Director Data Product Management

Newrez LLC•Coppell, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Director Data Product Management will lead the execution of the enterprise-wide vision, strategy, and execution for the next-generation data platform. This role will unify data capabilities, drive architecture modernization, and enable scalable, intelligent systems that accelerate business growth. You will partner closely with product engineering, platform architecture team, commercial, and operations teams to deliver a high-performing platform foundation.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a business administration degree preferred.
8+ years’ experience in data architecture, cloud engineering, and product leadership roles.
Deep expertise in cloud-native data platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), event-driven architectures, API-led integration, and modern data stacks.
Proven experience building enterprise-scale platforms supporting analytics, AI/ML, and operational workloads.
Strong leadership experience managing multi-disciplinary teams.
Excellent communicator with ability to translate complex technical concepts for business audiences.
Background working across multiple markets in fintech experience preferred.
Strong verbal communication skills; strong writing and composition abilities.
Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to develop and maintain effective and professional relationships across the organization and with customers.
Strong influencing and negotiation skills; consultative and collaborative work style.
High learning agility with the ability to learn and integrate business variables and learn new systems and platforms.
Strong analytical skills & problem-solving abilities; solid decision-making abilities coupled with sound judgment.
Effective at managing multiple priorities under tight deadlines in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
Self-directed and comfortable working with ambiguity and uncertainty.
High degree of professional maturity, integrity, ability to maintain confidential data and information.
High degree of business acumen; strong technical aptitude.
Employees are required to have smart phones that meet Company security standards with the ability to install apps such as Microsoft Authenticator.

Nice To Haves

Fintech experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Define and own the enterprise architecture strategy for the modern data products and platform, including cloud data services, integration patterns, governance, and scalability.
Lead the design of unified data capabilities that power analytics, ML/AI, real-time systems, and operational use cases.
Drive platform modernization initiatives across markets and business units.
Partner with business and product leadership to translate business needs into technical capabilities and platform roadmaps.
Establish architectural standards, patterns, and best practices across data, integration, and event-driven systems.
Build and mentor a high-performing organization of product owners and engineers.
Ensure platform reliability, security, performance, and compliance.
Champion a data-first culture and cross-functional alignment across technology, product, operations, and commercial teams.
Ability to effectively and accurately convey information to others.
Performs related duties as assigned by management.