VPII- Product Manager, Strategic Data Platform

Lead with Purpose, Unlock Your Team’s PassionVPII, Data Product Manager & EnablementLPL Financial is seeking a senior, hands-on data product leader to establish and scale our Data Product Ownership Center of Excellence (CoE). This role sits at the intersection of business, data, technology, and risk—shaping how data products are owned, governed, and trusted across the enterprise. If you are energized by building practical operating models, coaching executives, and translating strategy into execution, this is a rare opportunity to create lasting enterprise impact.Job OverviewResponsibilities

• Define and institutionalize clear roles and decision rights for Data Owners, Data Stewards, and Technical Custodians
• Set enterprise standards for data product definition, ownership accountability, escalation paths, and decision-making
• Serve as the central authority for the data product ownership model (without directly owning data assets)

• Design and deliver role-based training for Business Data Owners (Director+), Data Stewards, and Technical Custodians
• Develop scenario-driven training focused on decision rights, risk and compliance considerations, data quality accountability, and change management
• Build sustainable enablement mechanisms including communities of practice, office hours, playbooks, and case studies
• Partner with HR and Learning & Development to scale training through onboarding and LMS platforms

• Define, maintain, and continuously improve standard CoE artifacts such as Data Product Charters, Canvases, Data Quality Rule templates, access and usage playbooks, and change impact assessments
• Ensure artifacts are simple, executable, and consistent across data domains
• Review, coach, and elevate artifact quality across teams

• Partner with platform and engineering teams to ensure tooling supports ownership, lineage, metadata, data quality, and data contracts
• Translate ownership and governance requirements into clear tooling expectations
• Ensure governance is automated and embedded into delivery workflows rather than creating manual overhead
• Act as a bridge between business intent and technical enforcement

• Apply deep Wealth Management expertise across domains including client and household data, accounts and positions, transactions and performance, and advisor data
• Ensure data products align with regulatory expectations (SEC, FINRA, privacy) and fiduciary obligations
• Partner closely with Risk, Compliance, and Legal to ensure data products are defensible and auditable

• Coach senior business leaders on their responsibilities as Data Owners
• Provide executive-ready reporting on ownership coverage, data product maturity, adoption, and risk signals
• Influence across business, technology, and control functions without formal authority
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on data accountability and product thinking

What Are We Looking For?Requirements

• 12+ years of experience in data, analytics, or product leadership roles
• Significant experience within Wealth Management or Financial Services
• Proven success leading and scaling enterprise data or product operating models
• Hands-on experience with modern data platforms, analytics ecosystems, and data architectures
• Strong executive presence with the ability to influence, coach, and drive accountability

Core Competencies

• Enterprise data product ownership and governance
• Executive enablement and change leadership
• Cross-functional influence and coaching
• Pragmatic operating model design
• Regulatory and risk-aware data leadership

Preferences

• Experience standing up Centers of Excellence or enterprise enablement functions
• Familiarity with data catalogs, metadata platforms, lineage, observability, and data contracts
• Experience partnering closely with Risk, Compliance, and Legal teams

 

Pay Range:

$156,354-$260,590/year
 Actual base salary varies based on factors, including but not limited to, relevant skill, prior experience, education, base salary of internal peers, demonstrated performance, and geographic location. Additionally, LPL Total Rewards package is highly competitive, designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play – such as 401K matching, health benefits, employee stock options, paid time off, volunteer time off, and more. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that LPL has to offer!
 

Company Overview:

LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: LPLA) is among the fastest growing wealth management firms in the U.S. As a leader in the financial advisor-mediated marketplace(6) , LPL supports over 32,000 financial advisors and the wealth management practices of approximately 1,100 financial institutions, servicing and custodying approximately $2.3 trillion in brokerage and advisory assets on behalf of approximately 8 million Americans. The firm provides a wide range of advisor affiliation models, investment solutions, fintech tools and practice management services, ensuring that advisors and institutions have the flexibility to choose the business model, services, and technology resources they need to run thriving businesses. For further information about LPL, please visit www.lpl.com.

At LPL, independence means that advisors and institution leaders have the freedom they deserve to choose the business model, services, and technology resources that allow them to run a thriving business. They have the flexibility to do business their way. And they have the freedom to manage their client relationships, because they know their clients best. Simply put, we take care of our advisors and institutions, so they can take care of their clients.

For further information about LPL, please visit www.lpl.com.

Join LPL Financial: Where Your Potential Meets Opportunity

At LPL Financial, we believe that everyone deserves objective financial guidance. As the nation’s leading independent broker-dealer, we offer an integrated platform of cutting-edge technology, brokerage, and investment advisor services.

Why LPL?

• Innovative Environment: We foster creativity and growth, providing a supportive and responsive leadership team. Learn more about our leadership team here!

• Limitless Career Potential: Your career at LPL has no limits, only amazing potential. Learn more about our careers here!

• Unified Mission: We are one team on one mission—taking care of our advisors so they can take care of their clients. Learn more about our mission and values here!

• Impactful Work: Our size is just right for you to make a real impact. Learn more here!

• Commitment to Equality: We support workplace equality and embrace diverse perspectives and backgrounds. Learn more here!

• Community Focus: We care for our communities and encourage our employees to do the same. Learn more here!

• Benefits and Total Rewards: Our Total Rewards package goes beyond just compensation and insurance. It includes a mix of traditional and unique benefits, perks, and resources designed to enhance your life both at work and at home. Learn more here!

Join the LPL team and help us make a difference by turning life’s aspirations into financial realities. Please log in or create an account to apply to this position. Principals only. EOE.

Information on Interviews:

LPL will only communicate with a job applicant directly from an @lplfinancial.com email address and will never conduct an interview online or in a chatroom forum.  During an interview, LPL will not request any form of payment from the applicant, or information regarding an applicant’s bank or credit card.  Should you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact LPL’s Human Resources Solutions Center at (855) 575-6947.

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