Data Product Manager

New York, NY

At Moody's, we unite the brightest minds to turn todays risks into tomorrows opportunities. We do this by striving to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome to be who they arewith the freedom to exchange ideas, think innovatively, and listen to each other and customers in meaningful ways. Moodys is transforming how the world sees risk. As a global leader in ratings and integrated risk assessment, were advancing AI to move from insight to actionenabling intelligence that not only understands complexity but responds to it. We decode risk to unlock opportunity, helping our clients navigate uncertainty with clarity, speed, and confidence.

If you are excited about this opportunity but do not meet every single requirement, please apply! You still may be a great fit for this role or other open roles. We are seeking candidates who model our values: invest in every relationship, lead with curiosity, champion diverse perspectives, turn inputs into actions, and uphold trust through integrity. 

Employment eligibility to work in the U.S. is required, as Moodys will not pursue visa sponsorship for this position

Skills and Competencies

• Strong grasp of agile methodologies and delivery practices
• 8+ years experience in technical product management or data engineering for dataintensive B2B products
• Prior experience in data platform, data warehousing, or analytics environments such as Snowflake, Databricks, Redshift, Athena, or Kafka
• Experience defining, monitoring, and operationalizing data quality and QA standards, particularly for downstream analytics or AI consumers
• Proficiency with SQL for data analysis, troubleshooting, and validation
• Familiarity with how data is consumed by machine learning or AI systems
• Resultsoriented and actionfocused mindset with the ability to drive delivery in complex, matrixed environments
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complex data and platform concepts for technical and nontechnical stakeholders
• Strong analytical skills, persistence in problem solving, and attention to detail
• Demonstrated initiative, curiosity, and commitment to continuous improvement
• Experience working with vendors or external partners in a matrixed organization
• Track record of improving team and organizational effectiveness through influence and scalable processes
• Demonstrated proficiency in artificial intelligence concepts, with hands-on experience using AI tools to streamline workflows and enhance operational efficiency. Proven ability to implement AI-powered solutions to solve business challenges. Demonstrates a growing awareness of AI risk management and a commitment to responsible and ethical AI use

Education

• Bachelors degree required; advanced degree such as an MBA or Masters preferred

Responsibilities

Owns and leads a data engineering squad responsible for building and operating one of Moodys Analytics core data platforms, with a strong focus on delivering highquality, governed data that drives customer and business value.

• Own a data engineering squad, accountable for roadmap planning, execution, and delivery
• Drive effective delivery by accelerating decision making, removing blockers, and keeping the team focused on the highestvalue outcomes
• Partner with the Data Platform Product Owner, Data Governance, Quality Assurance, Data Engineering, and internal Product Development teams to bring new data sets to market
• Collaborate closely with data engineers to understand solution complexity, evaluate architectural tradeoffs, and select implementation approaches that balance speed, scalability, cost, and AI readiness
• Manage agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, reviews, and retrospectives to ensure consistent, highquality delivery
• Facilitate alignment across data and product development squads to manage dependencies and support sound decision making
• Own and prioritize a backlog of user stories, defects, refactors, infrastructure work, and production support based on business value, platform reuse, risk reduction, and AI enablement
• Use AI and GenAI tools to accelerate requirements creation, summarize stakeholder input and operational insights, and support impact analysis and root cause exploration
• Identify opportunities to automate and augment data delivery workflows, including data quality validation, documentation, metadata management, and operational reporting
• Coordinate release readiness and deployments with Release Management, Operations, Data Quality, and Data Governance partners
• Build strong relationships with data strategy and business stakeholders to support delivery of new data sets and evolution of existing data assets
• Embed data quality, lineage, and governance standards into backlog items and acceptance criteria, with particular focus on data used by AI and modeldriven products
• Proactively identify and mitigate delivery, quality, privacy, and operational risks across the data lifecycle

About the Team

The Data Estate Data Platform team is part of the broader Data Product Management organization at Moodys Analytics. The team is a dynamic, analytical group with a strong bias toward rapid and reliable delivery of highquality data assets. We partner closely with data engineering, governance, and product development teams to bring trusted, wellgoverned data to market, enabling analytics and AIdriven products that create meaningful value for customers and the business.

For US-based roles only: the anticipated hiring base salary range for this position is $142,500.00 - $206,700.00, depending on factors such as experience, education, level, skills, and location. This range is based on a full-time position. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for incentive compensation. Moodys also offers a competitive benefits package, including not but limited to medical, dental, vision, parental leave, paid time off, a 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities, life, disability, and accident insurance, a discounted employee stock purchase plan, and tuition reimbursement.

Moodys is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender, age, religion or creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital or familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Moodys also provides reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities or based on a sincerely held religious belief in accordance with applicable laws. If you need to inquire about a reasonable accommodation, or need assistance with completing the application process, please email accommodations@moodys.com. This contact information is for accommodation requests only, and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications

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This position may be considered a promotional opportunity, pursuant to the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act.

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