Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Polaris Inc. is a global leader in powersports, dedicated to driving change and innovation. They are seeking a Product Manager for Data Science to advance enterprise Data & Analytics capabilities by delivering scalable, high-quality data products that support analytics and decision-making across various business domains.
Responsibilities
- Define and execute the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for enterprise data platforms and cross-domain data products
- Manage and provide direction to an offshore development team of approximately 12 contractors, ensuring alignment to priorities, quality standards, and timelines
- Prioritize investments across stakeholders using a structured, value-driven framework aligned to business goals and Data & Analytics KPIs
- Own the end-to-end lifecycle of data products, including data ingestion, transformation, modeling, and consumption
- Ensure delivery of high-quality, scalable, and reusable datasets and semantic models
- Establish and manage SLAs for data availability, freshness, quality, and reliability
- Partner with business leaders and technical teams to translate business needs into product requirements and measurable outcomes
- Balance competing priorities across domains while maintaining focus on enterprise-wide value
- Lead product delivery in partnership with data engineering teams, ensuring iterative and timely value delivery
- Maintain and prioritize the product backlog, defining clear requirements and guiding trade-offs across scope, timeline, and technical complexity
- Collaborate with engineering, architecture, and governance teams to support data quality, metadata consistency, security, and compliance
- Contribute to the evolution and scalability of the enterprise data platform, including storage and integration patterns
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Business Analytics, Data Science, or related field
- Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in data & analytics
- Minimum of 5 years of product management experience delivering digital or data-focused products
- Strong understanding of data ecosystems, including data warehousing, data modeling, and analytics platforms
- Demonstrated success owning product roadmaps and delivering measurable business outcomes
- Experience leading cross-functional teams and working with distributed or offshore development resources
- Proficiency with product management tools such as JIRA or Azure DevOps
- Working knowledge of SQL and ability to engage hands-on with data
- Ability to work in a remote or hybrid model while being commutable to Medina, MN for quarterly meetings
- This position is not eligible for sponsorship
- Experience working with SAP data highly preferred, including understanding data structures and supporting downstream analytics use cases
- Experience with modern data platforms such as Snowflake (preferred), Microsoft Fabric, Azure Synapse, or Databricks
Benefits
- Market-leading profit-sharing plan that is fundamental to our pay-for-performance culture
- Company contributions to our Employee Stock Ownership Plan
- Discounted employee stock purchases plan
- Generous matching contribution to 401(k)
- Financial wellness education and consultation to plan for their financial future
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Wellness programs
- Paid time off
- Gym & personal training reimbursement
- Life insurance and disability offerings
- Polaris Gives paid volunteer time off
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