Data Product Manager Senior

# Think Data Be Smart #

About Us: DataSmart is a Portuguese company, positioning itself as a consulting company of excellence, with over 20 years of existence. We are specialized in Technologies and Information Systems services, for the Portuguese and International markets. We pride ourselves on fostering a culture of involvement, experience, and excellence.

Join our team as a Data Product Manager Senior (Hybrid – Lisbon)!

What You’ll Do:

• Lead the organization’s transition from data delivery to a data-as-a-product mindset.
• Align data initiatives with business strategy, technology frameworks, and organizational objectives.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including international stakeholders and the Frankfurt hub.
• Own the full lifecycle of data products, from ideation and discovery to delivery and continuous improvement.
• Define and implement data governance frameworks, metadata management practices, and data quality standards.
• Engage with platform users and stakeholders to ensure data products deliver measurable business value.
• Prioritize initiatives and maintain product roadmaps for scalable and impactful data solutions.
• Drive the development of resilient, high-quality data products that serve both internal and external customers.
• Foster a data-driven culture and promote product thinking across data teams.
• Apply Agile methodologies (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban) to improve team effectiveness and delivery.
• Ensure data products comply with privacy, security, and regulatory requirements.
• Establish and monitor SLAs, data contracts, and quality agreements for data products.

Qualifications:.

• Strong knowledge of data platforms, modern data architectures, and analytics engineering.
• Experience designing and managing scalable data platforms and ecosystems.
• Advanced SQL skills and expertise in dimensional data modeling.
• Ability to apply different data modeling techniques based on business requirements.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, GCP, or Microsoft Fabric.
• Knowledge of cloud data warehouses and modern data stack technologies.
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines, DataOps, and software engineering best practices.
• Familiarity with machine learning workflows, feature engineering, and data product operationalization.
• Experience defining SLAs, data contracts, and data quality frameworks.
• Proven experience managing data products or data platforms from concept to delivery.
• Ability to define product vision, strategy, roadmaps, and success metrics.
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Experience balancing business priorities, technical constraints, and user needs.
• Ability to drive product discovery, design, execution, and adoption.
• Experience implementing data governance frameworks and metadata/catalog solutions.
• Knowledge of data quality management and data stewardship practices.
• Understanding of data privacy, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
• Focus on cost-effective and scalable data solutions.
• Hands-on experience with BI and analytics tools such as:
  • Tableau
  • Power BI
  • Looker

• Strong leadership and influencing skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement abilities.
• Strategic thinking combined with hands-on execution capability.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and solve complex business and technical problems.
• Strong prioritization and decision-making skills.
• Passion for building a data-driven culture and product mindset.

At DataSmart, you will have the opportunity to integrate into a solid company and participate in projects of high recognition, nationally and internationally, with an appealing technological environment and career progression.

Excellence in the way to the future!

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