Lead Product Manager

NBCUniversal • New York, NY

10d • $150,000 - $190,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

As Lead Product Manager in Product Management — Data Analytics, you will define and execute the vision, strategy, and roadmap for analytics and data products that power decision-making and performance across Ad Sales. This role requires a hands-on, highly technical product leader who is fluent in data engineering concepts, relational modeling, AI/ML applications, and enterprise analytics platforms. You will translate complex business needs into scalable data products, collaborating closely with data engineering, platform teams, and business stakeholders to transform multi-source datasets into actionable, self-service insights.

Requirements

• 12+ years in Technical Product Management with deep experience delivering enterprise data, analytics, or BI products end-to-end.
• Demonstrated strengths across core product pillars: Business Strategy Alignment, Solution Delivery, Requirements Definition, and Project Execution.
• 7+ years of hands-on experience with modern data stacks—including Snowflake, Databricks, Redshift, BigQuery, AWS/Azure, dbt, and distributed computing frameworks.
• Strong SQL skills with the ability to query, validate, and analyze large datasets; familiarity with data modeling techniques (Star/Snowflake schema, dimensional modeling, entity-relationship design).
• Experience building scalable data products and BI solutions using tools such as Tableau, Power BI, MicroStrategy, Looker, or similar platforms.
• Familiarity with AI/ML workflows (feature engineering, model evaluation, inference pipelines) and pragmatic application of AI in analytics products.
• Experience in Ad Tech and Ad Sales ecosystems including identity, audience data, measurement, forecasting, and campaign analytics.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, influence executives, and communicate complex technical concepts to business stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of data governance, data quality, privacy, and compliance (GDPR, CCPA) and ability to operationalize guardrails in product workflows.
• Ability to “hold your own” in technical discussions with architects, engineers, and data scientists.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Adobe Analytics, Google Ad Manager/DoubleClick, FreeWheel, Nielsen, Comscore, LiveRamp, or DoubleVerify.
• PMP, Scrum Master certification, or MBA.
• Track record of leading global teams and shipping enterprise-scale data or AI-powered products.
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies and JIRA workflows.
• Passion for data storytelling, comfort navigating complex relational datasets, and the ability to articulate insights using data.

Responsibilities

• Define and socialize a long-term strategy and outcome-based roadmap for analytics and data products aligned with Ad Sales priorities and NBCU technology standards.
• Explore and evaluate internal/third-party datasets; shape analytical tools, AI-enabled insights, and scalable data products that deliver measurable business impact.
• Drive innovation by identifying emerging technologies, data patterns, and opportunities to improve decisioning, automation, and predictive intelligence across the Ad Sales ecosystem.
• Translate business needs into clear, technically sound product requirements, functional specifications, user stories, KPIs, and measurable success criteria.
• Work hands-on with data—querying datasets, validating logic, understanding source-to-target mappings, entity relationships, and data transformation flows.
• Lead discovery and prototyping initiatives to validate concepts; partner with architecture, platform, and data engineering teams to build and deploy data pipelines, AI/ML models, and BI products.
• Ensure quality, reliability, and scalability across ingestion, modeling, orchestration, and visualization layers.
• Plan and manage execution for complex cross-functional initiatives; identify, track, and communicate milestones, dependencies, and risks across globally distributed teams.
• Establish governance frameworks for backlog management, prioritization, release planning, and change management.
• Uphold enterprise data governance, privacy, and security standards throughout the product lifecycle.
• Build strong partnerships with Sales Operations, Strategy, Finance, Marketing, and Engineering; translate user needs into product capabilities and ensure successful adoption via self-service enablement.
• Communicate strategy, progress, and business outcomes to leadership through compelling storytelling and data-driven insights.
• Drive continuous improvement by synthesizing feedback, telemetry, usage analytics, and performance trends.
• Coach and mentor product managers, analysts, and technical team members; foster a collaborative, experimentation-oriented culture focused on excellence and accountability.
• Create alignment across engineering, business stakeholders, and leadership around vision, priorities, and delivery expectations.

Benefits

• This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website.

What This Job Offers

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