Data Product Manager, Operations Data

Responsibilities

• Own the data product vision and roadmap for assigned Operations data domains, aligned with Data & AI strategy.
• Partner with Investment Operations and Technology leadership to translate business objectives into actionable data product initiatives.
• Act as a domain expert across operations data, including investment reference data, performance, treasury, and fund accounting.
• Lead discovery and requirements sessions to translate data needs into product capabilities such as gold tables, APIs, and semantic layers.
• Collaborate with data engineering to design and ship pipelines using Databricks, ensuring reliability and scalability.
• Establish data quality standards, SLAs/SLOs, data contracts, and reconciliation controls for critical datasets.
• Implement domain-aligned governance, including entitlements, lineage, and auditability using Unity Catalog.
• Drive initiatives to automate data delivery workflows and reduce operational risk through improved platform design.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Finance, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in data product management, analytics, or leading data platform initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of asset management operations data (e.g., reference data, performance, treasury).
• Hands-on experience delivering on Databricks (Lakehouse concepts, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog).
• Experience with modern data engineering patterns including ELT/ETL, CDC, and data modeling.
• Proficiency in SQL and a strong understanding of data engineering concepts.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence without authority.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in a Computer Science field.
• Experience with real estate operational data, including asset data and investment structures.
• Comfort reading Python code and pipeline logic.
• Experience working within Agile project management methodologies.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Medical/Rx, Dental, and Vision plans.
• 401(k) program with company match.
• Flexible Savings Accounts (FSA) and Healthcare Savings Accounts (HSA) with company contribution.
• Mental health, mindfulness, and wellbeing app access.
• Financial wellness benefits including access to a financial advisor.
• New parent leave and reproductive/adoption assistance.

About the Company

Ares Management Corporation is a leading global alternative investment manager offering clients complementary primary and secondary investment solutions across the credit, real estate, private equity, and infrastructure asset classes. With approximately $644 billion of assets under management, Ares operates a global platform with more than 4,400 employees across North America, South America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East.