Director, Squad Lead, Data Platform

Job Description:

The Role

As a Product Manager, Data Platform, you will blend data subject matter expertise, program management, and leadership skills with an obsession for delivering high quality products and capabilities that meet the needs of users, integration partners, and stakeholders!

You will be as comfortable partnering and working with business stakeholders as you are working with technology stakeholders. You will need to excel at leading and encouraging others who you may not directly manage. You will be motivated by developing and streamlining repeatable processes that can help teams go faster.

This role will:

• Craft business cases for modernization of our operational data platform.
• Provide leadership to technology teams and drive adoption of platform.
• Define and report on the progress of team objectives and collaborate with Finance partners to provide information in support of FI and Enterprise portfolio needs.
• Partnering and working with both business and technology partners.
• Craft and deliver presentations for a variety of business and technical audiences to help socialize the value of the team's work.
• Excel at leading and encouraging others who you may not directly manage.
• Motivated by developing and streamlining repeatable processes that can help teams go faster.

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

• 8+ years of prior work experience, preferably in data-centric role(s) passionate about product ownership and delivery.
• A data-focused approach to understanding customer needs, translating strategic objectives into action, and prioritizing value delivered.
• Experience in the product development and delivery lifecycle.
• An ability to lead and empower colleagues by influence.
• Ability to establish and manage relationships as you work across Fidelity to deliver business outcomes. The mindset to seek out the expertise of colleagues to advise on your approach.
• Dedication to developing a balance of technology and non-technology skills to fully appreciate the broad needs of our stakeholders.
• Strong focus on execution and how to identify, communicate, and remove impediments to progress.
• Ability to understand the difference between the question being asked and the question the business needs answered.
• Willingness to ask questions and challenge the status quo to benefit the organization.
• Intellectual curiosity and embracing of a culture of continuous learning, mentoring, and coaching.
• Experience with development in an Agile framework preferred. Agile approach required.
• General understanding of data stewardship and governance practices preferred.
• Financial services experience preferred.
• Jira and Jira Align experience preferred.
• Note: Fidelity will not provide immigration sponsorship for this position

The Team

The Fidelity Institutional Data Platform team is part of Fidelity Institutional' s broader Data Management group. The team is responsible for end-to-end product ownership Operational and analytical data platforms. You are an individual contributor who will set direction for technology associates as you work in partnership with broader Data and Analytics groups, as well as Business and Technology leaders across Fidelity Institutional to help deliver on the team's objectives. You will help sustain and evolve our innovative agile culture by demonstrating and promoting Fidelity agile principles!

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Category:

Business Analytics and Insights
Fidelity's hybrid working model blends the best of both onsite and offsite work experiences. Working onsite is important for our business strategy and our culture. We also value the benefits that working offsite offers associates. Most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite every other week (all business days, M-F) in a Fidelity office.

Client-provided location(s): Boston, MA, North Smithfield, RI, Merrimack, NH, Westlake, TX

Job ID: Fidelity-2104847

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-06-06T23:49:16