Principal Product Manager I

RELX•Alpharetta, GA

8d•$118,300 - $219,800•Hybrid

About The Position

The Principal Product Manager I is accountable for driving data quality, influencing contributory data strategy, and partnering with Data Governance and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure data is managed, governed, and utilized consistently across the enterprise. This role leads the identification and resolution of complex business and product challenges, influencing outcomes across delivery teams, organizations, and disciplines with minimal direction. In addition, this role will propose new business and/or product strategies that reflect the customer's current and future needs and will drive execution. This is a hybrid position based out of our Alpharetta, GA headquarters, with an in-office presence required three days per week.

Requirements

Led enterprise data quality initiatives that improved accuracy, completeness, and trust in critical data assets while establishing governance and stewardship practices
Hands experience and ability to independently extract and analyze data, identify key insights, and connect findings to business outcomes through clear, data-driven narratives that inform strategic decision-making.
Developed and executed data strategies while partnering with customers to improve quality, governance and business outcomes
Influenced strategic decisions and aligned cross-functional teams to deliver complex data and product initiatives spanning multiple organizations

Nice To Haves

A degree in Business Administration (MBA), Data Analytics, Data Science, or a related discipline. is strongly preferred, but not essential.

Responsibilities

Establish metrics, KPIs, and quality measures to assess health, completeness, accuracy, and business value
Collaborate with technology partners to influence data modernization decisions, advocate for strong data stewardship, governance practices, and sustainable management of contributory data assets
Partner internally and externally investigate and resolve data quality issues, articulate the business value of contributory data, and foster confidence in data-sharing programs and strategies
Define contributory data stewardship practices, drive root-cause analysis, prioritize remediation efforts, partner with technology teams to implement long-term corrective actions, and monitor the effectiveness of remediation initiative
Validate product and contributory data strategy based on knowledge of customers, competitors and market trends
Prioritize hypothesis-driven product evaluation strategies, such as AB testing, while contributing to broader data-analyses strategies and platforms
Develop go-to market strategy and launch plans at the product level through coordination with stakeholders and be accountable for coordinated execution across product, technology, sales, marketing and other customer-facing teams
Leverage data insights and governance standards to guide prioritization and investment decisions
Write and/or consult on requirements across multiple complex and cross-functional feature areas
Drive contributory strategy and roadmap to deliver business impact for multiple products/product lines
Partner with customers to identify, investigate, and resolve data quality issues while promoting best practices for data stewardship and management
Articulate the value of contributory data participation and help customers understand how data quality and contribution practices support better business outcomes
Understands in depth competitive products and strategy, and how they influence customer decisions
Discerns how value is defined and perceived by each customer segment
Interacts with other companies in their industry domain and engages with start-ups
Validates product strategy based on knowledge of customers, competitors and market trends
Drives formulation of overall research/testing strategy and ensure decisions are based on data
Prioritizes hypothesis-driven product evaluation strategies, including AB testing, while contributing to broader data-analyses strategies and platforms
Evaluates the balance between quantitative and qualitative data needed for decision making
Is skilled in breaking down large complex issues into simpler elements that can be effectively addressed
Is energized by complex issues and problems that require creative solutions
Develops go to market strategy and launches plans at the product level through coordination with stakeholders and be accountable for coordinated execution across product, sales, marketing and other customer-facing teams
Ensures ROI for go to market strategy, including revenue goals
Develops appropriate metrics and tracking of launch initiatives and ensures reporting to stakeholders
Develops positioning, themes and messaging
Evangelizes product for sales, customers and media
Actively gathers data from multiple sources (customer, market, revenue, etc.) to drive effective solutions to business problems and strategic issues.
Oversees the product strategy, planning and execution.
Is a thought leader and innovator for his/her product incorporate emerging technologies.
Is considered an expert in the process of defining, documenting, and implementing new features.
Writes or consults on requirements across multiple complex and cross-functional feature areas.
Drives contributory strategy and roadmap to deliver business impact
Assesses new data opportunities for commercial viability
Understand how commercial decisions for a product will impact other areas of the business or customer
Leads development of business cases for investment
Has a unique history and/or expertise in product/data domain and serve as a technical resource for other groups
Identify, evaluate, and champion AI-enabled capabilities that improve data quality, operational efficiency, product performance, and customer outcomes while aligning with business objectives and governance standards
Apply company platforms and technologies in product decisions
Knowledgeable about emerging technologies
Identify product improvement opportunities through different or new applications of technology
Practices Self-Development
Models self-development and supports others to take development actions
Creates an atmosphere of continual improvement, in which self and others are encouraged to exceed the expected results
Seeks out high-level sponsors and mentors
Seeks out future career moves and job assignments
Identifies and highlights new trends, potential problems and opportunities early
Effectively coaches others on how to analyze information to solve problems
Encourages and coaches others to seek alternative ways to solve complex problems
Actively contributes to team culture of innovation
Focuses innovative effort on highest impact issues and areas
Encourages and supports others to share new ideas
Is willing to take calculated risks
Learns quickly from success and failure and effectively applies learning
Communicates Powerfully and Prolifically
Delivers presentations clearly and with high impact
Develops a trusted 2-way communication interface between the team and stakeholders
Provides a definite sense of direction and purpose
Provides people with a clear understanding of how their work fits within a wider organization
Promotes a high level of cooperation between all members of the work group
Keeps team informed of all relevant information affecting the organization, team members and their work
Achieves objectives requiring a high level of cooperation from people in other parts of the organization
Takes the lead in resolving conflict within a work group
Looks for ways for team to work with other teams and divisions
Balances “getting results” with a concern for others’ needs
Is in touch with issues and concerns of individuals within the work group
Initiates contact with other teams or divisions to build relationships that enhance the business results
Is trusted by members of work group and across the organization
Adds value to the relationship
Manages conflict within work groups
Ensures that personal style encourages a positive environment
Energizes people to achieve high levels of performance
Creates an environment that enables individuals to be motivated
Inspires and sustains engagement through a shared purpose and vision
Is able to employ different motivational strategies for different people and situations
Exercises active listening and questioning skills to effectively understand another person’s needs
Utilizes PDP to its full potential
Coaches others on regular basis
Provides reinforcements on efforts and progress
Gives timely, specific and appropriate feedback about development needs
Advocates for individuals with strong performance and potential within the organization
Encourages team members to take personal ownership and responsibility for their own development
Drives for Results
Does everything possible to achieve goals
Regularly measures and evaluates progress
Accepts responsibility for the results-based outcomes of group
Holds others accountable and encourages others to take accountability for achieving results
Shares credit and recognition with others for achieving goals