Arc XP
Product Manager 2, Data & AI
Arc XP, Washington, District of Columbia, us, 20022
Job Description
The Washington Post relies quite heavily on data-informed decision making both at a strategic and operational level. Over the years, The Post has experienced a significant increase in traffic and engagement across various on-and-off platform channels. The increased data volume and velocity coupled with new data sources and complexity has created new opportunities and challenges. To address these challenges and gain maximum benefits from our data, The Washington Post is seeking a Product Manager in our Data & AI team who will oversee our product analytics function within the wider product organization.
The position will be based in our Washington, DC office - reporting into the Product Management Lead for Data & AI.
MotivationYou are energized by problem-solving and love to work alongside engineers and designers to create user flows and technical diagrams that ensure solutions are scalable, performant, and meet our business, user, and journalism goals.You are organized, driven, and committed to getting the details right.You are comfortable working with partners across the company and enjoy translating complex, technical information into plain language that anyone can understand.You want to deeply understand data and analytics to build, maintain, and evolve data and insight tools and products; and leverage data to create new personalized experiences for our users and partners.Responsibilities
Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to capture requirements, maintain clear and accurate feature documentation, and create user stories.Define and execute a product vision and roadmap focused on data engineeringTurn raw data into insights and knowledge through data visualization toolsPartner with The Washington Post's newsroom, social media, audio/video, and live events teams to champion their product analytics needsParticipate in daily Scrum ceremonies and proactively identify and help mitigate release blockers.Use data and research to generate actionable insights and recommend opportunities to evolve the data and analytics infrastructure so that we build scalable solutions that can grow with us.Lead through influence by building trust and alignment with clear, proactive communication about your plans, progress, successes, and setbacks.Requirements
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree or professional experience in a technical field or equivalent experience building and shipping technical products.3+ years as a product owner or product manager with a strong preference for experience managing data and analytics products.Experience in AWS, including Redshift, and analyzing, social media, podcasts, and video platform data to tell a story about customer engagement; plus developing and launching products within one or more of the following: Cloud, SaaS, enterprise, internal tools, and/or analytics products.Understand the life cycle and development of data services by driving product vision, go-to-market strategy, and design discussions.Experience creating strategic product roadmaps and working with cross-functional teams.Passion for supporting independent journalism and the industry at large through applying innovation and agile best practices to to delight customers and create meaningful personalized experiencesPreferred Qualifications
Expertise with Business Intelligence (BI) tools like Tableau, Looker Studio, or Apache SupersetKnowledge of APIs, data workflows, analytics or data products, cloud infrastructure, software as a service, big data, data engineering processes, security and privacy, development and operations, or machine learning.Strong data, analytics, and technical skills - including SQL to drive product analytics and insights.Ability to influence multiple stakeholders without direct authority.
Arc XP's mission is best served by a diverse, multi-generational workforce with varied life experiences and perspectives. All cultures and backgrounds are welcomed.
The Washington Post relies quite heavily on data-informed decision making both at a strategic and operational level. Over the years, The Post has experienced a significant increase in traffic and engagement across various on-and-off platform channels. The increased data volume and velocity coupled with new data sources and complexity has created new opportunities and challenges. To address these challenges and gain maximum benefits from our data, The Washington Post is seeking a Product Manager in our Data & AI team who will oversee our product analytics function within the wider product organization.
The position will be based in our Washington, DC office - reporting into the Product Management Lead for Data & AI.
MotivationYou are energized by problem-solving and love to work alongside engineers and designers to create user flows and technical diagrams that ensure solutions are scalable, performant, and meet our business, user, and journalism goals.You are organized, driven, and committed to getting the details right.You are comfortable working with partners across the company and enjoy translating complex, technical information into plain language that anyone can understand.You want to deeply understand data and analytics to build, maintain, and evolve data and insight tools and products; and leverage data to create new personalized experiences for our users and partners.Responsibilities
Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to capture requirements, maintain clear and accurate feature documentation, and create user stories.Define and execute a product vision and roadmap focused on data engineeringTurn raw data into insights and knowledge through data visualization toolsPartner with The Washington Post's newsroom, social media, audio/video, and live events teams to champion their product analytics needsParticipate in daily Scrum ceremonies and proactively identify and help mitigate release blockers.Use data and research to generate actionable insights and recommend opportunities to evolve the data and analytics infrastructure so that we build scalable solutions that can grow with us.Lead through influence by building trust and alignment with clear, proactive communication about your plans, progress, successes, and setbacks.Requirements
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree or professional experience in a technical field or equivalent experience building and shipping technical products.3+ years as a product owner or product manager with a strong preference for experience managing data and analytics products.Experience in AWS, including Redshift, and analyzing, social media, podcasts, and video platform data to tell a story about customer engagement; plus developing and launching products within one or more of the following: Cloud, SaaS, enterprise, internal tools, and/or analytics products.Understand the life cycle and development of data services by driving product vision, go-to-market strategy, and design discussions.Experience creating strategic product roadmaps and working with cross-functional teams.Passion for supporting independent journalism and the industry at large through applying innovation and agile best practices to to delight customers and create meaningful personalized experiencesPreferred Qualifications
Expertise with Business Intelligence (BI) tools like Tableau, Looker Studio, or Apache SupersetKnowledge of APIs, data workflows, analytics or data products, cloud infrastructure, software as a service, big data, data engineering processes, security and privacy, development and operations, or machine learning.Strong data, analytics, and technical skills - including SQL to drive product analytics and insights.Ability to influence multiple stakeholders without direct authority.
Arc XP's mission is best served by a diverse, multi-generational workforce with varied life experiences and perspectives. All cultures and backgrounds are welcomed.