Lead Product Manager, Alternative Data

Nasdaq's Alternative Data group creates unique and insightful data products from non-traditional sources, empowering investment funds. This Lead Product Manager role involves defining strategy and driving execution for a portfolio of Alternative Data products. It's an entrepreneurial position, owning the product lifecycle end-to-end, working with cross-functional teams to prototype, validate, and deliver new revenue-generating data products. The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in capital markets, expertise in data product creation, and understanding of data monetization and go-to-market strategies.

Must Have

• Own the product lifecycle from ideation and validation to launch and scale.
• Conduct market research and client engagement to identify new opportunities.
• Develop and prioritize product roadmaps aligned with business objectives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and deliver innovative data products.
• Drive go-to-market strategy, including pricing, positioning, and sales enablement.
• 10+ years of product management and/or development experience creating data products.
• Deep understanding of capital markets, data product fundamentals, and go-to-market strategies.
• Proven ability to thrive in an entrepreneurial environment.
• Revenue-centric, growth-centric, owner mindset.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Good to Have

• Hands-on experience in programming (python, spark, etc).
• Data modeling (statistics, machine learning, etc).
• Cloud/infra (databricks, AWS, etc).
• Alternative Data experience.
• 0-to-1 startup experience.

Perks & Benefits

• Competitive rewards package
• Generous annual bonus/commission (short-term incentive)
• Equity (long-term incentive)
• Comprehensive benefits
• Opportunity for growth
• Reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities
• Hybrid work model (NasdaqBlend)
• Total rewards program (You&Q) covering wealth, career growth, well-being, and family care

Overview

Nasdaq's Alternative Data group specializes in creating unique and insightful data products from non-traditional data sources. Well-known examples of Alternative Data include sentiment measures, real-time tracking of vehicles via GPS transponders, satellite monitoring of industrial facilities, and consumer insights gleaned from anonymized credit card transactions. With the rapid growth in the ability to process large datasets and advancement in AI and ML, hedge funds and active asset managers are eager to use alternative data to source alpha for their investment processes. As a leading provider of Alternative Data, we deliver innovative products that empower many of the world’s most sophisticated and successful investment funds to outperform.

The Opportunity

The Alternative Data group is seeking a Lead Product Manager to define strategy and drive execution for a portfolio of Alternative Data products. This is a highly entrepreneurial role where you will own the product lifecycle end-to-end, working hands-on with cross-functional teams to prototype, validate, and deliver new revenue generating data products. The ideal candidate will have a solid foundation in capital markets, demonstrated expertise in creating data products, firm understanding of data monetization and go-to-market strategies, and thrive in moving seamlessly between strategic planning and tactical execution.

What You’ll Do

• Own the product lifecycle from ideation and validation to launch and scale.
• Conduct market research and client engagement to identify new opportunities.
• Develop and prioritize product roadmaps aligned with business objectives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and deliver innovative data products.
• Drive go-to-market strategy, including pricing, positioning, and sales enablement.

What You’ll Bring

• 10+ years of product management and/or development experience creating data products.
• Deep understanding of capital markets, data product fundamentals (ingestion, normalization, enrichment, modeling, etc), and go-to-market strategies.
• Proven ability to thrive in an entrepreneurial environment, working independently to conceptualize new products ideas and drive them to completion.
• Revenue-centric, growth-centric, owner mindset.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Nice to Have

• Hands-on experience in programming (python, spark, etc), data modeling (statistics, machine learning, etc), cloud/infra (databricks, AWS, etc), and/or Alternative Data is strong plus.
• 0-to-1 startup experience is also a strong plus.

Come as You Are

Nasdaq is an equal opportunity employer. We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of age, color, disability, national origin, ancestry, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.

What We Offer

We’re proud to offer a competitive rewards package that is meaningful, recognizes the unique needs of our employees and their families and incentivizes employees for their contribution to Nasdaq’s overall success.

The base pay range for this role is $106,000 - $148,000. In addition to base salary, Nasdaq provides a generous annual bonus/commission (short-term incentive), and equity (long-term incentive), comprehensive benefits, and opportunity for growth. Exact compensation may vary based on several job-related factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to: skill set, experience, education/training, business needs and market demands.

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