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Senior Product Manager
DataKind
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $133,000 - $155,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
AWSAzureCloudETLGoogle Cloud PlatformSQL
About the role
- Own the product roadmap, feature prioritization, and release planning for our products and systems.
- Define and maintain product requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria, with an initial focus on backend and data platform deliverables.
- Collaborate with engineering to ensure technical architecture decisions align with product vision and user needs.
- Monitor users and stakeholder needs to drive continuous improvement.
- Work within agile development frameworks to deliver features that meet institutional needs and timeline commitments.
- Partner with Design and Engineering teams to create intuitive user experiences for data management and system configuration.
- Lead sprint planning, backlog grooming, and feature specification processes.
- Ensure seamless integration capabilities with existing institutional systems and third-party tools.
- Define and track key performance indicators for adoption, usage, and impact on student outcomes.
- Analyze system performance data, user behavior, and institutional feedback to identify optimization opportunities.
- Create reporting frameworks that demonstrate value delivered to educational partners and internal stakeholders.
- Support grant reporting and impact measurement initiatives related to implementation.
- Partner closely with Implementation Managers and other stakeholders to understand institutional needs and implementation challenges.
- Collaborate with Engineering teams on technical architecture decisions and development prioritization.
- Work with Data Science teams to ensure capabilities align with AI/ML application requirements.
- Support the Director, Product Management on strategic portfolio decisions and cross-product initiatives.
- Coordinate with Program Officers when product decisions impact institutional partnerships.
- Support go-to-market activities including documentation, training materials, and partner onboarding processes.
- Participate in donor and partner presentations to communicate product progress and impact.
Requirements
- Alignment and enthusiasm for DataKind's mission and values, particularly in education equity and data-driven social impact.
- 4+ years of product management experience, with demonstrated success launching and scaling enterprise software products.
- 2+ years of experience with data infrastructure, backend systems, or B2B SaaS platforms.
- Strong understanding of data engineering concepts including data ingestion, ETL processes, cloud storage, and API design.
- Experience with SQL.
- Experience working with technical stakeholders including data engineers, data scientists, and system administrators.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and modern data stack technologies.
- Proven ability to gather requirements from complex stakeholder environments and translate them into clear product specifications.
- Experience with agile methodologies, including user story writing, sprint planning, and cross-functional team collaboration.
- Excellent communication skills with ability to present technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
- Experience with performance measurement, analytics, and data-driven decision making.
- Demonstrated enthusiasm for learning and adapting to new technologies and systems.
- Applicants must have a U.S.-based permanent address and be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis indefinitely without employer visa sponsorship.
Benefits
- Flexibility and time off. Enjoy genuine flexibility that goes beyond adjustable hours. We build in shared time off, organization-wide recharge days, bi-weekly meeting-free days, and flexible PTO (with a minimum of 20 vacation days encouraged annually).
- Comprehensive Wellness Support. 100% employer-paid medical, vision, and dental benefits for employees (72% for dependents).
- Wellness reimbursement program for activities and purchases.
- 12 weeks paid parental leave.
- Professional development funding each year.
- 401(k) plan with 5% employer matching.
- Opportunity to come together in person for conferences, strategic planning, and annual staff retreat.
- Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
ATS Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
product managementdata infrastructurebackend systemsB2B SaaSdata engineeringETL processescloud storageAPI designSQLperformance measurement
Soft skills
communication skillscollaborationrequirement gatheringadaptabilitystakeholder managementpresentation skillsproblem-solvingleadershipuser story writingsprint planning
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