What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Product Manager position at Cross River?
Who We Are
Cross River is a highly profitable and fast-growing financial technology company powering the future of financial services. Our comprehensive suite of innovative and scalable embedded payments, cards, and lending products delivers financial services for millions of businesses and consumers worldwide.
Mission and Values
We are on a mission to build the infrastructure that propels access, inclusion, and the democratization of financial services. Our strong sense of purpose has led Cross River to be named one of American Banker's Best Places to Work in Fintech for six consecutive years.
Job Title: Data Product Manager
Job Summary:
The Data Product Manager will lead the development and management of data products that enhance our lending, fintech, and capital markets offerings. This role requires close collaboration with cross-functional teams, including engineers, data analysts, and business stakeholders, to drive the product lifecycle from ideation to execution.
Key Responsibilities:
- Product Strategy & Roadmap: Define and execute the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for data-driven products in lending, fintech, and capital markets.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with engineering, data analytics, and business teams to ensure seamless integration of data products into existing systems and workflows.
- Stakeholder Management: Partner with business stakeholders to understand their needs and translate them into technical requirements, acting as a bridge between non-technical stakeholders and technical teams.
- Data Analysis & Engineering: Utilize SQL and other data tools to analyze large datasets, generate insights, and make data-driven decisions. Collaborate with engineers on data architecture and ETL processes as needed.
- Problem-Solving: Lead the resolution of complex data-related challenges, ensuring that products deliver meaningful and accessible insights to users.
- Product Execution: Own the end-to-end product lifecycle, from defining requirements and managing the backlog to leading agile development cycles and product launches.
- User Experience: Advocate for intuitive, user-friendly data products, ensuring that business stakeholders can easily interpret and use the solutions without needing to understand the complexity of the data systems.
Qualifications:
- 5 years of experience as a Data Product Manager or in a similar role within the fintech, lending, capital markets, private credit, or related financial services.
- Strong technical skills in SQL, data analysis, and the ability to work hands-on with engineering teams.
- Familiarity with FinTech platforms is an asset.
- Experience working with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau) and other data-related tools is preferred.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, SnowFlake) and big data technologies is also a plus.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Finance, or a related field.
Company Culture:
Cross River is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law.
