Senior Data Product Manager, Analytical Data Products
Roche
Summary
As a Senior Data Product Manager, Analytical Data Products, you will drive the development, execution, and optimization of strategic data products across the organization. Reporting directly to the Director for Analytical Data Products, you will operate as a fully autonomous product leader—defining the product vision, leading cross-functional execution, and ensuring alignment with enterprise-wide objectives.
Job description
Key Responsibilities
- Product Strategy & Vision: Develop and communicate a clear, value-driven product vision that aligns with Genentech's broader organizational objectives. Partner with leadership to define comprehensive data product roadmaps, including features, timelines, and cross-product dependencies.
- Product Lifecycle Leadership: Lead end-to-end execution from strategy through implementation for a complex portfolio of Analytical Data Products. Maintain and prioritize the product backlog to ensure it efficiently addresses both single and multi-business enterprise use cases.
- Agile Collaboration, Evangelism & Adoption: Champion the product operating model. Actively engage with business leaders and technical end-users (e.g., Data Scientists, Analysts, and Engineers) to evangelize the product vision, drive user adoption, foster trust, and lead operational improvements within cross-functional data squads.
- Stakeholder & Demand Management: Act as the primary strategic liaison between business stakeholders and the data product technology team. Align stakeholders across multiple organizational levels, manage complex demand requests, and negotiate prioritization.
- Data Quality & Standards Frameworks: Establish and maintain a comprehensive enterprise data quality framework. Define key metrics, identify root-cause issues, and partner with data stewards and engineers to ensure visibility into data integrity and performance.
- Architectural Guidance: Guide cross-functional teams in adhering to modern data architecture principles, including data mesh, data fabric, Semantic Layer concepts, and FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) data standards to ensure maximum scalability, including leading build-vs.-buy evaluations for data tooling.
- Performance & Value Optimization: Monitor system health, adoption rates, and product usage data in collaboration with Business and IT partners. Drive product innovation through structured experimentation and data-driven decision-making to continuously maximize ROI.
- Compliance & Governance: Oversee compliance with overarching data governance policies and regulatory standards (e.g., HIPAA, GDPR). Partner effectively with Legal, Compliance, and Privacy teams to ensure full adherence and mitigate risk.
Who You Are
- You possess a Bachelor's degree in Business, Technology, Operations, Marketing, Data Science, Information Systems, Business Analytics, Computer Science, or a related field.
- You have 5+ years of combined experience in product management, data management, AI, software development, or equivalent experience, with a proven track record of driving strategic and tactical execution.
- You demonstrate strong technical fluency with big data technologies, relational and non-relational databases, SQL, and cloud-based data platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) to effectively inform product and architectural decisions.
- You possess strong working knowledge of Semantic Layer concepts, data lifecycle management, enterprise data governance frameworks, and FAIR data principles.
- You are proficient in modern data observability, data quality, governance, and lineage tools (e.g., Informatica Data Quality, Collibra, Monte Carlo).
- You have exceptional communication and presentation skills, with a demonstrated ability to evangelize product vision, navigate ambiguous corporate environments, and influence senior stakeholders without direct authority.
- You have proven experience collaborating with Legal, Compliance, and Privacy teams to ensure adherence to governance and regulatory standards.
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced degree such as an MBA or related graduate-level qualification.
- Professional experience driving digital product operations within life sciences, or other complex, data-rich environments (e.g., technology, finance, CPG, or management consulting).
- Relevant certifications or advanced training in agile product management, modern cloud data architecture, or enterprise data governance.
- Experience with customer data strategy, enterprise omnichannel/digital marketing solutions, or complex CRM systems.
- Experience leading enterprise data or systems projects to establish best practices, leveraging advanced knowledge of workflow tools and automation systems.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Technology, Operations, Marketing, Data Science, Information Systems, Business Analytics, Computer Science, or a related field
- 5+ years of combined experience in product management, data management, AI, software development, or equivalent experience
- Strong technical fluency with big data technologies, relational and non-relational databases, SQL, and cloud-based data platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Strong working knowledge of Semantic Layer concepts, data lifecycle management, enterprise data governance frameworks, and FAIR data principles
- Proficient in modern data observability, data quality, governance, and lineage tools (e.g., Informatica Data Quality, Collibra, Monte Carlo)
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills
- Proven experience collaborating with Legal, Compliance, and Privacy teams
Benefits
- Discretionary annual bonus
- Hybrid schedule (3 days on campus)
Company overview
Roche is a Swiss multinational healthcare company and a global pioneer in pharmaceuticals and diagnostics, founded in 1896 and headquartered in Basel, Switzerland. As the world's largest biotech company and the fifth-largest pharmaceutical company by revenue, Roche operates through two primary divisions: Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostics. The company is renowned for its leadership in personalized healthcare, combining strengths in both drug development and diagnostic testing to deliver tailored treatments for patients. Roche maintains a strong focus on oncology, immunology, infectious diseases, ophthalmology, and central nervous system disorders, with a portfolio that includes over 30 medicines on the World Health Organization's Model Lists of Essential Medicines. The company owns significant subsidiaries including Genentech, Chugai Pharmaceuticals, Ventana Medical Systems, and Foundation Medicine. With approximately 103,000 employees worldwide and operations in over 100 countries, Roche has established itself as a leader in cancer treatments globally while maintaining a robust pipeline of innovative therapies and diagnostic solutions. The company's commitment to sustainability has been recognized through ten consecutive years as Group Leader in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices within the Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences Industry.