Data Product Manager

Location: Arnold AFB, TN | Position Type: Regular, Full-Time | Pay Type: Exempt | Sponsorship: Not Sponsored | Grade: L10 (QA1005) / L11 (QA1103)

About the role

BNH is seeking a strategic, business-oriented Data Product Manager to lead our enterprise data transformation and define the roadmap for BNH’s data products supporting the TOS II contract at Arnold Air Force Base. In this hands-on leadership role, you will treat enterprise data as a core product, bridging the gap between technical teams (data engineering, analytics, business intelligence) and key business stakeholders (aerospace test operations, finance, and compliance). You will define product vision, manage the data product backlog, and lead the technical team in delivering secure, self-service data capabilities that support aerospace testing throughput. As a key member of the senior leadership team, the Data Product Manager will define and execute the organization’s data strategy, ensuring that data becomes a core driver of business performance, innovation, and competitive advantage. This is a hands-on leadership role that balances strategic vision with operational excellence.

The successful candidate will be a strategic, business-oriented data leader responsible for defining the enterprise data product vision, establishing the long-term product roadmap, managing and prioritizing the feature backlog, and optimizing resource investments to ensure BNH’s data assets deliver measurable business value and directly support the modernization goals of the TOS II contract. Open to internal & external candidates.

Responsibilities

• Strategic leadership: Define and continuously evolve the enterprise data strategy aligned with business objectives; establish KPIs that directly link data initiatives to business outcomes (revenue growth, churn reduction, cost savings, etc.); act as the primary advocate for data initiatives at the executive level.
• Team Leadership: Build, lead, and scale a high-performing Data team (Data Engineering, Analytics, Data Science, Governance); foster a culture of innovation, continuous learning, and technical excellence; set priorities and make final decisions on project resourcing.
• Cross-Functional Team Coordination: Lead and act as a bridge between cross-functional teams of data engineers, data scientists, analysts, and business leaders to ensure alignment and unblock technical progress.
• Product Roadmap & Delivery: Define product-level Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and establish product success criteria; manage the data product lifecycle from concept through launch, user adoption, and continuous iteration. Maximize team velocity and resource allocation using Agile product management tools, shifting focus from "delivering on time" to "delivering high-value, high-adoption features."
• Requirement Translation: Convert high-level business goals into clear, actionable technical requirements for the data team.
• Test Operations Modernization: Partner with O&M, instrumentation, and test engineering directorates to design and modernize legacy data acquisition and telemetry pipelines. Build secure, reliable data products that scale testing capacity, directly supporting the contract's goal to double testing throughput.
• Data Governance and Quality Management: Oversee enterprise data governance, data quality, master data management, and data security; ensure data collection, storage, and sharing comply with internal data governance standards, security policies and compliance with all regulatory and privacy requirements; anticipate and mitigate technical, ethical, or financial hurdles while ensuring data accuracy; champion best practices in data architecture and data management.
• Data Product Lifecycle Management: Define the long-term vision, strategy, and product roadmap for BNH’s data infrastructure, analytics dashboards, and automated reporting systems.
• Workflow Management: Utilize Agile frameworks like Scrum or Kanban to manage data pipelines, handle unknowns, and iterate deliverables.
• Stakeholder Communication and Reporting: Translate complex technical progress into plain-language business insights for non-technical stakeholders and keep leadership informed on project health, risks, and ROI.
• Perform other duties as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's in computer science, data science, software engineering, information systems, business analytics, or operations research, OR Bachelor's degree in any field plus 2 additional years of experience in technical data management or product analytics.
• Ten (10) years as a product owner, product manager, data scientist, business intelligence, data engineering, or data analytics professional.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain an active security clearance and maintain authorized user access to the AEDC local area network.
• U.S. Citizenship is required due to federal government contract compliance requirements and the necessity to access secure federal databases and networks on Arnold Air Force Base.

Preferred Qualifications

• Data Management Fundamentals: Understanding of data warehousing, ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) pipelines, database structures, and data modeling.
• Enterprise-Scale Modernization: Experience migrating legacy on-premises systems (e.g., legacy databases, analog test telemetry) to modern, cloud-based data warehouses or unified lakes.
• Business Intelligence & Analytics Tools: Familiarity with visualization and reporting platforms like Tableau, Power BI, or Looker.
• Data Science & Big Data Concepts: Working knowledge of how machine learning models, big data frameworks, and analytics workflows operate.
• Query & Scripting Basics: Literacy in foundational languages or tools like SQL or Python to communicate effectively with technical contributors.
• Translation & Communication: Ability to explain complex technical metrics and machine learning outputs in plain language to non-technical business partners.
• Collaboration Frameworks: Experience running agile or hybrid project frameworks (such as Scrum or Kanban).
• Problem-Solving & Critical Thinking: Aptitude for troubleshooting data bottlenecks, missing variables, or shifting project requirements.
• Stakeholder Management: Skill in balancing competing demands, managing expectations, and driving project buy-in across different departments.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Continuing education assistance
• Multiple healthcare benefits packages
• 401K with employer matching
• Paid time off (PTO) along with a federally recognized holiday schedule

About the Company

Beyond New Horizons (BNH) is a fully populated joint venture of Astrion and Fluor Federal Services, Inc. formed to provide unmatched Test Operations and Sustainment services for the Arnold Engineering Development Complex. We chose our name to serve as an enduring reminder of our commitment to AEDC's rich aerospace research and development legacy anchored in AEDC's Toward New Horizons founding study and the unprecedented opportunities to greatly expand AEDC's capabilities and capacity beyond those existing today. Leveraging the capabilities of our parent companies, BNH specializes in testing and evaluation for military and space systems combined with proven capability in large-scale Government program