A data product manager is a role that bridges business strategy, data strategy, and product management. This role is responsible for defining, prioritizing, and guiding the lifecycle of data products—curated, reusable datasets, analytics tools, or AI-driven applications designed to deliver measurable value to the business. A data product manager ensures data products align with enterprise objectives, adhere to governance and compliance standards, and are designed for usability by both technical and business stakeholders. They collaborate with data engineers, analysts, and business teams to translate requirements into tangible products while maintaining a roadmap that balances innovation with risk management. As organizations adopt modern paradigms such as data mesh, the role of the data product manager has grown in importance, ensuring that data is not only available but also consumable, trustworthy, and treated as a product with its own lifecycle.