Ancestry

Associate Technical Product Manager

Ancestry$81K — $500K+*
US-AnywhereRemote in Draper, UT
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Analytics, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or related field.
  • 1–3 years of experience in product management or analyst roles.
  • Working knowledge of SQL and data lifecycle concepts.
  • Interest in data governance and compliance, with SOX or audit experience as a plus.
  • Strong communication skills for bridging business and technical teams.
  • Proficiency in using data for prioritization and stakeholder insights.
  • Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies and tools.

Responsibilities

  • Steward data governance protocols and business metric definitions.
  • Collaborate with engineering on automated data quality checks.
  • Work with analytics teams to deliver platform features for self-service insights.
  • Monitor stakeholder adoption and communications for platform migrations.
  • Prioritize incoming business requests effectively for timely delivery.
  • Document feature requirements, technical specs, and governance guidelines.
  • Track platform metrics like data freshness and service quality.
  • Integrate AI principles into daily project management tasks.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Flexible working arrangements to support work-life balance.
  • Career development opportunities in a growing company.
  • Participation in inclusion initiatives like the ParityPledge.
  • Workspace equipped with modern technology and tools.
Full Job Description

Ancestry's Data, AI & Analytics Platforms team is the bridge between raw data and trusted business decisions. In this role, you will act as a Bridge Builder and Steward, ensuring that governed, high-quality data flows from our platforms into Finance reporting, analyst workflows, and AI-driven applications. You will sit at the intersection of Data Governance, Data Quality, and Analytics Enablement — partnering daily with stakeholders across Governance, EDM, Finance, and the analyst community.

This is a high-impact entry point into technical product management on a team that operates as Bridge Builders and Stewards of the enterprise's intelligence.

 

What you will do...

  • Steward Data Governance — Support the intake, definition, and lifecycle management of business metrics and governance protocols, ensuring adherence to compliance and audit standards.

  • Drive Data Quality — Partner with engineering on automated quality checks, schema validations, and remediation workflows; monitor outcomes through established observability frameworks.

  • Enable Analytics Partners — Collaborate with Analytics Engineering and Product Analytics teams to deliver platform features that accelerate self-service, reduce time-to-insight, and standardize trusted metrics.

  • Support Platform Migrations — Help track stakeholder adoption, usage telemetry, and communications for legacy tool deprecations and new capability rollouts.

  • Triage Business Requests — Manage incoming stakeholder requests with clear prioritization frameworks, ensuring the team builds the "right things at the right time."

  • Document Rigorously — Create and maintain feature requirements, technical specifications, user stories, and governance documentation.

  • Operational Excellence — Track key platform metrics including data freshness, pipeline uptime, and quality SLAs to ensure a healthy, trusted foundation.

  • Apply AI-First Principles — Use AI-augmented PM workflows in your daily work and contribute to the team's AI literacy commitment.

 

Who you are...

  • Educational Background: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Analytics, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or a related field.

  • Professional Experience: 1–3 years in product management, program management, business analyst, data analyst, or technical operations roles. New grads with strong relevant internships will be considered.

  • Technical Literacy: Working knowledge of SQL, the data lifecycle, and concepts like data lineage, schema validation, and metric definitions.

  • Governance Mindset: Genuine interest in data stewardship, compliance, and the discipline of "ready-for-use" data assets. SOX or audit exposure is a plus.

  • Bridge Builder: Ability to translate between business stakeholders (Finance, Analytics) and technical teams (Engineering, Data Platform). Strong written and verbal communication.

  • Analytical Skills: Comfortable working with data to inform prioritization decisions; able to translate platform metrics into stakeholder-friendly insights.

  • Agile Familiarity: Exposure to Agile/Scrum methodologies and tools like Jira or Rally.

  • Operating Style: Detail-oriented, organized, comfortable with ambiguity, and motivated by operational excellence.

 

Preferred Qualifications

  • Internship or co-op experience in a data-centric, analytics, or platform PM environment.

  • Familiarity with data catalog, BI, or data warehouse platforms (e.g., Alation, Tableau, Redshift, Snowflake).

  • Exposure to compliance frameworks (SOX, GDPR, CCPA).

Helping people discover their story is at the heart of ours. Ancestry is the largest provider of family history and personal DNA testing, harnessing a powerful combination of information, science and technology to help people discover their family history and stories that were never possible before. Ancestry’s suite of products includes: AncestryDNA, AncestryProGenealogists, Fold3, Newspapers.com, Find a Grave, Archives.com, and Rootsweb. We offer excellent benefits and a competitive compensation package. For additional information, regarding our benefits and career information, please visit our website at http://ancestry.com/careers

As a signatory of the ParityPledge in Support of Women and the ParityPledge in Support of People of Color, Ancestry values pay transparency and pay equity. We are pleased to share the base salary range for this position: $81,720 - $102,1050 with eligibility for bonus, equity and comprehensive benefits including health, dental and vision. The actual salary will vary by geographic region and job experience. We will share detailed compensation data for a specific location during the recruiting process. Read more about our benefits HERE.

*Note: Disclosure as required by sb19-085(8-5-20) and sb1162(1-1-23).

About Ancestry

Ancestry is a genealogy company that provides online access to historical records, family trees, and DNA testing services. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Lehi, Utah. Ancestry has a database of over 20 billion historical records and has helped millions of people discover their family history. The company offers a variety of subscription plans that provide access to different types of records and features. Ancestry also offers DNA testing services that can help people discover their ethnic origins and connect with relatives they may not have known about. Ancestry is one of the largest genealogy companies in the world.
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1,300 employees
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Founded
1983

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