Associate Director of Product Development

The role

You will drive the discovery, development, implementation and improvement of YipitData products, focused on clients' data experience. You will build new alternative data products and shape the team's product strategy.

What you will do

• Drive revenue growth by building new alternative data products spanning entire sectors or financial verticals
• Explore and evaluate new datasets for potential commercialization
• Work with the Partnerships team to direct the sourcing of new datasets and build relationships with prospective data partners
• Understand user workflows, problems and needs through client interviews and work with the Revenue team
• Drive the product strategy that creates value on top of YipitData's data and research
• Communicate progress and roadmaps upward and outward
• Potentially manage or build out a team of Product Development Analysts

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of alternative data experience, including evaluating, sourcing and working with multiple datasets
• Experience developing new alt-data research or feed products with measurable impact
• Client-facing or buy-side exposure and a strong understanding of financial client needs
• Customer-centric product thinker who uses data and feedback to guide decisions
• Track record of product innovation, identifying opportunities early, prioritizing effectively and executing quickly and iteratively
• Collaborates well across teams and can influence and motivate others toward shared product goals
• Understanding of the underlying technology of data collection, storage, delivery and consumption
• Operates with transparency, communicates progress clearly and stays aligned with company objectives

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and perks
• Flexible work hours and flexible vacation
• Generous 401K match
• Parental leave
• Team events
• Wellness budget
• Learning reimbursement
• Equity

Before you apply

• YipitData is not able to consider candidates who currently or in the future will require visa sponsorship

About the company

YipitData is a market research and analytics firm for the disruptive economy, recently raising $475M from The Carlyle Group. It has offices in the US, APAC and India.