AWS

Spark

Python

Job description

The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It’s why we have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. It’s why we focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. And it’s why our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it’s worth paying for.

Mission Overview & Responsibilities

The Data Platform Mission aims to empower the organization to access and use data to answer important questions, power user experiences, and to make strategic decisions.

We are looking for a Technical Product Manager that can help develop the product management function within Data Platform. You will partner with many different teams and roles to develop data products, capabilities, and technologies. This role is based in our New York City office in Times Square.

As a Technical Product Manager, you'll work with teams of engineers, data scientists, and analysts to build a strategy for improving end-to-end data infrastructure to make collecting data, processing it, and using it to make data-driven decisions and experiences as efficient as possible. You will create impact through reusable, extensible, and scalable platform capabilities that can address different use cases.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with data leaders to create a coordinated data products roadmap.
• Deliver high-quality, easy-to-use data products across many domains that enhance data-driven decision-making.
• Deliver data products that help data analysts, scientists, product managers, and others to discover and consume information about our content and business.
• Establish product lifecycle and processes to ensure data product quality.
• Partner with teams across the organization to understand and address data and analytics needs.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to prioritize requests, communicate progress, and deliver impactful work.
• Deliver iterative products that provide incremental value and gather quick feedback from partners.
• Use qualitative and quantitative methods to measure the impact of your work.
• Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.
• You will report to the Senior Product Manager, Data Platforms.

Basic Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience designing and building data products as a product manager or equivalent role.
• Track record implementing complex data systems applying supporting data analysis, reasoning, and optimization as part of the decision-making process.
• Experience in data handling approaches and technologies.
• Understanding of data governance, data modeling, data pipelines, and data infrastructure.
• Experience communicating complex technical concepts to a variety of audiences.

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in software development, engineering, data science, or analytics.
• Familiarity with data querying languages and technologies (ex: SQL, python, BigQuery, AWS, or Spark).
• Experience with implementing data governance frameworks, including data lineage, data classification, retention policies, and data obfuscation techniques.
• Proven ability to drive adoption of governance frameworks across decentralized engineering and product teams.
• Experience embedding privacy controls directly into enterprise systems.

Compensation And Benefits For This Role

In addition to base salary, this role is also eligible for variable pay, such as an annual bonus and restricted stock. Benefits include medical, dental and vision benefits, Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s), a company-matching 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase plan, paid vacation, paid sick days, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement and professional development programs.

The annual base pay range for this role is between: $120,000 - $142,000 USD

The New York Times Company is committed to being the world’s best source of independent, reliable and quality journalism. To do so, we embrace a diverse workforce that has a broad range of backgrounds and experiences across our ranks, at all levels of the organization. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate on the basis of an individual's sex, age, race, color, creed, national origin, alienage, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation or affectional preference, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic trait or predisposition, carrier status, citizenship, veteran or military status and other personal characteristics protected by law. All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)’s Know Your Rights Poster is available here.

The New York Times Company will provide reasonable accommodations as required by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws. Individuals seeking an accommodation for the application or interview process should email [e-mail]. Emails sent for unrelated issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.