Data Product Manager Jobs in Illinois

Overview

The Senior Professional, Data Product Management is an individual contributor role focused on handling the day-to-day operational questions and tasks related to Epsilon's data products. This role serves as the primary point of contact for common data questions, ensuring internal teams can quickly understand data availability, meaning, structure, and refresh cadence.

The Senior Professional is responsible for answering routine data questions, validating expected data behavior, and maintaining accurate documentation across datasets. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working close to the data, values clarity and correctness, and wants to build strong foundational knowledge of how data systems operate in a production environment. This role is execution-focused and operational in nature, with an emphasis on speed, accuracy, and consistency.

Responsibilities

Data Operations & Enablement (Primary Focus)

• Serve as the first point of contact for day-to-day data questions, including:
• Has this data been updated?
• What does this field or attribute mean?
• What table or dataset does this data live in?
• How often is this data source refreshed?
• Validate that data is present, current, and behaving as expected across Epsilon platforms
• Check data refresh schedules, pipelines, and outputs to confirm expected updates
• Implement established data checks, processes, and workflows to support ongoing data operations
• Raise unexpected behavior, missing data, or unclear definitions to Senior Analysts with clear context

Documentation & Knowledge Management

• Maintain and update dataset documentation so common data questions can be answered quickly and consistently
• Ensure documentation clearly defines field meanings, refresh cadence, data location, and known limitations
• Update existing documentation as data sources evolve or new questions emerge
• Use recurring questions as signals for where documentation or reference materials need improvement
• Support internal training and enablement efforts by helping maintain walkthroughs and reference materials

Cross Functional Collaboration

• Work with Data Engineering and Data Warehouse teams to confirm data availability, refresh timing, and table structure
• Partner with Senior Analysts and Client Teams to support data validation and operational needs
• Communicate clearly when data is behaving as expected versus when escalation is required
• Learn how upstream data changes impact downstream platforms and client use cases

Growth & Development (Over Time)

• Build deep familiarity with Epsilon's datasets, tables, and refresh schedules
• Take ownership of answering a defined set of recurring data questions or data sources
• Improve speed, accuracy, and consistency in responding to data requests
• Develop toward more complex validation and support work under guidance from Senior Analysts

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of experience working with data in a professional environment, including analytics, data operations, reporting, or similar roles
• Experience querying and working with data using SQL (or equivalent) to answer questions, validate results, and perform basic analysis (Postgres and Databricks preferred but not required)
• Exposure to backend data systems such as data warehouses, data pipelines, or relational databases, with an understanding of where data comes from, how it is structured, and how downstream impacts take shape based on upstream changes
• Experience receiving routine or ad-hoc data questions and independently determining how to answer them using available data
• Familiarity with working in environments where data accuracy, correctness, and reliability are important, and where results are expected to be reproducible
• Interest in learning about data governance, data privacy, and working with sensitive or pseudonymized data
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Additional Information

When You Join Us, We'll Create Something EPIC Together

Epsilon is a global data, technology and services company that powers the marketing and advertising ecosystem. For decades, we've provided marketers from the world's leading brands the data, technology and services they need to engage consumers with 1 View, 1 Vision and 1 Voice. 1 View of their universe of potential buyers. 1 Vision for engaging each individual. And 1 Voice to harmonize engagement across paid, owned and earned channels.

Epsilon's comprehensive portfolio of capabilities across our suite of digital media, messaging and loyalty solutions bridge the divide between marketing and advertising technology. We process 400+ billion consumer actions each day using advanced AI and hold many patents of proprietary technology, including real-time modeling languages and consumer privacy advancements. Thanks to the work of every employee, Epsilon has been consistently recognized as industry-leading by Forrester, Adweek and the MRC. Epsilon is a global company with more than 9,000 employees around the world.

Our pillars aren't just words. They're how we show up every day.

• People centricity: We focus on employee well-being in an environment where colleagues truly care about each other.
• Collaboration: We work together, support one another, and collectively achieve goals.
• Growth: There are endless opportunities for growth through learning, development and career advancement.
• Innovation: We drive progress through cutting-edge solutions and forward-thinking approaches.
• Flexibility: We've created a balance between work and personal life, and we encourage adaptability to solve problems creatively.

Our values guide us to create value for our clients, our people and consumers.

• Act with integrity
• Work together to win together
• Innovate with purpose
• Respect all voices
• Empower with accountability

These pillars and values are our foundation—shaping our culture, guiding our decisions, and uniting us in common purpose.

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 the following:

• Time to Recharge: Flexible time off (FTO), 15 paid holidays
• Time to Recover: 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 needing 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 for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories 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.

Compensation Range: USD $67,800.00 - USD $126,000.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 7/17/2026.