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Associate Product Manager (Data Platform) - 990

We connect people with jobs by providing businesses, communities, and education institutions with the best labor market data possible.

Lightcast

Employee count: 501-1000

RU and US only

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The Associate Product Manager (Data Platform) supports the delivery of customer-facing data shares and listings across platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery and S3, helping make Lightcast data easy for customers to access and use.

This is an early-career role designed for candidates with 1–2 years of experience who are looking to grow into a Technical Product Manager path. The role focuses on product execution, data platform operations, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure data products are reliable, compliant, and easy for customers to consume.

You will contribute to backlog execution, data contract management, and product launches while gaining hands-on experience with modern data platforms and increasing ownership over time.

Major Responsibilities:

    Product Execution & Backlog Support

  • Build an understanding of customer use cases and how Lightcast data is consumed across external data platforms

  • Translate requirements into epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria

  • Support backlog prioritization and ensure engineering teams are unblocked and delivering against roadmap commitments

  • Data Platform & Distribution Management

  • Maintain and publish datasets across Snowflake Secure Shares/Marketplace, Databricks Delta Sharing, BigQuery Analytics Hub, and S3 delivery

    Ensure data listings and entitlements are accurate and delivered within SLAs

  • Data Contracts & Governance

  • Support the definition and maintenance of data contracts, including schemas, versioning, and deprecation processes

  • Assist with compliance efforts related to PII, access control, lineage, and auditability

  • Data Quality & Reliability

  • Monitor data quality (freshness, null values, duplicates) and flag issues

  • Help maintain high standards for reliability and customer trust

  • Product Launch & Support

  • Contribute to product launches through documentation, changelogs, and internal enablement

  • Assist with incident triage and root cause analysis (RCA)

  • Platform Growth & Adoption

  • Track usage across platforms and identify opportunities to increase adoption

  • Support initiatives that drive measurable growth in usage

Education and Experience:

  • 1–2 years of experience in product, data, analytics, or a related field

  • Exposure to data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery)

  • Basic understanding of SQL or data concepts

  • Familiarity with data quality, governance, or security concepts

  • Experience working in agile environments with exposure to backlog management

  • Strong written communication skills, including user stories and documentation

  • Ability to collaborate across engineering, data, legal, security, and GTM teams

Lightcast is a global leader in labor market insights with our headquarters located in Moscow, ID (US) and other offices in the United Kingdom, Europe, and India. We work with partners across six continents to help drive economic prosperity and mobility by providing the insights needed to build and develop our people, our institutions and companies, and our communities.

Lightcast is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and does not discriminate on the basis of federally protected statuses. Lightcast has always been, and always will be, committed to diversity of thought and unique perspectives. We seek dynamic professionals from all backgrounds to join our teams, and we encourage our employees to bring their authentic, original, and best selves to work.

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1 year minimum

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Russian Federation +/- 0 hours, and 1 other timezone

About Lightcast

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We connect people with jobs by providing businesses, communities, and education institutions with the best labor market data possible. Our data-driven insight enables better, faster decisions.

What we do

At Lightcast, our software products, APIs, and consulting solutions bring clarity to the fast-changing world of work.

Formerly Emsi Burning Glass, Lightcast has over two decades of experience in finding solutions and delivering the competitive edge our clients demand. With world-class customer service, we provide the answers and insight to meet your specific need—because every decision made without data is just a shot in the dark.

By helping communities, businesses, and education institutions succeed, our ultimate goal is connecting individuals with the right skills and right jobs in the right places. People are at the heart of everything we do, and we want to create a job market that works for everyone.

How we do it

Lightcast is a global pioneer in the collection and big-data analysis of information on the labor market. Our data provides the world’s most detailed information about occupations, skills in demand, and career pathways.

Our tools collect real-time data from over 65,000 sources every day, contributing to a database with over 1 billion job postings and billions of other data points. We combine that with curated input from dozens of other statistical sources, like government agencies, to provide the most complete view possible of the fast-changing labor market. We put that information to work for businesses, communities, and education providers by showing them the granular details and big-picture trends they need in their organizations.

Whether you’re interested in software salaries in Seattle, need new skills in New Zealand, or looking for anything in between, Lightcast data can provide the insight you need.

Where you can find us

Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, and Moscow, Idaho, we are active in more than 30 countries and have offices in the United Kingdom, Italy, New Zealand, Canada, and India. Lightcast is backed by global private equity leader KKR.

Lightcast Principles

Live the mission: We genuinely care about the work we do and never lose sight of the human behind the data.

Innovate, inside and out: We take personal responsibility for finding new and better ways to do all things—large and small, internally and externally.

Give customers the unexpected: We aim to exceed customer expectations and seek opportunities to excite and delight with every interaction.

Hide nothing, own everything: We strive to be transparent in our actions, own our mistakes, and remain humble in our approach.

Teamwork makes the data work: We work together, respect our differences, play to our strengths, and celebrate our successes. #crushedit

Employee benefits

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Employee Ownership

Recognizing dedication, Lightcast grants employee ownership shares, aligning team success with company growth.

Retirement Savings Match

Employees at Lightcast can take advantage of a 401(k) plan with a company match to build their retirement savings.

Life & Disability Insurance

Lightcast offers life insurance, short-term and long-term disability coverage to protect employees and their families.

Commuter Benefits

Lightcast supports its employees' commute by providing parking, gas, and public transit benefits, easing the daily journey to work.

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Company size

501-1000 employees

Founded in

2000

Chief executive officer

Chris Kibarian

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