Senior Product Manager, Data & Analytics

Summary

Join Pathward, a hybrid, remote-office financial empowerment company, as a Senior Product Manager specializing in Data and Analytics. Lead the development of innovative, revenue-generating data products, creating impactful data insights for internal and external customers. You will be responsible for managing product roadmaps, overseeing execution, and presenting progress to executive stakeholders. This role requires strong analytical and problem-solving skills, along with experience in market research and stakeholder engagement. Pathward offers a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, 401(k), life insurance, disability benefits, and paid time off. The salary range is $86,259.86 – $159,308.33, with additional performance-based incentives.

Requirements

• Product Management Expertise: 5+ years in product management, with hands-on experience in shaping and driving product strategy, roadmap ownership, and customer-focused decision-making including experience with financial products in banks or fintechs
• Data and Analytics SME: Lead the strategy and execution of data product roadmaps that support analytics, regulatory reporting, and core business functions. Work closely with stakeholders across business, risk, and operations to align objectives and maximize impact. Partner with teams to assess current data usage, identify pain points, and uncover opportunities to develop revenue-generating, efficiency-boosting data solutions. Define and refine product requirements by translating business needs into high-value features, ensuring decisions are grounded in user impact and practical use cases
• Sr. PM approach and mindset: You’re able to break down complex initiatives into actionable outcomes and drive work independently. In addition to identifying issues and risks in developing strategy and tactical execution, you are solution oriented and action towards bias in proactively mitigating and solving identified issues
• Product, people and process discovery: Proven ability to engage stakeholders in granular discovery sessions uncovering and defining detailed processes and procedures across people and systems. Ability to dissect discovery outcomes to identify actionable outcomes supporting strategic revenue and operational needs
• Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills: Strong data-driven analytical approach, with the ability to make informed decisions even when complete data is unavailable
• Stakeholder Engagement: Demonstrated experience working with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to align on objectives and ensure cohesive execution

Responsibilities

• Discovery and Requirements Management: Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to draft business cases and functional requirements for new features, guiding program management efforts for successful delivery, navigating trade-offs, earning cross-functional trust, and partnering across the organization for seamless support and visibility
• Drive Product Outcomes: Lead KPI growth by taking ownership of the product roadmap, overseeing execution, and managing performance for commercial lending products
• Executive Communication: Present vision, progress, and dependencies to executive stakeholders, contributing to broader team and organizational planning efforts
• Market Research & Analysis: Lead market research and trend analysis, including competitive insights and customer behavior data, to inform product roadmap decisions
• Drive Team Efficiency: Implement processes to improve team alignment, efficiency, and scalability
• Client-Centric Product Enhancements: Identify and translate client needs into actionable product enhancements, maintaining clear cross-functional communication
• Product Strategy Alignment: Assess and anticipate impacts of product strategy on customer engagement, supporting a tailored approach to each interaction
• Product Documentation: Produce detailed, high-quality product specifications, documentation, and walkthroughs to ensure teams have a clear understanding of product features and workflows
• Engineering Collaboration: Work closely with Engineering and Architecture to define release scope and timelines based on business priorities and constraints
• Reporting & Decision Support: Regularly report on progress towards goals and milestones, supporting leadership in data-driven decision-making

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401(k) retirement benefits
• Life insurance
• Disability benefits
• Paid time off