Senior Director, Data Product Management

Overview

The Senior Director of Product Management will define and lead the creation of differentiated data products that do not exist in the marketplace, solving complex client problems in new and innovative ways. This role owns the product vision and data roadmap for emerging data capabilities, identifying unmet client needs and translating them into scalable, market‑leading products. The role works directly with data vendors and internal teams to shape how data is sourced, structured, and productized to support clearly defined client and sales use cases. Deep technical fluency is required to write detailed requirements for data ingestion and design products that can support analytics, activation, and decisioning at scale. This leader maintains a comprehensive understanding of Epsilon’s data assets and products to develop forward‑looking data strategies that enable differentiated client pitches. They are expected to take on Epsilon’s largest and most complex clients, designing end‑to‑end solutions that leverage and extend Epsilon’s platforms in novel ways. As a people leader, this role builds and mentors a high‑performing product team while setting strategic direction and execution standards. Success in this role requires the ability to operate in ambiguity, invent new product paths, and balance immediate client needs with long‑term product innovation.

Responsibilities

• Own the product vision and multi‑year data roadmap for Epsilon data capabilities, aligning investments to client demand, sales strategy, and long‑term platform scalability.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of product managers, setting clear expectations, driving accountability, and ensuring strong product discovery, execution, and stakeholder communication.
• Translate complex client business problems into product strategy, defining how Epsilon data and products should evolve to meet the needs of large, sophisticated clients.
• Define and prioritize product requirements for data ingestion, structure, and usability, ensuring data is designed to support downstream analytics, activation, and client use cases.
• Partner directly with data vendors and internal data partnerships teams to shape requirements, evaluate fit, and ensure data quality and structure meet product and client standards.
• Serve as a senior product leader in sales and client engagements, developing data strategy narratives and solution plans that enable differentiated, problem‑led pitches.
• Drive cross‑functional alignment across sales, engineering, analytics, legal, and compliance to ensure product decisions are feasible, scalable, and compliant.
• Influence executive‑level decision‑making by identifying recurring client needs, market gaps, and opportunities to expand or enhance Epsilon’s data and product offerings.
• Balance near‑term client commitments with long‑term product strategy, making clear trade‑offs to protect platform health and product integrity.  

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in product management, data products, or platform product roles, with demonstrated ownership of complex, enterprise‑scale products.
• Proven experience building net‑new data or platform products, including taking products from ambiguous problem space through strategy, roadmap, and delivery.
• Strong people leadership experience, including hiring, developing, and leading senior product managers and setting product execution standards across a team.
• Deep understanding of data concepts, including data sourcing, structure, ingestion, transformation, quality, and downstream usage for analytics and activation.
• Demonstrated ability to define and own a data and product roadmap, balancing long‑term platform strategy with near‑term client and commercial needs.
• Experience working directly with third‑party data vendors or partners to define requirements, evaluate data fit, and productize external data assets.
• Strong technical fluency with the ability to write clear, detailed product and data requirements that engineering and data teams can execute against.
• Experience partnering closely with sales and client teams to translate client business problems into differentiated product solutions and data strategies.
• Comfort operating at the executive level, including leading complex client conversations, influencing senior stakeholders, and making high‑impact tradeoff decisions.
• Ability to operate effectively in highly ambiguous environments, bringing structure, clarity, and direction where no clear market precedent exists.

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Additional Information

When you join Epsilon, we’ll create something EPIC together. We’re a global leader in data and identity, with deep expertise in digital media, clean rooms, customer data platforms, loyalty and marketing services. Positioned at the center of Publicis Groupe, Epsilon helps brands deliver personalized experiences at scale and build lasting customer relationships by unlocking the full potential of data and identity. Epsilon operates in 30+ countries across EMEA, the Americas and APAC, with more than 8,000 employees.

Check out a few of these resources to learn more about what makes Epsilon so EPIC:

Our Culture: https://www.epsilon.com/us/about-us/our-culture-epsilon

Life at Epsilon: https://www.epsilon.com/us/about-us/epic-blog

Epsilon has five values that define our culture and guide us as we create value for our clients, our people and consumers. We seek candidates who align with our company values, demonstrate them and make them meaningful in their day-to-day work:

• Act with integrity. We are transparent and have the courage to do the right thing.
• Work together to win together. We believe collaboration is the catalyst that unlocks our full potential.
• Innovate with purpose. We shape the market with big ideas that drive big outcomes.
• Respect all voices. We embrace differences and foster a culture of connection and belonging.
• Empower with accountability. We trust each other to own and deliver on common goals.

Because You Matter

As an Epsilon employee, you deserve perks and benefits that put you, your family and your finances first. Our benefits encompass a wide range of offerings, including but not limited to:

• Time to recharge: Flexible time off (FTO), 14 paid holidays, paid sick time
• Family well-being: Parental/new child leave, childcare & elder care assistance, adoption assistance
• Extra perks: Comprehensive health coverage, 401(k), tuition assistance, commuter benefits, professional development, employee recognition, charitable donation matching, health coaching and counseling

Epsilon benefits are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms.

Epsilon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Epsilon’s policy is not to discriminate against any applicant or employee based on actual or perceived race, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy), marital status, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, mental or physical disability, religion, creed, color, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), veteran status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law. Epsilon also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories. Epsilon will provide accommodations to applicants who need accommodations to complete the application process. Please reach out to LeaveofAbsence@epsilon.com to request an accommodation.

For San Francisco Bay and Los Angeles Areas: Epsilon will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in a manner consistent with the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance and San Francisco Police Code Sections 4901-4919, commonly referred to as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. Applicants with criminal histories are welcome to apply. 

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