Data Architect Specialist

We are seeking a Data Product Manager to define, develop, and manage data products that enable business insights, operational efficiency, and data-driven decision-making. The ideal candidate will bridge business, engineering, analytics, and data science teams to deliver scalable, high-quality data solutions aligned with organizational goals., * Define and own the vision, strategy, roadmap, and lifecycle of data products.

• Partner with business stakeholders to understand data needs and translate them into product requirements.
• Collaborate with data engineers, architects, analysts, and data scientists to design and deliver data products and platforms.
• Prioritize features, enhancements, and technical investments based on business value and customer impact.
• Establish and track key performance indicators (KPIs) for data product adoption, quality, and business outcomes.
• Drive data governance, metadata management, data quality, and compliance initiatives
• Develop user stories, acceptance criteria, and product backlogs.
• Lead Agile ceremonies and coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure timely delivery.
• Gather feedback from users and stakeholders to continuously improve data products.
• Communicate product strategy, progress, and outcomes to leadership and stakeholders.
• Ensure data products support scalability, security, reliability, and regulatory requirements., * Enterprise data platforms
• Customer 360 solutions
• Product analytics datasets
• Operational dashboards and reporting systems
• Machine learning feature stores
• Data APIs and self-service analytics platforms

This description can be tailored further for specific industries such as automotive, healthcare, finance, retail, or manufacturing. Given your background in product lifecycle management and 3DX initiatives, I can also create a Data Product Manager job description focused on automotive digital engineering, PLM, and software-defined vehicle programs.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, Data Analytics, or a related field.
• 5+ years of Product Management, Data Management, Business Intelligence, Analytics, or related experience.
• Strong understanding of data warehousing, data modeling, ETL/ELT processes, and cloud data platforms.
• Experience working with Agile methodologies and product management frameworks.
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into business value.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and leadership skills.
• Experience defining KPIs, product metrics, and business cases., * Master’s degree in Business, Data Science, Analytics, or a related field.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, or Google.
• Familiarity with SQL, Python, data visualization tools, and modern data architectures.
• Experience with data governance, master data management, and data catalog solutions.
• Experience leading enterprise-scale data transformation initiatives.

Technical Skills:

• Data Product Management
• Data Warehousing & Data Lakes
• Data Modeling * SQL & Analytics
• Data Governance & Quality
• Cloud Data Platforms
• Agile/Scrum
• KPI & Metrics Development
• API and Data Services Management
• Stakeholder Management Success Metrics
• Data product adoption and user satisfaction
• Data quality and reliability improvements
• Reduction in data delivery lead times
• Business value generated through analytics and insights
• Stakeholder satisfaction and engagement
• Achievement of roadmap milestones and product objectives, * Data Management

Skills Preferred:

• Product Management

Experience Required:

• Specialist Exp.: 10+ yrs in IT
• 4+ yrs in concentration

Education Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree

At FastTek Global, Our Purpose is Our People and Our Planet. We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories. Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra. We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way. We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashioned hard work for 24 years! FastTek Global is financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused. We’ve differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest. Throw out everything you’ve heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies. Our benefits are second to none and thanks to our flexible benefit options you can choose the benefits you need or want, options include:

• Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)
• Vision
• Personal Time Off (PTO) Program
• Long Term Disability (100% paid)
• Life Insurance (100% paid)
• 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match