Senior Product Manager, Emerging Data
The Group: Morningstar’s Research group provides independent analysis on individual securities, managed investments, portfolios, and markets. The group also collects and maintains high-quality data on the equities, managed investments, and fixed-income investments we cover in our database, one of the largest investment databases in the world. Morningstar is one of the largest independent sources of manager, equity, and credit research in the world. We transform data into insights that investors can use to reach their financial goals.
The Role: The modern investor is constantly seeking more information to empower their decision making. Morningstar is establishing a squad dedicated to developing new data and analytics, and we are seeking a talented Senior Product Manager to drive the strategy, development, and go-to-market activities. This is an exciting opportunity for someone looking to be a driver of innovation at Morningstar.
In this role you will lead a cross-functional squad to execute on a portfolio of complex projects focused on illuminating the opaque components of an investor's holistic portfolio. You will own the development roadmap, working across job functions and geographies to implement new data, methodologies, and Morningstar IP.
This position reports to the Global Data Director – Emerging Managed Investment Data. Location of the position can either be our Chicago or Toronto offices.
Responsibilities:
• Own the roadmap and development lifecycle for the squad
• Develop business requirements refined and validated with customers and stakeholders; prioritize the backlog across multiple projects and workstreams within an Agile development framework
• Understand both business and technology requirements, serving as a conduit between stakeholders and the squad.
• Track Key Performance Indicators and measurements of success as it relates to deploying new data and analytics
• Be the voice of the market for the squad; collaborate with data content researchers and local data consultants to gather external input to ensure your perspective remains relevant to external needs
• Lead the analysis of build/buy/partner options for new data opportunities
Requirements:
• 5-10 years of relevant experience in product management, business analysis or project management roles.
• A passion for data. A minimum of three years of experience working with Morningstar’s current databases (RDB, SQL Mart, APIv2, XOI, etc.) is required.
• Experience growing a collaborative, cross-functional team.
• Experience working on an Agile scrum team, and good technical acumen required.
• Experience with Jira and converting designs and requirements into user stories
• Excellent oral and written communication, planning, and analytical skills.
• Self-directed and detail oriented.
• A bachelor’s degree; advanced degree or CFA a plus