Senior Technical Product Manager – Data Platforms and Infrastructure

Malvern, PA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Responsibilities:

Full product lifecycle ownership:

Own the product vision and strategy of Vanguards data platforms from incubation to sunset in alignment with Vanguards enterprise data strategy and target state architecture

Customer-centric product ideation:

Monitor market trends and conduct user research to identify opportunities that will define data platform products and product features
Collaborate across divisions with our users (e.g. data engineers architects analysts data scientists) to define data products that meet their critical data and business needs
Foster a culture of experimentation through MVPs rapid prototyping and iterative development encouraging bold thinking while maintaining a strong bias for execution and learning.
Translate insights into actionable and prioritized product features

Product delivery through innovation experimentation and continuous improvement:

Develop and maintain a transparent outcomes-based roadmap and backlog partnering and aligning with key stakeholders including architecture and engineering functions under the CTO to sequence capabilities based on business priorities and technical feasibility
Collaborate with data architecture and engineering teams to co-create the right features often leading technical discussions with a deep understanding of data platforms and technologies (e.g. AWS Databricks Snowflake integration patterns)
Conduct usability testing and experimentation to ensure platform features meet user needs
Manage product launches coordinating with project managers for on-time and on-budget releases
Define and monitor key product metrics and analyze product performance to continually improve and drive value inform roadmap and investment decisions and measure success

Funding and P&L:

Partner with finance and engineering leadership to allocate budgets across the product portfolio
Use data-driven frameworks to define and manage the OKRs P&L and value realization (ROI) of core platform capabilities and data services

Go-to-market and adoption:

Develop and execute go-to-market (GTM) strategies in partnership with enablement communications and other support teams
Create approach to socialize products and products features along with onboarding and training materials to ensure adoption

Building out the product function:

Shape a high-performing product culture within the data platform organization while fostering a culture of innovation and bold thinking
Mentor junior PMs and contribute to the growth of the product management capability within EDA&E

Qualifications:

Undergraduate degree in computers science information systems business analytics or equivalent experience. MBA or advanced degree preferred
Minimum of 8 years of total technology experience with 3-5 years in IT Product Management taking highly technical developer-focused (e.g. engineers data scientists) products from conception to launch
Demonstrated end-to-end product ownership across product lifecycle including product innovation and delivery through ideation and experimentation GTM and product evolution in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
Ability to lead strategic discussions on data architecture and engineering (e.g. data modeling metadata management data quality data integration storage compute security) and data platforms (e.g. AWS Databricks Confluent Flink)
Cross-functional influence and leadership (leading without authority) across multiple teams and levels of stakeholders (e.g. business risk compliance and technology) to align on platform strategy and drive clarity and alignment in a complex environment
Written and verbal communication skills to build compelling value propositions GTM plans influence stakeholders and provide clarity on complex systems
Track record in using market research and financial and product analytics to drive innovation project ROI and manage P&L and track metrics to inform investment decisions
Proven record in implementing product management frameworks with successful outcomes (e.g. JTBD CUJ)

Special Factors

Sponsorship

Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

About Vanguard

At Vanguard we dont just have a missionwere on a mission.

To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.

How We Work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning collaboration and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.

Required Experience:

Senior IC

Responsibilities:Full product lifecycle ownership:Own the product vision and strategy of Vanguards data platforms from incubation to sunset in alignment with Vanguards enterprise data strategy and target state architectureCustomer-centric product ideation:Monitor market trends and conduct user resea...