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Introduction:

At GAF, we cover more than buildings. We cover each other. No matter what role, tenure, or track, under this roof you are empowered to be there for your teammates, your customers, and especially your community. Under this roof, we don’t back down from hard work– we support one another in pursuit of something bigger. We define the future while leading the present. And under this roof, we own our opportunities. Becoming the market leader only happens when everyone feels they have the opportunity and the support to thrive. We are GAF. And under this roof, we protect what matters most.

Job Description

As a Data Products Planning Lead in our Data & Analytics team, you will focus on defining curated data products to support business and technology in creating novel consumer experiences and products. You will be central to the GAF’s agenda of enabling the business to promote faster innovation through the use of its data, while simultaneously ensuring that data is of good quality and well-protected. You will be responsible for building forward-looking, foundational data products and core capabilities for future data platforms that will be used by our analysts to generate insights that are vital to sustain our competitive advantage in the marketplace. Collaboration with the data users will be essential to the success as we learn what their data requirements are.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate across product, technology and design teams to enable curated data products and internal standards, which will support strategic business objectives, business operations, advanced analytics, and reporting

• Collaborate with key partners across business, technology, analytics, operations, risk and control functions to drive an understanding of the data and its use within the business by providing data product subject matter expertise

• Support the aligned Data & Analytics leads for their product by identifying data required to be integrated into analytics platforms to support analytics projects

• Partner with our data consumers who want to use advanced AI and ML tools and gather their data products requirements; document requirements for the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of data within the product, and coordinate resources to deliver data quality requirements

• Develop processes and procedures to identify, monitor, and mitigate data risks for data products, including risks related to data protection, data retention and destruction, data storage, data use, and data quality

• Track the execution of a set of milestones; understand and mitigate risks, bottlenecks, and inefficiencies in the product development lifecycle with respect to data

• Support a strong culture of continuous innovation, rapid iteration, and collaboration across designers, engineers, and product managers. Both cloud, data, and our technology will evolve during the course of these initiatives.

Under This Roof, We Require

• BS or MS degree in related discipline, i.e., Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science

• 10+ years of experience, with at least 3+ years in a technology product management or technical lead role, and 5+ years of management experience.

• Professional experience related to Taxonomy, Ontology and/or Vocabulary Management

• Well-versed with a solid understanding of Linked Data, Metadata, Knowledge Representation, Web Standards, W3C, Resource Description Framework (RDF), Semantic Technologies, Ontologies & taxonomies, DCAT etc.

• Familiarity in data analysis, semantic modeling, knowledge and ontology engineering

• Solid understanding of all aspects of the data products, data standards, data ecosystem - spanning from data ingestion, data engineering, data quality, usage/consumption, to data privacy considerations and governance in the financial industry

• Extensive experience capturing and analyzing requirements (internal and external) and translating them into a viable product; Experience working with agile development teams on scalable, cloud-based SaaS solutions

• Experience communicating within a Data or Technology business function and stakeholder management; Expert in reporting complex initiatives and briefing senior leaders

Under This Roof, We also value

• Excellent verbal and written communication and problem-solving skills

• Good ability to define multiple solution options to business problems

• Excellent ability to work on multiple projects concurrently

• Proven track record of delivering complex projects on time and within budget.

• Experience in Agile methodologies and project management tools is a plus.

How We Protect What Matters Most

• We offer a wide range of health insurance options that include medical, dental, and vision for you and your family.

• Our Family-Building benefits support the many different journeys to fertility and parenthood.

• Our robust 401K plan includes an employer match contribution with your pre-tax and/or Roth contributions.

• Other exciting programs and perks are available to help employees achieve work-life balance, including (but not limited to) a wellness program, free financial coaching, a referral program, and product rebates when purchased for an employee’s primary residence.

• Professional growth and development are very important to us! We offer internal training programs and courses, as well as a generous tuition reimbursement program.

• We put diversity and inclusion into action with our Employee Resource Groups, which unite employees based on common perspectives, identities, demographic factors, or out of a desire to be an ally.

GAF complies with federal, state, and local disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR Services at 833-HR-XPERT.

We believe our employees are our greatest resource. We offer competitive salary, benefits, 401k, and vacation packages for all full time permanent positions. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and GAF, Standard Logistics, SGI, and Siplast are proud to be affirmative action employers. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know. If applying for positions in the U.S., must be eligible to work in the U.S. without need for employer sponsored visa (work permit).

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With 130+ years in the industry, GAF is the leading roofing manufacturer in North America. As a member of the Standard Industries family of companies, we are also part of the largest roofing and waterproofing business in the world.

Our communities help give our work meaning and the products we manufacture help protect what matters most. The shingles help to shelter the families living in the homes in our towns. The TPO helps protect what is under that hospital’s roof. In addition to quality products, we make sure they are installed by quality craftsmen and women. The full GAF portfolio of solutions is supported by an extensive national network of factory-certified contractors.

GAF continues to be the leader in quality and offers comprehensive warranty protection on its products and systems. Our success is driven by a commitment to empowering our people to deliver advanced quality and purposeful innovation and the desire to protect what matters most. ​