Engineering - Data Product Manager - Associate - Stockholm

at  Goldman Sachs

YOUR IMPACT

We are looking for an experienced Product Manager to join our Data Engineering team. Data is the lifeblood of Goldman Sachs and our data products and services are critical in delivering commercial success for the firm. You will build and maintain close relationships with our users, research, design and engineering teams and work on solutions for internal, external and new business opportunities. As a Data Product Manager, you will closely partner with businesses, fully understand their business processes front to back, and work together with them to uplift their data strategy and processes.
Our (fully open-sourced) Legend data platform is key to Goldman Sachs’ data strategy and your role as Product Manager is to drive adoption by unlocking new workflows and business use cases on our data platform. Apply your product knowledge to boost metrics-driven insight generation, formulate and drive execution plans to build and improve features, and streamline the user journeys for our 30k+ monthly active users. Be part of Goldman Sachs’ data transformation by strategically building new data products and services while partnering with all divisions in the firm.
Our #1 business principle is “Our clients’ interests always come first. Our experience shows that if we serve our clients well, our own success will follow”. Every customer is given maximum attention to understand their needs. We adopt the most appropriate approach to drive the business of the customer or institution towards the desired growth. We apply the same approach to the way we build products and deliver customer-centric, world class products through the collaborative work with our business clients.
Our team of product managers work closely with creatives and researchers through our design teams and are fortunate to have many experienced engineers to help architect and develop technologies. We are responsible for guiding products throughout all stages of the product’s lifecycle, including research, pitching, scoping, delivering, promoting, and tailoring solutions to our clients.
We are looking for an experienced product manager familiar with product development and management who has a proven track record in leading the delivery of impactful platforms from inception to completion. The ideal candidate will be excited by solving customer problems, about working with end users to specify requirements and elicit feedback, and leading build and execution. We are looking for a talented and passionate Product Manager who thrives in an extremely entrepreneurial, fast paced environment. This is a high visibility role, backed by some of the senior-most leaders of the firm, and as such, will require creativity and drive to deliver on an ambitious roadmap.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s in a technical/ business degree or equivalent practical experience
• 2-5 years of product and/or technical program management experience in a client facing role
• Demonstrated success collaborating with design and engineering teams to drive product development
• Comfortable with Agile processes, with an emphasis on creating backlogs that support the product roadmap
• Proven ability to influence and/or lead a cross-functional team without direct authority
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex problems and roadmaps to stakeholders
• Ability to engage with and influence stakeholders outside their direct control
• Proven ability to lead by example, with a positive attitude
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to set goals, meet deadlines and effectively communicate progress to stakeholders
• Independent thinker, willing to engage, challenge or learn
• Ability to stay commercially focused and to always push for quantifiable commercial impact
• A healthy obsession on customer satisfaction and the customer experience, and a willingness to be its internal advocateStrong work ethic, a sense of ownership and urgency

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Bachelor’s/Master’s/MBA in related fields
• Experience managing an entire product’s lifecycle, from conception to launch
• Familiarity with JIRA, GitLab, GitHub
• Familiarity with Design Thinking, Working Backwards Process, and OKR conceptsFamiliarity with data management and data analytics
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  Who We Look For
  Goldman Sachs Engineers are innovators and problem-solvers, building solutions in risk management, big data, mobile and more. We look for creative collaborators who evolve, adapt to change and thrive in a fast-paced global environment.

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