Corporate Strategy - Data Product Manager

Golden 1 Talent Acquisition Team•Sacramento, CA

18h

About The Position

Golden 1 Credit Union is seeking a data savvy product thinker to join their Corporate Strategy department as a Data Product Manager. This role is responsible for developing and implementing data product strategy, serving as a product owner in an agile lifecycle, and managing data product backlogs. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of how data flows through an organization, experience turning complex requirements into actionable product direction, and the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and business stakeholders. This position requires a hands-on approach with data, a commitment to data quality and governance, and a desire to contribute to an organization that serves its members and communities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in area of specialty (Accounting, Mathematics, Business Administration, Information Technology, or similarly quantitative/analytical degrees) required.
5+ years of overall professional experience required.
3+ years of experience in product management, data product management, program management, systems analysis, analytics programs, data or business analysis, data engineering, or related fields required.
Data savvy product thinker who thrives at the intersection of business needs and technical execution.
Understands how data flows through an organization, how people use it, and what it takes to turn complex requirements into clear, actionable product direction.
Comfortable owning a data product from concept through delivery.
Ability to communicate with clarity, whether working with engineers, analysts, or business leaders, and translate between technical detail and business value.
Ability to build strong relationships, influence without authority, and keep cross functional partners aligned around shared goals.
Enjoys solving problems proactively, navigating ambiguity, and driving outcomes in a fast moving environment.
Hands on with data and comfortable exploring datasets, writing basic to intermediate code to validate assumptions, or reviewing dashboards to understand user needs.
Cares deeply about data quality, governance, and creating products that people trust.
Motivated by meaningful work and contributing to an organization that serves its members and communities.
Embraces Golden 1’s values.

Nice To Haves

Experience in the credit union or banking industry highly preferred.

Responsibilities

Develops and implements data product strategy for data products within one or more data domains that align with the Credit Union’s data needs and strategic priorities.
Serves as product owner in agile product lifecycle by conducting initial intake with data consumers and business partners, researching pertinent technical and business context, codesigning and scoping with Data Architecture and Data Engineering, prioritizing and sequencing data product backlogs, and facilitating release management of products.
Partners closely with analyst teams, other data product users, business stakeholders, business leaders, and Corporate Strategy Team to identify and understand business needs, business strategy, and the corresponding proposed reporting and/or analytics solutions to be able to articulate relevant details in user stories and technical requirements that will guide efforts of data engineering teams.
Manages and prioritize data product backlog(s) by assessing business impact, level of effort, overall feasibility and fit in overall data platform architecture, conferring with Data Architecture Team and other technical teams as needed.
Conducts research and analysis to align goals with development team and Data Program Management to prioritize user stories and plan sprints to deliver on data product strategy.
Communicates and coordinates effectively with data product users and stakeholders to set appropriate expectations regarding timelines and deliverables.
Develops content and curate resources for stakeholders and end-users of data products including but not limited to data dictionaries/catalogs, data lineage, release notes and user guides.
Provides support in developing and implementing data quality and governance policies, standards and checks to ensure reliability and accuracy in data within data products.
Serves as data product subject matter expert to determine data requirements for broader organizational projects and initiatives that require data input or output related to the assigned data product(s).
Provides input and context in broader data platform planning regarding products to ensure optimal resource utilization and alignment with organizational priorities.
Develops relationships, rapport and communication channels with stakeholders to ensure continuous dialog about opportunities to optimize the performance, usability, and value of data product(s).
Provides support in the development and management of data-related policies, procedures, and standards.
Performs additional duties as assigned to support the success of the Enterprise Data Management Program, data governance and the continued evolution of data products within the organization.
Handles other duties as may be assigned.