Sr. Product Manager - Data Platforms

Sr. Product Manager - Data Platforms

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career. The Senior Product Manager will operate at the intersection of platform engineering, data product teams, and business stakeholders, treating the enterprise data platform as a product—owning strategy, outcomes, adoption, and value realization.

• Define and evolve the product vision and roadmap for 3M’s enterprise data platform ecosystem, spanning next‑generation lakehouse architectures (AWS, Iceberg) and legacy platforms (Snowflake, Teradata, SAP HANA, SQL Server).
• Balance modernization and innovation with the stability, optimization, and rationalization of existing platforms.
• Own the end‑to‑end lifecycle of platform capabilities, from intake and prioritization through delivery, adoption, and measurable value realization.
• Serve as the single‑threaded owner for data platform priorities, trade‑offs, and sequencing across engineering, data product teams, and business stakeholders.
• Drive platform adoption through clear value propositions, defined “golden paths,” and improved developer and analyst experiences.
• Establish and track success metrics, including platform adoption, reliability SLAs, cost efficiency, data quality, and time‑to‑deliver data products.
• Partner with architecture and governance teams to define and enforce platform standards, including medallion patterns, data contracts, security layers, and policy‑as‑code practices.
• Identify opportunities to decommission, consolidate, and optimize platforms and workloads to reduce cost and complexity.
• Produce executive‑ready artifacts, including monthly platform health and value reports and CIO‑level narratives on progress and business impact.

• A clear, opinionated 12–24 month platform product roadmap
• A repeatable intake, demand management, and prioritization model
• A platform adoption playbook for data product and domain teams
• A value realization framework tied directly to enterprise outcomes
• Ongoing executive reporting on platform health, adoption, and ROI

• Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start)
• Eight (8) years of experience in data, analytics, or platform product management in a private, public, government or military environment

• Proven experience owning platforms as products, not just delivery or project execution
• Strong understanding of:
  • Modern data platforms and lakehouse architectures (AWS, Iceberg, Delta)
  • Enterprise data warehousing platforms (Snowflake, Teradata, SAP HANA, SQL Server)
  • SQL‑based transformation and modeling (e.g., dbt)
• Experience operating within large, complex enterprise environments with multiple stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to translate between technical architecture and business value
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and decision‑making skills
• Experience with data product operating models, including domain ownership and data mesh concepts
• Familiarity with data observability, quality, and reliability tooling (e.g., Monte Carlo)
• Experience with Fin Ops for data platforms, cost modeling, and optimization
• Exposure to AI/ML platforms, feature stores, or AI‑ready data architectures
• Comfort operating in ambiguity and driving clarity, focus, and prioritization

Maplewood, MN (Hybrid – at least 3 days per week onsite)

May include up to 10%.

May be authorized.

Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B).

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