Associate Director of Product Classification

🔥 19 hours ago

🗽 New York – Remote

🗽 New York – Remote

💵 $210k - $220k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

✅ Product Manager

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YipitData

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201 - 500 employees

💸 Finance

🏢 Enterprise

Finance • Enterprise • Data Analysis

YipitData is a company that specializes in providing accurate, timely insights on over 1,000 companies by analyzing billions of data points every day. They offer detailed research to help investors make smarter decisions and assist companies in increasing market share, sales, and customer base. YipitData delivers alternative data through a range of datasets, including receipt data, card data, web data, and publicly reported earnings. This data is used to track market trends, consumer behavior, and product categories, enabling businesses to gain transparency into performance metrics. Their services cater to investors, companies, and data partners, with a strong focus on accuracy and near real-time data delivery.

📋 Description

• Own operational leadership and accountability for the Product Classification organization • Build and own metrics framework for classification accuracy, throughput, and quality • Establish performance standards, SLAs, and escalation paths across the teams • Run operating cadence that surfaces issues early and drives improvement • Recruit, train, and develop a high-performing classification team • Hire and onboard Data Classification Analysts • Create onboarding programs and training curricula • Build and maintain a culture of operational excellence • Foster a team culture where accuracy is non-negotiable • Maintain cross-functional relationships with Engineering, Insights, and Data • Leverage AI to improve classification systems and identify opportunities for automation

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in data analytics, data operations, category mapping, or consulting, with at least 4+ years leading teams of 10+ • 2+ years of experience working with SQL, Python, PySpark, or other programming languages to explore and transform large, complex datasets; Familiarity with GitHub and Databricks • Operational excellence mindset — build systems, metrics, and processes that scale • Proven track record of hiring great talent, building training programs, and developing leaders within your team • Comfortable with ambiguity and building from scratch • Ability to clearly communicate complex concepts, both orally and in writing • Strong ownership mentality with enthusiasm about making a big impact at a rapidly growing company • Preferred: Data and classification domain experience — experience with product taxonomies, categorization systems, e-commerce data, or similar domains

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible work hours • Flexible vacation • Generous 401K match • Parental leave • Team events • Wellness budget • Learning reimbursement • Comprehensive benefits