Sr. Technical Product Manager (Data Lake/Data Governance)

Job Description
Amazing Career Moments Happen Here
Transforming the insurance industry is ambitious, we know. That's why at Applied, we're building a team that shows up every day ready to learn, willing to try new things, and driven to deliver innovative software and services that make us indispensable to our customers - all within a culture built on values that make us indispensable to each other too. With 40+ years of experience in the Insurtech game, we're not just redefining what's achievable; we're creating a place where amazing career moments are made possible.
Position Overview
We are looking for a Senior Product Manager to own the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for our internal data lake. This is a high-impact, cross-functional role at the heart of our data organization - you will define how the company collects, governs, and derives value from its data assets, partnering closely with Data Engineering, Data Science, Analytics, and business stakeholders to build a best-in-class platform on Google BigQuery.
This role demands both strategic thinking and operational depth - balancing long-term platform vision with near-term execution, navigating competing stakeholder priorities, and ensuring data quality, privacy, and governance are first-class concerns.
To keep us headed in the right direction, we're looking for people who understand winning is a team sport, who value and seek to learn from our team's diverse experiences and backgrounds, who welcome a challenge and take risks in the pursuit of creating better outcomes for our customers, and who can, at any given time, step back to laugh and have some fun.
What You'll Do

• Define and own the multi-year data lake product strategy, translating business needs into a prioritized roadmap that balances platform reliability, new integrations, and insight enablement.
• Identify opportunities to consolidate data sources and reduce duplication; communicate vision and trade-offs clearly to executive, engineering, and business audiences.
• Serve as the primary product contact for data consumers across Finance, Marketing, Operations, Sales, and Engineering - running alignment sessions, managing expectations, and negotiating prioritization with senior stakeholders.
• Define and hold the platform team accountable to clear SLAs for data availability and quality.
• Own the intake process for onboarding new data sources - evaluating business value, technical complexity, and downstream impact including schema dependencies, data lineage, and fan-out effects on pipelines and dashboards.
• Partner with Data Engineering to set ingestion standards and champion data cataloging so every dataset is findable and usable across the organization.
• Work with Data Science to prioritize feature store development, training dataset pipelines, and experiment tracking infrastructure based on model roadmap needs.
• Ensure teams have reliable, well-documented access to curated datasets, and co-define success metrics that bridge raw data availability to actionable business intelligence.
• Build and own a comprehensive governance strategy on BigQuery covering data classification, access control (RBAC/column-level security), retention policies, and audit logging.
• Define data ownership models and drive adoption of quality frameworks - profiling, lineage tracking, anomaly detection - while collaborating with Legal and Security.

We're Excited to Learn More About You
Your experience may include:

• 7+ years of product management experience, with at least 2 years focused on data platform, data infrastructure, or analytics products.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex, multi-stakeholder environments with competing priorities at senior levels.
• Strong understanding of modern data stack concepts: data lakes, warehouses, ELT pipelines, data catalogs, and governance frameworks.
• Hands-on familiarity with Google BigQuery
• Ability to engage credibly with data engineers and data scientists on technical architecture decisions; excellent communication skills for executive audiences.

You may have other skills or credentials, including:

• Experience implementing governance frameworks: data mesh, data contracts, or metadata management tools (Dataplex, Collibra, Alation).
• Familiarity with ML platform concepts: feature stores, model registries, training pipelines (Vertex AI, MLflow).
• Background in structured and semi-structured data across diverse source systems (CRM, ERP, product analytics, third-party APIs).

We know that talent comes from all backgrounds and experience levels. We encourage military members and their spouses as well as candidates without a degree or a background in tech to apply!
When You Join Team Applied, You Can Expect:
A culture that values who you are and recognizes that you aren't just an employee; you are a teammate, and you matter. We thrive on the benefits of our different experiences and celebrate the uniqueness our teammates bring to work with them every day.
We flex our time together, collaborating remotely and in-person to empower our teams to work in the ways that work best for them.
A comprehensive benefits and compensation package that centers our teammates and helps them to bring their best to work every day:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage

• Holiday and Vacation Time

• Health & Wellness Days

• A Bonus Day for Your Birthday

Learn more about the people behind our products at https://www1.appliedsystems.com/en-us/about-us/jobs/
Our targeted starting base salary in the United States for this position ranges from $100,000- $160,000 USD. To determine a new team member's starting pay, we consider a variety of factors, including someone's depth, breadth, and variety of experience, skills, and responsibilities. Depending on the role, team members may also be eligible to participate in additional compensation plans such as bonus and commission.
Actual earnings are uncapped, and many team members exceed on-target amounts by surpassing their sales goals. To determine a new team member's starting pay, we consider a variety of factors, including depth, breadth, and variety of experience, skills, and responsibilities.
Your Security Matters:
Our candidates' personal information and online safety are top of mind for us. At Applied, we proactively protect your personal information and only communicate with candidates via a secure @appliedsystems.com email or through our official careers portal. Recruiters will never request payments, ask for financial account information or sensitive information like social security numbers.
AI Utilization
We leverage AI tools to streamline parts of our recruitment workflow (such as resume parsing and interview scheduling). However, candidate screening, interviews, and final decisions are conducted by real humans.
EEO Statement
Applied Systems is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Diversity and Inclusion is a business imperative and is a part of building our brand and reputation. At Applied, we don't discriminate, and we are committed to recruit, develop, retain, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.
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