Senior Product Manager — Data Platform

Gallup•San Francisco, CA

1d•$200,000 - $240,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Help unlock the potential of nearly a century of Gallup data. As a senior product manager of our data platform at Gallup, you’ll shape how we use nearly 100 years of data to power analytics, research, AI/ML workflows and product development. In this role, you’ll have a unique opportunity to modernize a complex legacy data environment and build a scalable, trusted, self-service platform. With the freedom to learn and experiment, you’ll create new possibilities for how Gallup uses its extensive data to deliver insights and solutions to leaders around the world.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience required
At least seven years of product management experience, including at least four years focused on data platforms, infrastructure or developer/platform products, required
Deep understanding of data engineering and platform concepts, including ingestion, pipelines, cloud data warehouses, transformation frameworks, orchestration and data modeling, required
Experience owning a platform road map serving internal engineering, analytics or data science teams required
A commitment to working on-site at Gallup’s San Francisco office at least three days per week required
Eligibility to work in the United States required; this position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship

Nice To Haves

Horizontal platform thinking: You instinctively look across teams and use cases to identify reusable capabilities that create enterprise leverage rather than solving each request as a one-off feature.
Deep data fluency: You understand modern data platforms well enough to engage architects and engineers on ingestion, storage, transformation, orchestration, data modeling and infrastructure tradeoffs while bringing strong product judgment to the conversation.
Decisive product leadership: You can turn ambiguity into a clear road map, make thoughtful tradeoffs and hold the line on platform scope, including saying no diplomatically when requests do not support the broader strategy.
Influence across boundaries: You build credibility quickly; navigate competing priorities; and align engineering, product, analytics, data science and senior stakeholders without relying on direct authority.
Ownership through execution: You take accountability for complex work, anticipate risks and keep teams moving from strategy to measurable outcomes.
Experience leading or contributing to a major data platform migration preferred
Experience as a data engineer or data architect preferred
Experience with AI/ML workflows, particularly where data quality and governance enable successful outcomes, preferred
Familiarity with data governance, compliance and multiregion data infrastructure strategies preferred
Experience in an organization that combines research or consulting with technology products preferred

Responsibilities

Own the strategy and road map for Gallup’s enterprise data platform, ingestion, transformation pipelines, semantic layers and platform tooling
Translate architectural direction into quarterly plans with clear milestones, dependencies and adoption goals
Partner with data architects and engineers to deliver reliable, scalable infrastructure that balances consumer needs, shared platform capabilities and long-term sustainability
Evaluate build-versus-buy decisions and identify reusable abstractions and self-service capabilities that reduce one-off engineering work
Establish data-as-a-product standards, including ownership models, service level agreements (SLAs), data contracts, interface standards, platform success metrics and data modeling conventions
Help shape governance frameworks for data quality, schema controls, change management and observability
Serve as the front door for platform needs, translating stakeholder demand into scalable platform problems, patterns and investment decisions
Communicate platform capabilities, road map progress, tradeoffs and constraints clearly to technical and nontechnical stakeholders