About Us:
YipitData is the leading market research and analytics firm for the disruptive economy and recently raised up to $475M from The Carlyle Group at a valuation over $1B.
We analyze billions of alternative data points every day to provide accurate, detailed insights on ridesharing, e-commerce marketplaces, payments, and more. Our on-demand insights team uses proprietary technology to identify, license, clean, and analyze the data many of the world’s largest investment funds and corporations depend on.
For three years and counting, we have been recognized as one of Inc’s Best Workplaces. We are a fast-growing technology company backed by The Carlyle Group and Norwest Venture Partners. Our offices are located in NYC, Austin, Miami, Denver, Mountain View, Seattle, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, and Singapore. We cultivate a people-centric culture focused on mastery, ownership, and transparency.
About The Role:
You will be a Product Management leader for our Data Feeds team. In this position, you will operate at the intersection of our Product, Engineering, and Revenue to discover & prioritize the customer problems & opportunities YipitData’s feeds could uniquely solve. After completing rigorous discovery, you’ll guide the prioritization of new developments, bring those changes to market and collaborate directly with customers until our products are fully integrated into their investment process.
This is a remote-friendly opportunity that can sit in NYC (where our headquarter is located), one of our office hubs (Austin, Miami, Denver, Mountain View, or Seattle), or anywhere else in the US. However, depending upon where the remote work is performed, income could be subject to New York State tax withholding.
As Our Head of Data Feeds, You Will:
- Support, nurture, and empower a team of technical product managers
- Demonstrate full responsibility over executing against our strategy and planning for the correct resources needed to achieve success
- Contribute to the product roadmap and work closely with stakeholders in Product, Engineering, Revenue, Marketing, and members of the executive team
- Take full ownership of setting the agenda for the feeds team and proactively identify, address, and remedy problems to find creative and effective solutions to complex challenges
You Are Likely To Succeed If:
You are likely to succeed if you have one of the two backgrounds below, or a similar relevant background.
Buy Side background
- You have 5+ years of experience working with alternative data feeds for investors on the buy side
- You have demonstrated expertise in utilizing alternative data to improve investment performance
- You can transfer the skills of being a customer of alternative data feeds into designing, running, and marketing alternative data feeds directly
Product Management Background
- You have 8-10 years of experience as a product manager or team/department leader at a start-up or fast-moving company
- You have demonstrated success launching new products and expanding existing product sets
- You have a track record of managing product managers and working cross-functionally to drive priorities and achieve enterprise-level success
- You have leadership experience in Product Management focusing on data, financial products, and financial systems
- You have experience collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams
- You are comfortable weighing tradeoffs, taking into account product, customer, engineering, and security requirements against delivery time and resources
Please note that while candidates with either a buy-side or product management background are strongly encouraged to apply, we welcome applicants with other relevant experience that can contribute to the success of our Data Feeds team.
What We Offer:
Our compensation package includes comprehensive benefits, perks, and a competitive salary:
- We care about your personal life and we mean it. We offer flexible work hours, flexible vacation, a generous 401K match, parental leave, team events, wellness budget, learning reimbursement, and more!
- Your growth at YipitData is determined by your impact, not by tenure, unnecessary facetime, or office politics. Everyone at YipitData is empowered to learn, self-improve, and master their skills in an environment focused on ownership, respect, and trust.
- The annual base salary for this position is anticipated to be $230,000, with a 15% bonus, as well as equity. The final offer may be determined by a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the applicant's experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal team benchmarks. The compensation package also includes equity.
- This role may be performed fully remotely within the United States. Please note that our US headquarters are located in NYC. We also have office hubs in Austin, Miami, Denver, Mountain View, and Seattle. If the remote work is performed outside of these offices, income may be subject to New York State tax withholding.
- Please note that for this position, we are not able to consider candidates who currently or in the future will require visa sponsorship.
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
