FactSet

Principal Product Manager, AI Data Mesh

FactSet$170K — $212K *
Enterprise Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required
  • 12+ years of professional experience
  • 8+ years in product management, data engineering, or platform development
  • 5+ years in PM roles for data infrastructure, AI platform, or developer products
  • Proven track record in 0-to-1 product development
  • Background in financial data, cloud platforms, or financial AI
  • Exposure to Financial Services and data governance compliance
  • Familiarity with AI deployment patterns and interoperability protocols

Responsibilities

  • Define and own the product strategy for FactSet's AI Data Mesh
  • Develop viewpoints on data distribution archetypes and investment sequencing
  • Stay updated on the evolving MCP and agentic AI ecosystem
  • Translate strategy into a detailed product roadmap with success metrics
  • Collaborate with engineering and AI teams for detailed product requirements
  • Define compliance and security frameworks for financial clients
  • Serve as the voice of the customer through regular client discovery
  • Partner with GTM teams for positioning and go-to-market strategies
  • Maintain awareness of the competitive landscape in financial services
  • Establish technical standards for reliable AI operation across client environments

Benefits

  • Collaborative and innovative work environment
  • Opportunity to lead strategic product initiatives
  • Influence future developments in AI-driven data integration
  • Engage with executive-level clients and partners
  • Mentorship opportunities for developing other product managers
Full Job Description

Your Team's Impact

We are experiencing a fundamental shift in how data isutilized, driven by advances inAIand increasing interoperability. This role is central to that change. As Principal Product Manager for AI Data Mesh,youlllead the development of a new, strategically important product space that empowers clients toleverageAI across their entire data ecosystemincluding internal, proprietary, and third-party content.

What Youll Do

As a highly influential senior individual contributor, you will shape the strategy, define the architecture, build the roadmap, and collaborate with engineering and partners to deliver impactful solutions. This is a unique opportunity for a product leader to influence the future of AI-driven data integration and deployment.

Responsibilities:

  • Define and own the multi-year product strategy for FactSet's AI Data Mesh
  • Develop a clear point of view on the three primary distribution archetypes and how FactSet shouldprioritizesand sequence investment across them: inbound data flow via MCP and cloud data shares; interoperability with client-operated AI platforms (Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and others); and full-push distribution into Snowflake, Databricks, and similar datalakehouseenvironments.
  • Stay at the forefront of the rapidly evolving MCP and agentic AI ecosystem tracking standards, competitive movesand emerging client deployment patterns.
  • Translate strategy into a rigorous, sequenced product roadmap with clear success metrics, technical dependencies, and commercial milestones.
  • Work directly with engineering, data architecture, and AI research teams to drive delivery writing detailed product requirements,participatingin architecture reviews, andmaintainingaccountability for outcomes.
  • Define data governance, lineage, and access control frameworks that meet the compliance and security standards of financial services clients.
  • Serve as the primary voice of the customer for this product space conducting regular discovery with client data engineering teams, investment technology leaders, and enterprise architects tovalidatehypotheses and surface new requirements.
  • Partner with Solutions Engineering and GTM teams to define positioning, packaging, and go-to-market motions for each archetype. Engage clients at executive level during key sales and partnership discussions.
  • Build andmaintainan informed perspective on the competitive landscape, with particular attention tomoves within financial servicesand the broader MCP ecosystem.
  • Serve asone ofFactSet's internal authorities on MCP and related agentic AI protocols defining how FactSet implements, extends, and governs these standards across distribution archetypes.
  • Define the technical standards and data contracts that enable reliable, governed AIoperationacross heterogeneous client environments.
  • Evaluate and make build/buy/partner decisions for key platform capabilities in collaboration with architecture and engineering leadership.
  • Align stakeholders across product, engineering, data, GTM, and the C-suite on strategy and priorities.
  • Mentor other product managers across theorganizationas this product space grows.

What We92re Looking For

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree
  • 12+ years of professional experience with 8+ yearsofproduct management, data engineering, or platform development with at least 5 yearsinPM roles owning data infrastructure, AI platform, or developer platform products.
  • Proven track recordof 0-to-1 product development: taking an ambiguous market opportunity through to a shipped, adopted product, ideally in an enterprise B2B context.
  • Experience building products that span technical and business buyers.
  • Background at a data infrastructure company, a financial data firm, a major cloud platform, or at a financial AI company
  • Exposure to Financial Services, understanding of how investment managers, banks, and financial institutions think about data governance, compliance, and operational risk.
  • Working knowledge of AI/LLM deployment patterns prompt engineering, RAG architectures, tool use, and multi-agent systems.
  • Hands-on familiarity with MCP or comparable data interoperability protocols
  • Comfort with cloud data sharing architectures (Snowflake Secure Data Sharing, Databricks Delta Sharing, or equivalent).
  • Ability to engage credibly in technical architecture discussions.
  • Experience partnering with GTM and Solutions teams on enterprise sales cyclesto help drive product direction
  • An MBA or advanced technical degree is a plus

For candidates in the US: Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship now or at any time in the future

The budgeted salary range for this position in the states of Connecticut and New York is $170,000-$212,000.

Please note: the salary range may differ in other locations or countries

About FactSet

FactSet Research Systems Inc. provides integrated financial information and analytical applications to the investment community in the United States, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company delivers insight and information to investment professionals through its analytics, services, contents, and technologies. Its applications suite offers tools and resources, including company and industry analyses, full screening tools, portfolio analysis, risk profiles, alpha-testing, portfolio optimization, and research management solutions. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut.
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Size
10,691 employees
Market Cap
$15 billion
Industry
Net Income
$380.1 million
Founded
1978
5 Year Trend
+8.6%
Revenue
$1.5 billion
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