Senior Manager Data Products & Strategy

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The Sr Manager Data Products & Strategy will lead the execution and ongoing management of data products within assigned data domains or areas of the organization. This role manages teams responsible for delivering governed, reusable, and high-value data products that enable critical business decisions within a highly regulated financial services environment. The Sr Manager partners closely with Technology, Analytics, Data Governance, Risk, Compliance, and Business stakeholders to translate data priorities into actionable product plans, coordinate delivery across teams, and ensure data products meet established business, quality, and regulatory requirements. This role also provides input into broader data product strategy while maintaining accountability for the performance, priorities, and results of assigned teams.
What you will do:

- Provide input into data product strategy, standards, and objectives for assigned data domains or product areas, and translate broader data strategy and priorities into actionable product plans, roadmaps, and team deliverables.

- Manage assigned data product portfolios, which may include advisor, customer, accounts, risk, operations, or other data domains.

- Prioritize product initiatives based on business value, stakeholder needs, dependencies, risk, and available resources.

- Adapt departmental plans and resources to address changing business priorities and delivery challenges.

- Ensure product plans have clearly defined objectives, requirements, measures of success, and expected business outcomes.

- Lead and manage a team of Data Product Managers and/or other professional-level employees.

- Establish team priorities and ensure alignment with department and broader data product objectives.

- Provide coaching, performance management, development, and ongoing guidance to direct reports.

- Promote consistent practices for product discovery, requirements definition, documentation, prioritization, and delivery.

- Build team capabilities and foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, measurable outcomes, and continuous improvement.

- Make or recommend staffing and other personnel decisions in accordance with organizational policies.

- Manage delivery of complex data products and initiatives within assigned domains or areas of responsibility.

- Coordinate across data product, data engineering, analytics, technology, and business teams to achieve department objectives.

- Identify and resolve delivery issues, resource constraints, dependencies, and competing priorities within assigned areas.

- Escalate significant cross-functional risks or issues to department or sub-functional leadership when appropriate.

- Monitor team execution against product roadmaps, milestones, service expectations, and established measures.

- Ensure teams apply established product management practices and operating standards consistently.

- Partner with Data Governance, Risk, Legal, Compliance, Security, Privacy, and Technology teams to implement required controls within assigned data products.

- Ensure assigned data products comply with established requirements for privacy, data