Staff Data Product Manager (Machine Learning)

The role

You will own the ML product roadmap across NerdWallet. You will work with business verticals, Data Scientists, and Engineering teams to take predictive models from idea to production and adoption.

What you will do

• Partner with Data Science and ML Engineering on modeling trade-offs and feature strategy
• Navigate ML infrastructure decisions including model serving and feature pipelines
• Turn ambiguous business problems into clear model objectives and technical requirements
• Own and prioritize the ML roadmap across verticals
• Work across teams to get model predictions into consumer experiences and business workflows
• Ensure every launch is production-ready with validated performance
• Work with Data Science and Analytics on experiments and A/B tests
• Define and monitor success criteria for predictive performance and business outcomes
• Explain model performance and revenue impact to senior stakeholders
• Set the long-term vision for ML products and mentor other product managers

Required qualifications

• 7+ years in Data Product Management, Data Science, Machine Learning, or a related technical field
• Track record of shipping production ML or data products
• Deep fluency in applied ML: training data, ground truth, loss functions, precision/recall, overfitting, and model evaluation
• Strong understanding of ML platforms and infrastructure: model serving, feature pipelines, batch vs. real-time inference, latency trade-offs, and deployment workflows
• Experience partnering directly with Data Scientists and ML Engineers
• Experience with modern data and ML tools such as Databricks, Snowflake, AWS, or similar
• Strong business sense to connect ML work to revenue growth, customer lifetime value, conversion, and marketing efficiency
• Excellent communication and cross-functional leadership
• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision health care plans
• Flexible Vacation Time Off plus 11 holidays and holiday company shutdown
• New Parent Leave
• Mental health support
• Paid sabbatical after 5 years
• Health and Dependent Care FSA and HSA Plan with monthly contribution
• Monthly Wellness Stipend
• Cell Phone Stipend
• Wifi Stipend (Only remote Nerds are eligible)
• Work from home equipment stipend (Only remote Nerds are eligible)
• Co-working space subsidy (Only remote Nerds are eligible)
• Employee Resource Groups

About the company

NerdWallet's mission is to provide clarity for all of life's financial decisions using machine learning to understand consumers and personalize experiences.