Data Domain Manager

About the role

The Data Domain Manager serves as the strategic bridge between data capabilities and domain outcomes, owning the end-to-end data strategy for an assigned domain to ensure data initiatives directly enable and improve the mobile app user experience. This role partners with cross-functional teams to align data strategy with product priorities, driving trusted data solutions that support informed decision-making and organizational goals. Operationally, the role supports the team's direction, initiatives, and ministry efforts to achieve outcomes that further Life.Church’s mission and reach people for Christ.

Responsibilities

• Translate domain product roadmaps into data requirements, identifying opportunities where data can unlock user value before engineering teams start building.
• Represent the data perspective early in product planning and throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Maintain a domain-specific data roadmap aligned with YouVersion's strategic priorities.
• Partner with Engineering teams to ensure foundational capabilities support domain needs.
• Prioritize and sequence domain data work to balance strategic initiatives with operational requests.
• Build institutional knowledge of domain-specific metrics, user journeys, and business logic.
• Own the quality and trustworthiness for domain-specific datasets from ingestion through insight.
• Apply governance and data quality standards while adapting them to domain-specific needs.
• Ensure proper instrumentation, documentation, and accessibility of domain data assets.
• Serve as primary data partner to product managers, engineering leads, domain leaders, and executives.
• Communicate data insights and opportunities in business context, connecting technical work to user outcomes.
• Manage expectations and communicate tradeoffs when prioritizing data work.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED (Bachelor's degree preferred).
• 5+ years of experience in data analytics, data science, or a related field with demonstrated progression into strategic responsibilities.
• Experience with modern data stacks, mobile app analytics, or consumer digital products, including domains such as consumer engagement, marketing technology, and platform/B2B products (preferred).

Skills

• Strong product thinking skills, with the ability to translate business objectives into clear data requirements and data insights into actionable business outcomes.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, including presenting complex data concepts to executive audiences.
• Deep knowledge of the end-to-end data lifecycle, including data collection, storage, transformation, analysis, and activation.
• Exceptional verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Effective at self-leadership, prioritizing work, and managing multiple responsibilities while meeting deadlines.
• Ability to make sound decisions, solve problems, and adapt to changing priorities with minimal direction.

Benefits

• Paid parental leave, including maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.
• Generous employer-paid leave for vacation, sick time, and other qualifying reasons.
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance with useful resources and savings for holistic health.
• Life insurance policy provided at 2x annual salary at no cost, with additional coverage available for purchase.
• Short-Term and Long-Term disability covered at 100% for full-time qualified staff.
• Comprehensive wellness and mental health benefits.
• Generous 401(k) retirement plan with up to 12.5% contribution (including match and discretionary contribution) in the first year, increasing with tenure.
• $160 annually in development dollars for professional growth.
• Casual dress and work environment.

About Life.Church

At Life.Church, every staff member and intern is a minister and is expected to engage fully in the church's ministry. Ministry readiness and the capacity to represent Life.Church’s beliefs are considered during the selection process. An essential function of this role is to uphold and represent the beliefs of Life.Church.

Life.Church is committed to strengthening its team through diversity, recognizing that diverse perspectives in race, ethnicity, background, age, and gender are essential to reaching the world for Christ. Learn more about our beliefs and commitment to diversity.