Technical Product Manager II, Data Platforms

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

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Restricted stock

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

FSA

401(k) match

Employee stock purchase plan

Paid vacation

Paid sick leave

Parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development

Job summary

The New York Times, a leading global newsroom, is seeking a Technical Product Manager for the Data Platform in New York City (Times Square). You will partner with engineers, data scientists, and analysts to design scalable data infrastructure and data products that power data-driven experiences.

You will drive end-to-end product development, prioritize requests, and deliver reusable platform capabilities to address multiple use cases while upholding our commitment to independent journalism.

Qualifications

• 4+ years designing and building data products as a PM or equivalent.
• Experience enabling complex data systems with data analysis and optimization.
• Knowledge of data handling approaches and technologies.
• Understanding of data governance, modeling, pipelines, and infrastructure.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with data leaders to create a coordinated data products roadmap.
• Deliver high-quality, easy-to-use data products across domains to enhance data-driven decision-making.
• Deliver data products that help analysts, scientists, product managers, and others to discover and consume information.
• Establish product lifecycle and processes to ensure data product quality.
• Partner with teams to understand and address data and analytics needs.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to prioritize requests and deliver impact.
• Deliver iterative products with incremental value and fast feedback.
• Measure impact using qualitative and quantitative methods.
• Support journalistic independence and our mission to seek the truth.

Skills

Data products

Data governance

Data platforms

Communication

Tools

SQL

Python

BigQuery

AWS

Spark

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.

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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

Candidate Use of GenAI Tools:

We’re excited to learn more about you and your experience. To keep our hiring process as fair and authentic as possible, we ask that you submit your own work and not use GenAI tools to generate substantive content during the application and interview process.

If you’re an engineering candidate, we’ll let you know what specific GenAI tools you are permitted to use for your technical assessment.

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.

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.

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