Lead Product Manager - Enterprise Data Inventory

Lead Product Manager – Enterprise Data Inventory (Finra Office of the Chief Data Officer)

FINRA’s Office of the Chief Data Officer is seeking an experienced Lead Product Manager to lead the development and delivery of an enterprise‑wide Data Inventory platform. This role will drive a strategic initiative to identify, document, and manage sensitive data assets across structured and semi‑structured data sources, enabling the organization to implement focused, risk‑based data protection controls.

• Develops deep understanding of the business and product areas within the product group, as well as the relevant data that can be used to inform key decisions
• Defines multiple products and/or complex products and identifies gaps and user needs by creating vision, strategy, and requirements documents for product(s)
• Utilizes available data or commissions new research to identify user needs
• Performs experiments and organizes primary research to uncover additional user value

• Develops, manages, and owns the product roadmap for multiple products and/or complex products
• Makes trade‑off decisions for multiple products in a product group
• Demonstrates expertise across multiple products which facilitates discovery and drives enterprise capabilities
• Builds partnerships with relevant stakeholder teams
• Coordinates with interdependent teams and influences leadership to drive efficiencies
• Builds and leverages solid working relationships with business and product stakeholders, UI/UX, architecture, and technology teams to facilitate product and user success
• Participates in the intake process for their product domain

• Leads the product planning process across multiple products and/or complex products by overseeing the development of requirements documents (user stories, acceptance criteria, use cases) for products or product releases
• Maintains a prioritized backlog based on defined user value, aligning with product strategy and resource capacity; uses data and analytics to prioritize the product backlog appropriately
• Works closely with UI/UX to set the direction for the design of the user experience for their products
• Determines and monitors release goals, prioritization, implementation, and iteration plans for their products according to user value
• Resolves problems that are escalated during the process

• Facilitates the development process by reviewing demos with the technology team and validating acceptance criteria for multiple products and/or complex products
• Provides UX/UI approval for the assigned products
• Tracks the development work and drives resolution of escalated issues and bugs for their products
• Identifies issues that will keep their products from delivering on time or at the right level of quality, assesses alternatives to resolve, builds a plan for resolution, and directly resolves or communicates to leadership

• Leads large and sometimes highly complex product launches by working with relevant stakeholders to develop launch plans
• Identifies, reviews, and resolves issues and blockers in partnership with team members that may delay the launch or impede the success of product(s)
• Coordinates formal UAT where necessary
• Develops product documentation and training materials for users in support of product launches
• Tracks and reports on product launch metrics, utilizing feedback to drive associated actions and product iteration
• Leads post‑launch reviews and drives incorporation of feedback in future product releases

• Works with internal and external teams and users to identify, classify, and resolve product and product group‑level user issues
• Identifies new and innovative methods and metrics for tracking product success, works with the technology team to improve reports and monitoring
• Works with stakeholder teams to actively monitor metrics
• Tracks performance trends and gathers user feedback to determine product group‑level gaps, development opportunities, and if necessary, product end‑of‑life plans
• Represents team in product group‑level discussions with stakeholders
• Attends business reviews,…