Director Data Products & Strategy

Empower • Overland Park, KS

2d • $138,000 - $200,100 • Onsite

About The Position

The Director, Data Products & Strategy will lead the vision, strategy, execution, and governance of enterprise data products across the organization. This role will ensure data assets are delivered as trusted, compliant, and high-value products that support critical business decisions within a highly regulated financial services environment. The Director will partner closely with Technology, Analytics, Risk, Compliance, Legal, and Business stakeholders to align data investments with enterprise priorities, establish consistent data product management practices, and build a scalable organization that balances innovation with regulatory expectations.

Requirements

• 8 to 10+ years of product management experience, including 4+ years focused on data, analytics, or platform products.
• 5 to 6+ years of experience in people leadership or senior product leadership roles.
• Experience working in financial services or another highly regulated industry.
• Strong understanding of enterprise data platforms, including data lakes, data warehouses, and streaming technologies.
• Strong understanding of analytics, business intelligence, and metrics layers.
• Experience with data governance practices, including metadata management, data lineage, and data quality.
• Proven success leading large-scale, cross-functional initiatives at the enterprise level.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with cloud-native data ecosystems such as AWS, Snowflake, or Redshift.
• Familiarity with data mesh or domain-oriented data product models.
• A background in analytics, engineering, or quantitative roles.
• Experience presenting to executive leadership and governance forums.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the enterprise data product strategy and operating model.
• Establish and manage domain-based data product portfolios, including customer, transaction, risk, and operations domains.
• Translate enterprise strategy into multi-year data product roadmaps supported by clearly defined value cases.
• Lead, mentor, and scale a team of Data Product Managers.
• Establish standards for product discovery, requirements definition, documentation, and delivery.
• Foster a culture of accountability, outcomes, and continuous improvement.
• Oversee the delivery of complex, cross-domain data products and data platforms.
• Ensure alignment among data product teams, data engineering, and analytics functions.
• Remove organizational blockers and manage dependencies across teams.
• Partner with Data Governance, Risk, Legal, and Compliance teams to embed controls within data products.
• Ensure data products meet regulatory requirements related to privacy, lineage, auditability, and data retention.
• Establish clear ownership, stewardship, and accountability for enterprise data domains.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior business and technology leaders.
• Communicate data product strategy, progress, and value to executive audiences.
• Balance competing priorities across business units while driving enterprise alignment.
• Define success metrics for data products, including adoption, data quality, and business impact.
• Track return on investment and ensure data initiatives deliver measurable outcomes.
• Drive continuous optimization of the enterprise data product portfolio.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
• Retirement savings – 401(k) plan with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%), financial advisory services, potential company discretionary contribution, and a broad investment lineup
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
• Business-casual environment that includes the option to wear jeans
• Generous paid time off upon hire – including a paid time off program plus ten paid company holidays and three floating holidays each calendar year
• Paid volunteer time — 16 hours per calendar year
• Leave of absence programs – including paid parental leave, paid short- and long-term disability, and Family and Medical Leave (FMLA)
• Business Resource Groups (BRGs) – BRGs facilitate inclusion and collaboration across our business internally and throughout the communities where we live, work and play. BRGs are open to all.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed