Data Product Manager - (80-100%) (w|m|d) - Zürich - Hybrid Work

 Company Description 

Welcome to SMG Swiss Marketplace Group AG
SMG came together following the merger of Scout24 Switzerland and TX Markets (part of TX Group) in 2021. Our Real Estate Business Unit includes well-kn brands such as  homegate  and  ImmoScout24 . We help more than 200k users search for their next home daily. Our state-of-the-art infrastructure serves 2.2 million daily page views in the AWS Cloud using serverless technologies.

 Job Description 

Do you want to work in an international and young team, motivated and passionate about their work? Do you want to become part of a success story in the Real Estate industry by working with the market leader in Switzerland? Then look no further and join us!We are a data-driven company and for this reason, big importance is given to our data team. You will have the chance to make data a strategic value asset within the company and steer its potential. We listen to everyone’s ideas, in an environment where personal development is fostered, trust and flexibility is a recognized value and where we want people to have fun while working. Brainstorming sessions, team activities and get-togethers, intra- and inter-team workshops, high diversity of tasks is only a taste of what awaits you.

 Responsibilities

• Productionize and monetize the company’s valuable data assets around real estate regarding published listings and search demand
• Ownership of data as a product/service - consumed within the company by feature teams building data-based products and externally with data sharing receiving partners
• Manage the product life cycle (design, delivery, launch), collaborating with the different feature teams/consumers of data services and products, discovering how product strategy maps with data asset collection & data use case strategy
• Steer the problem discovery research phase, data use case exploration, requirement gathering, scope and success metric definition in collaboration with stakeholders
• Translate business requirements to define epics, user stories manage data product/service delivery within data science / ML, data engineering and data analyst teams
• Continued development, adaptation, improvement and support of existing data products/services as part of lifecycle management
• Decide strategically on internal and external data asset collection and synergy effects on data product creation
• Seek opportunities and setup data-sharing contracts with external customers for direct data monetization

 Qualifications 

• You have a technical, analytical or scientific educational background (e.g. data science, data engineering, business intelligence) or comparable professional experience
• You have (data) product management experience in an agile environment (Scrum, Kanban, etc.) and you are able to shape data product discovery and delivery according to lean/agile principles
• You can couple your strong business sense with a broad understanding of methodologies related to Data Engineering, Data Science, AI/ML, Analytics, understanding possibilities and limitations
• You have no problem with navigating ambiguous situations and have a profound problem solver attitude
• Your excellent communication and interpersonal skills help you in building strong relationships and handle expectation management
• You are highly proficient in English, written and spoken
• You have a minimum of 3 years work experience

nice to have

• Real Estate industry or digital marketplace experience
• Hands-on experience working with data in a data engineer, ML engineer, data scientist, data analyst role
• Technical kledge of modern cloud data stacks
• German or French language skills

 Additional Information 

Benefits you'll love and why you should join us
Your new team and the people you work with will consist of an international and diverse group of fantastic people.
We live a hybrid working model without fixed office days. You are welcome to work in our modern and spacious office in Zurich, Zug, Flamatt or from your home base in Switzerland.In addition, SMG offers you:

• 6 weeks of holidays (with the possibility to buy up to 10 additional days)
• 40-hour week (flexitime) We take work-life balance seriously
• 4 months' notice after the probationary period
• SBB Half-Fare Card
• You travel 1st class by train between SMG sites in Switzerland
• 18 weeks maternity and 6 weeks paternity leave (also in case of adoption)
• Professional accident and supplementary insurance (100% covered by SMG)
• No fixed office days (teams organize themself regarding onsite presence)
• Independent counselling centre for personal and psychological problems
• Gender-neutral fair pay with clearly defined career profiles
• Choose your hardware (Mac or Windows + 2 monitors for home)
• Choose your mobile phone (iPhone, Samsung or Pixel)
• Free Gym Facilities (Flamatt office only)

  . We are looking forward to getting to k you!

SMG Swiss Marketplace Group Ltd. is a pioneering network of online marketplaces and an innovative European digital company that simplifies people’s lives with groundbreaking products.SMG Swiss Marketplace Group Ltd. provides customers with the best tools to meet their life decision needs. The portfolio includes Real Estate (ImmoScout24, Homegate, Immostreet.ch, home.ch, Acheter-Louer.ch), Automotive (AutoScout24, MotoScout24, CAR FOR YOU), General Marketplaces (anibis.ch, tutti.ch, Ricardo) and Finance & Insurance (FinanceScout24). The company is owned by TX Group AG (31%), Ringier AG (29.5%), La Mobilière (29.5%), and General Atlantic (10%).