Senior Data Product Manager

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About IMG Academy
IMG Academy is the world’s leading sports education brand, providing a holistic education model that empowers student-athletes to win their future while preparing them for college and for life. IMG Academy has been nationally recognized by organizations including Sports Business Journal, USA Today, and the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For for its workplace culture, innovation, and commitment to developing people both on and off the field.

 

IMG Academy provides growth opportunities for student-athletes and partners through an innovative suite of on-campus and online experiences:

• Boarding school and camps, delivered on a state-of-the-art campus in Bradenton, Florida
• Online coaching through IMG Academy+, focused on personal development through the lens of sport and performance
• Online college recruiting through NCSA College Recruiting and SportsRecruits, providing industry-leading recruiting education, tools, and access to a network of more than 40,000 college coaches for student-athletes, families, club coaches, and event operators
• Elevate by IMG Academy, a performance and personal development solution that delivers mindset, leadership, and wellbeing programming to schools, colleges, and organizations through a combination of digital content and immersive experiences

 

Position Summary:

The Senior Data Product Manageris an individual contributor responsible for driving the strategy, roadmap, and execution of data products that enable analytics, insights, and decision-making across IMG Academy. This role partners cross-functionally across the organization to understand business goals, translate them into actionable data product initiatives, and ensure successful delivery in partnership with Data Engineering, Data Science, Analytics, and Enterprise Systems. 

This individual will own the Campus Data domain, defining requirements, prioritizing initiatives, writing acceptance criteria, and validating outcomes through hands-on data exploration and analysis. The ideal candidate combines strong technical fluency in SQL and modern data platforms with deep product management expertise in data and analytics environments. 

 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Serve as theproduct manager for the Campus Data domain, managing intake, prioritization, requirements, acceptance criteria, and stakeholder communication.

• Define and communicate a clear product vision and roadmap for Campus Data, aligning data initiatives with business strategy and measurable outcomes.

• Partner with stakeholders across Marketing, Sales, Operations, Customer Experience, Product, and Technology to gather requirements, prioritize needs, and ensure analytics delivery.

• Collaborate closely with analysts, data engineers, and data scientists from discovery through implementation and operationalization of data initiatives.

• Use SQL and other data tools to validate requirements, perform exploratory analysis, and specify data transformations or structures for engineering teams.

• Drive the design and delivery of scalable data products, pipelines, and self-service tools that enable stakeholders to access actionable insights.

• Identify and help resolve limitations in data sources, quality, performance, or tooling, continuously improving reliability and reusability.

• Advocate for modern data practices, governance, and metrics-driven experimentation across the organization.

• Support the adoption of visualization and reporting tools (e.g., Tableau) to make insights broadly available.

 

Experience, Skills, and Abilities: 

• 5+ years of product management experience, with a strong emphasis on data products (data platforms, analytics, data science, reporting, or mission-critical insights delivery).

• Advanced SQL skills with hands-on ability to query, manipulate, and validate data.

• Experience with modern data warehouses and platforms (e.g., Redshift, BigQuery, Snowflake, AWS, GCP).

• Hands-on experience with visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Looker) and advanced Excel skills.

• Strong understanding of data lifecycle management, data architecture, governance, and analytics enablement.

• Proven track record of translating complex business needs into clear product strategies and deliverables.

• Exceptional communication and storytelling skills; able to influence and align cross-functional stakeholders.

• Highly self-motivated, resourceful, and comfortable owning both strategy and execution.

• Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments.

Background Requirements:

• Requires a background check upon offer

Some positions, particularly those that have responsibilities working with student-athletes and supporting IMG Academy on campus with events involving minors, may require a L2 background screen. The requirement will be communicated during onboarding, and instructions for submission of level 2 backgrounds will be provided. Learn more about the screening process and requirements by visiting the Florida Care Provider Background Screening Education & Awareness website: https://info.flclearinghouse.com. 

 

Benefits:

As a full-time member of our team, you will enjoy a comprehensive offering listed below. Connect with your talent acquisition specialist to learn more about benefits for our part-time roles.

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision
• Flexible Spending Account and Health Savings Account options
• 401k with an Employer Match
• Short Term and Long Term Disability
• Group and Supplemental Life & AD&D
• Gym Discount Program
• Pet Insurance
• Wellbeing Program
• and more!

Don’t meet every single requirement? We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

 

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