Data Product Manager

About the American College of Surgeons

The American College of Surgeons (ACS) is a professional and educational organization of surgeons that was founded in 1913 to raise the standards of surgical practice and improve the quality of care for surgical patients. The College is dedicated to the ethical and competent practice of surgery. Its achievements have significantly influenced the course of scientific surgery in America and have established it as an important advocate for all surgical patients. The College has more than 90,000 members and is the largest organization of surgeons in the world. For more information, visit

Our Mission
The American College of Surgeons is dedicated to improving the care of the surgical patient and safeguarding standards of care in an optimal and ethical practice environment.

Our Vision
To create a healthcare landscape where surgeons thrive and every patient has access to and benefits from the highest standards of surgical care, driven by innovation, education, leadership, and trust.

Summary: The Data Product Manager is a key contributor to product strategy and execution. Specifically, this role is responsible for managing product roadmaps, driving vision alignment across teams, taking the lead in vendor management, and ensuring product strategy delivers value in a way that aligns with stakeholder needs.

• Help shape the product strategy, vision, and enhancements, including roadmaps for a defined product area.
• Own and evolve the product vision and roadmap in alignment with enterprise growth, retention, and engagement goals for a defined product area.

This exempt position will report to the Associate Vice President, Data Strategy, in the Division of Executive Services. It is based in our Chicago office and is a hybrid role: 3 days per week in the office/2 days per week remote.

The anticipated salary range for this position is $115,000 – $130,000 (commensurate with related experience).

Key Responsibilities:

1. Program and Roadmap Management

• Manage product planning and prioritization for key data products to ensure alignment with strategic goals and customer needs for a defined product area.
• Maintain and track the overall roadmap for data product initiatives and quality insights launch, ensuring alignment across workstreams (e.g., MVP rollout, Epic integrations).
• Lead weekly alignment meetings, sprint planning, and cross-functional stand-up meetings to maintain execution momentum.
• Track tasks, deliverables, timelines, and dependencies across internal and vendor teams.

2. Data & Technical Product Management

• Partner closely with data engineering teams to ensure feasibility and alignment of product goals with technical capabilities.
• Translate clinical and analytical data needs into structured data product requirements (e.g., data marts, dashboards, APIs).
• Collaborate on data model evolution, data quality standards, and governance frameworks.
• Ensure data products adhere to regulatory and compliance standards (e.g., HIPAA, IRB).
• Champion the use of standardized vocabularies (e.g., SNOMED, LOINC, ICD, CPT) and interoperability frameworks (e.g., FHIR).

3. Stakeholder Engagement and Product Alignment

• Develop a deep understanding of customer and stakeholder needs through interviews, analytics, and research to define vision and strategy for a product area.
• Serve as a connector across vendors, data science, ACS Engineering, and ACS IT.
• Influence and educate senior stakeholders across lines of business to advocate for product adoption and integration.
• Ensure roadmap priorities reflect real stakeholder needs and feedback.
• Support requirements gathering and help translate clinical and product ideas into structured project deliverables.
• Write requirements and users stories.

4. Operational Execution

• Manage product KPIs, monitor performance, and iterate to maximize relevance and ROI of activations.
• Monitor risk areas, flag issues early, and drive resolution across teams.
• Maintain tracking materials like dashboards, status updates, action trackers, and communication briefs.
• Help define and iterate on frameworks to evaluate product impact and partner value.
  

Required Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, marketing economics, or related field required.
• 5+ years of experience on a product management team, as well as customer relationship management experience.
• 3+ years of experience in healthcare highly preferred.
• Successful track record of program implementation and achieving business objectives.
• Proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and build relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Comprehensive Benefits:
We’re committed to attracting and retaining top talent via valuable benefits!

• Vacation, personal, and sick hours including 13 paid holidays per year
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Medical—comprehensive coverage through BlueCross BlueShield
• Dental, Vision, and Prescription drug program
• 403(b) Matching Program
• Pension Plan
• Flexible Spending Medical/Dependent Care
• Employee Assistance Program
• Short Term/Long Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• Domestic Partner Coverage

The American College of Surgeons is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to [email protected] or call (312) 202-5000 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

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