Group Product Manager, Data Platforms

Jobgether; South Africa; Remote; ZAR 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first

Travel opportunities

Flexible remote collaboration

International employment opportunities

Job summary

Jobgether, on behalf of a partner company in South Africa, is seeking a Group Product Manager, Data Platforms. You will shape strategy and roadmaps for large-scale data infrastructure spanning data engineering, experimentation, search, and site reliability, leading a small team.

You will collaborate with engineering, research, and analytics, own data pipelines and analytics tools, promote iterative delivery, and ensure data products are reliable and valuable for internal teams in a distributed,

Qualifications

• 5+ years in product management for data/infrastructure/analytical products.
• Experience hiring and developing Product Managers.
• Track record delivering data platforms used by multiple teams.
• Strong analytics, A/B testing, search tech, and data architecture.
• Familiarity with data pipelines, orchestration, distributed computing.
• Knowledge of search in large-scale digital products.
• Experience with privacy in data collection/retention/access.
• Excellent stakeholder management and collaboration.
• Strong written communication for diverse audiences.
• Commitment to iterative delivery and open knowledge values.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive product strategy, roadmaps across data engineering, search, experimentation, and site reliability.
• Ensure accuracy, reliability, accessibility, and value of data products and services.
• Lead lifecycle management for data platform tools and services.
• Collaborate with engineering leadership to set direction and ensure execution.
• Guide evolution of data infrastructure, pipelines, lakes, analytics tools.
• Oversee data ingestion, orchestration, computation, serving across Kafka, Flink, Hadoop, Spark, Airflow, Iceberg, Kubernetes, Superset, dbt, OpenSearch.
• Partner with user-focused teams to leverage platform capabilities for product decisions.
• Manage and mentor two Product Managers.
• Foster cross-functional collaboration to deliver impactful solutions.
• Promote iterative delivery with MVPs that create internal value.
• Communicate strategies, roadmaps, and decisions clearly to technical and leadership audiences.

Skills

Product management

Data analytics

A/B testing

Data architecture

Stakeholder management

Communication

Leadership

Open knowledge

Tools

Kafka

Flink

Hadoop

Spark

Airflow

Iceberg

Kubernetes

Superset

dbt

OpenSearch

Job description

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Group Product Manager, Data Platforms based in South Africa.

As a Group Product Manager, Data Platforms, you will shape the strategy and evolution of large-scale data infrastructure supporting some of the world's most widely used knowledge platforms. You will lead product direction across data engineering, experimentation, search, and site reliability, ensuring that data products are reliable, accessible, and valuable to teams across the organization. Working closely with engineering leaders, researchers, analysts, and product teams, you will drive the development of modern data pipelines, analytics tools, and experimentation capabilities. You will also manage and develop a team of product managers while influencing strategic decisions across multiple technical domains. This is an opportunity to combine technical product leadership, people management, and mission-driven innovation in a globally distributed, remote-first environment dedicated to making knowledge freely accessible.

Accountabilities:

As a strategic product leader, you will oversee the development and lifecycle management of data platform products while ensuring alignment between technical capabilities and organizational priorities. Your responsibilities will include:

• Define and drive product strategy, priorities, and roadmaps across four key domains: data engineering, search, experimentation, and site reliability.

• Ensure the accuracy, reliability, accessibility, and practical value of data products and services.

• Lead product lifecycle management for the technologies, tools, and services developed by Data Platform Engineering teams.

• Collaborate with the Director of Engineering for Data Platform Engineering to establish strategic direction, facilitate decisions, and ensure effective execution.

• Guide the evolution of data infrastructure, including data pipelines, data lakes, experimentation platforms, and analytics tools.

• Oversee product capabilities covering data ingestion, orchestration, computation, and serving across technologies such as Kafka, Flink, Hadoop, Spark, Airflow, Iceberg, Kubernetes, Superset, dbt, and OpenSearch.

• Partner with user-facing product teams, researchers, and data analysts to leverage platform capabilities for product decisions and the development of derived-data products.

• Manage, mentor, and develop a team of two individual-contributor Product Managers.

• Foster effective collaboration across engineering, research, analytics, and product teams to deliver impactful solutions.

• Promote iterative product delivery, prioritizing minimum viable solutions that create value for internal customer teams.

• Communicate product strategies, roadmaps, priorities, and decisions clearly to technical contributors, volunteer communities, and organizational leadership.

Requirements:

The ideal candidate combines strong technical product management expertise with proven people leadership, strategic thinking, and the ability to navigate complex data ecosystems. You should bring:

• At least 5 years of product management experience focused on data, infrastructure, or analytical products.

• Demonstrated experience hiring, managing, and developing Product Managers.

• A successful track record of delivering data platforms, analytical products, and services used by multiple product teams.

• Strong expertise in data analytics, A/B testing, search technologies, and data architecture.

• A solid understanding of modern techniques and technologies for processing, managing, and serving high-volume data.

• Technical familiarity with data engineering ecosystems, including data pipelines, orchestration, distributed computing, and analytics infrastructure.

• Knowledge of search technologies and their application within large-scale digital products.

• Experience addressing privacy considerations related to data collection, retention, access, and distribution.

• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to achieve results through collaboration and influence across multiple teams.

• Excellent asynchronous communication skills and the ability to work effectively within a geographically distributed organization.

• Sound judgment and decision-making abilities, particularly when dealing with incomplete, ambiguous, or conflicting information.

• Strong written communication skills, with the ability to document strategies, plans, roadmaps, and decisions for audiences with different levels of technical expertise.

• A commitment to iterative delivery, practical prioritization, and continuous improvement.

• Alignment with the mission and values of open knowledge, collaboration, and free access to information.

Additional assets:

• Experience working with open-source software, open data, or open knowledge communities.

• Experience developing products for multiple languages, regions, and international audiences.

• Familiarity with integrating machine learning or artificial intelligence capabilities into web products.

• Experience editing Wikipedia or participating in Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, or other collaborative knowledge communities.

• Previous involvement in open-source software development.

• Familiarity with MediaWiki and related technologies.

Benefits:

• Compensation determined by skills, professional experience, and geographic location, with adjustments for cost of living.

• Remote-first working environment, with team members and contractors based across more than 40 countries.

• Internationally distributed and collaborative workplace.

• Opportunities to contribute to globally impactful products and initiatives focused on free knowledge and information accessibility.

• A diverse, inclusive, and equitable working environment that encourages different perspectives and backgrounds.

• International travel opportunities, with up to four trips per year.

• Flexible remote collaboration, with availability required for critical meetings and synchronous work between 15:00 UTC and 18:00 UTC.

• International employment opportunities in eligible countries, with local hiring arrangements through a third-party Employer of Record where applicable.