Product Manager, Data Platform
Description:
- Support the development and execution of platform vision aligned with business goals and customer needs
- Help create and maintain a clear, prioritized roadmap that balances short-term delivery with long-term strategic objectives
- Support evangelizing the Data Platform across the organization and help drive stakeholder alignment
- Stay abreast of industry trends and competitive landscape (Snowflake, AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.) to inform platform strategy
- Support requirement gathering and product strategy for data platform services and tools
- Understand end-to-end data analytics and AI/ML operations workflows and how data platforms fit into the broader data ecosystem
- Support data governance initiatives and cross-team collaboration with other data teams
- Ensure platform adheres to regulatory, compliance, and data quality standards
- Partner with engineering on the development of tools and services that increase adoption of the Data Platform
- Help define product capabilities to improve platform accessibility, reliability, usability, security, and performance
- Support customer roadshows and training on data platform capabilities
- Build instrumentation and observability into data platform tools and services to enable data-driven production decisions
- Work closely with engineering, design, and data teams to ensure seamless product delivery
- Partner with customer success, support, and engineering teams to create clear feedback loops
- Translate technical capabilities into business value and user benefits
- Support alignment across multiple stakeholders and teams in complex, ambiguous environments
Requirements:
- Minimum 5+ years of technical product management experience with data platforms, developer tools, distributed systems, or data infrastructure
- Proven track record of delivering successful products in fast-paced environments
- Experience supporting complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives
- Understanding of modern data architectures, query engines, and compute frameworks (Spark, Trino, Databricks, Presto, etc.)
- Experience with APIs, SDKs, or client integration layers for platforms
- Experience working with vendor platforms, tools, and services as a product manager
- Basic understanding of instrumentation, telemetry, and observability practices
- Experience in cloud data ecosystems (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities with a data-driven approach to decision-making
- Experience working with Agile methodologies and tools (JIRA, Azure DevOps)
- Good communication, stakeholder management, and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Strong organizational skills with ability to manage product backlogs
- Experience with customer research, user interviews, and data-driven decision making
- Experience working with engineering, design, and data teams
- Preferred: Previous experience as a software or data engineer
- Preferred: Strong business acumen to prioritize features based on customer value and business impact
- Preferred: Experience with data analytics tools (Jupyter Notebooks, Apache Superset, Tableau, Power BI, etc.)
- Preferred: Experience with semantic models and layers
- Preferred: Knowledge of data governance frameworks and compliance requirements
- Preferred: Insurance industry experience
- Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, management information systems, or related technical field required; MBA/MS or equivalent experience preferred
- Work authorization: At this time, GEICO will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.
Benefits:
- Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your family’s overall well-being.
- Market-competitive compensation
- 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match
- Performance and recognition-based incentives
- Tuition assistance
- Access to mental healthcare
- Fertility and adoption assistance
- Workplace flexibility and GEICO Flex program (ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year)
- Industry leading training, certification assistance, career mentorship and coaching
- Employee engagement and recognition programs that reward positive impact
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