Stacked Data Podcast 025 - The Rise of the Data Product Manager…
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Jul 17, 2024 
Karen Francis, a Data Product Manager at B&Q and host of the Women in Data podcast, and Rihanna Kelly, Head of Data at Zeps, dive into the transformational role of Data Product Managers. They share personal stories about their careers in data and discuss the challenges teams face in showcasing their value. Emphasizing the need for better communication and strategic partnership, they highlight how Data Product Managers can bridge gaps between analytics and engineering to drive efficiency and align data initiatives with business objectives.
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Many Data Projects Fail to Deliver
- Many data and analytics projects fail to deliver value due to poor alignment on needs and impact.
- Frequent ad hoc data requests result in low business value and lost urgency in deliverables.
Jira Ticket Hell Anecdote
- Karen experienced being stuck in "Jira ticket hell," servicing countless random requests with little impact.
- Often, urgent data requests took months to be acted upon, diminishing their value and urgency.
Build Stakeholder Trust Early
- Build deep, trusting relationships with business stakeholders to avoid futile data requests.
- Collaborate early to understand the real problem before providing data solutions.