The Role: The Senior Product Manager, Data owns the development and improvement of Forge's data products, including pricing, indices, derived data, reference data, and data distribution.
This role is accountable for delivering accurate, reliable, and valuable products, working closely with engineering, data research, and data operations to turn customer and business needs into shipped solutions.
Responsibilities- Own the roadmap, backlog, requirements, priorities, and success measures for one or more Forge data products.
- Define and deliver data products that are accurate, reliable, usable, and relevant to customer and business needs.
- Own data distribution through APIs and file-based feeds, including production monitoring, alerting, SLA performance, and coordination of issue resolution.
- Partner with engineering, data research, and data operations across discovery, development, launch, and iteration.
- Align internal stakeholders on priorities, dependencies, tradeoffs, risks, and outcomes.
- Gather input from clients and external partners, when appropriate, and translate it into actionable product requirements.
Core Competencies- Product Experience: You've managed financial data products through a complete life cycle for at least 5 to 8 years
- Data Product Management: Understands how data is sourced, transformed, validated, distributed, and used; sets standards for accuracy, timeliness, and transparency.
- Product Execution: Converts business and customer problems into clear requirements and delivered solutions.
- Stakeholder Alignment: Builds trust and drives alignment across product, engineering, data, and commercial teams without direct authority.
- Financial Data Fluency: Understands financial market data products and the needs of institutional data users.
Metrics for Success- Products meet defined accuracy, quality, and reliability targets, including distribution SLAs.
- Roadmap delivers measurable customer and business value.
- Internal - and, where relevant, external - stakeholders trust the product direction and communication.
Scope / Impact Examples- Ownership spans one or more Forge Data product areas (e.g., pricing, indices, derived data, reference data, distribution).
- Coordinates cross-team initiatives with dependencies across engineering, data research, and data operations.
- Represents Forge Data in internal planning forums and selected client or partner conversations.
For residents of NY, NY area the annual base salary range for this role is $170,000 - $200,000 + annual bonus. Final offers may vary from the amount listed based on geography, candidate experience and expertise, bonus, and other factors.
