NerdWallet

Senior Director, Product Management – Data

NerdWallet

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $272,000 - $408,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

Cloud

About the role

  • Set the long-term vision and strategy for the company’s data platform and data products, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and customer needs.
  • Lead, mentor, and develop multiple product teams within the data domain, fostering collaboration, clarity, and ownership.
  • Build and scale data capabilities—including data pipelines, governance frameworks, metadata systems, and ML/AI platforms—that power fintech products and internal operations.
  • Collaborate with engineering, analytics, design, marketing, compliance, and executive leadership to drive data-led initiatives across the company
  • Translate regulatory, privacy, and security requirements into scalable data solutions that meet fintech industry standards.
  • Champion responsible data practices, ensuring accuracy, quality, and ethical usage across the organization.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to define data metrics, KPIs, and success outcomes for both platform and user-facing features.
  • Communicate product direction, roadmap progress, and key decisions to leadership, stakeholders, and company-wide forums.
  • Drive innovation and experimentation by encouraging rapid iteration, A/B testing, and model-driven product design.
  • Evaluate emerging technologies, vendors, and industry trends to guide long-term data strategy and investments.

Requirements

  • Experience: 12+ years in product management, with at least 5 years leading product teams and 3+ years managing data-focused or platform product areas.
  • Proven success owning large-scale data platforms, data infrastructure, or ML/AI product roadmaps in fintech or technology organizations.
  • Deep understanding of data architecture, governance, pipelines, analytics workflows, and cloud-based data ecosystems.
  • Strong track record building and scaling teams, defining org structures, and mentoring senior PMs.
  • Exceptional communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills, including experience influencing at the executive level.
  • Demonstrated ability to set vision while driving clarity and execution across complex, cross-functional programs.
  • Expertise in data-driven decision-making, experimentation, and product analytics.
  • Solid understanding of regulatory requirements relevant to fintech data (e.g., privacy laws, security standards, data residency).
Benefits
  • Industry-leading medical, dental, and vision health care plans for employees and their dependents
  • Rejuvenation Policy – Flexible Vacation Time Off + 11 holidays + holiday company shutdown
  • New Parent Leave for employees with a newborn child or a child placed with them for adoption or foster care
  • Mental health support
  • Paid sabbatical after 5 years for Nerds to recharge, gain knowledge, and pursue their interests
  • Health and Dependent Care FSA and HSA Plan with monthly NerdWallet contribution
  • Monthly Wellness Stipend, Cell Phone Stipend, and Wifi Stipend (Only remote Nerds are eligible for the Wifi Stipend)
  • Work from home equipment stipend and co-working space subsidy (Only remote Nerds are eligible for these stipends)

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
data architecturedata governancedata pipelinesanalytics workflowscloud-based data ecosystemsML platformsAI platformsdata metricsKPI definitionproduct analytics
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationstakeholder managementmentoringcollaborationclarityownershipinnovationexperimentationinfluencing