Product Manager - Common Terminology Framework - Midvale, UT

At Zions Bancorporation’s Enterprise Technology and Operations (ETO) team, we are redefining the financial industry through our commitment to technology and innovation. For over 150 years, we have been dedicated to providing exceptional experiences for our community, clients, and colleagues. Be a part of our journey to transform the workforce of the future. 

We have an opportunity for an experienced Product Manager to join our Enterprise Data Management department based in Salt Lake City. The primary business outcome of this area is a governed, enterprise-wide semantic layer that slashes integration friction, speeds analytics, and positions Zions for advanced AI initiatives throughout the Enterprise.  If you are ready to move your career forward, read on.  

This role will own the bank’s Zions Common Terminology Framework—our single, governed vocabulary of business data domains and a common data model delivered through the Unified Data Platform (UDP). The role’s mandate is to turn this framework from concept to everyday reality: 

• Strategy & Roadmap – Set and maintain the release plan for new domains, model evolutions, and UDP integration milestones that accelerate AI-ready data availability. 

• Communication & Adoption – Design and run the communication program that educates stakeholders, drives consumption metrics, and ensures every release sticks. 

• Governance – Establish and run the decision framework (publish, evolve, retire) in partnership with Data Governance, Enterprise Architecture, and Risk teams. 

• Cross-functional Delivery – Orchestrate data modelers, EA, DG, engineering, and analytics teams to embed the framework into production systems, clearing blockers and managing dependencies. 

• Measurement – Define and report KPIs (e.g., % of critical assets defined and modeled/mapped, onboarding cycle time, AI use cases enabled) to ED&A leadership. 

Key Responsibilities of the Product Manager:  

• Represent and ensure product vision and strategy are aligned with sponsors and stakeholders. Provide functional product vision and leadership across the technology product suite to identify opportunities for strategic alignment.  

• Develop and implement marketing and communication campaigns.  

• Evaluates product result and makes product modifications as needed. 

• Model from an enterprise perspective rather than from a single business function. 

• Create and maintain the product roadmap and represents the vision in the program increment planning process.  

• Define epics & compartmentalizes requirements. Work with product owners to establish acceptance criteria for each product release. 

• Define, monitor and analyze key product metrics to measure product success, product ROI and identify areas for improvement.  

• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including data modelers, enterprise architects, data governance analysts, engineering, and business teams to embed the framework into production systems, clearing blockers and managing dependencies. 

Qualifications  

• 6+ years’ experience in product management, data modelling, data governance, data architecture, product analysis, design and development or other directly related experience in banking / financial services technology. 

• Bachelor’s degree in business, information systems or related field required.

• Expert knowledge as an industry specialist of data product management techniques, practices, analysis and design.  

• Excellent communication and influence skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and influence outcomes. 

• Strong analytical skills and the ability to use data to make informed decisions 

• Passion for financial services and technology and a desire to stay up to date with the latest trends and innovations. 

• Experience with industry standard models (i.e. Financial Services Data Model) and strong knowledge of data modeling and skills (i.e. conceptual, logical and physical model design, both relational and object modeling. Experience with Operational Data Stores, Enterprise Data Warehouses, Data Marts, Cloud Data Platforms). 

• Demonstrated ability to take ownership & responsibility for development and maintenance projects.  

A combination of education and experience may meet requirements. 

Visa Sponsorship:
This Product Manager position is currently not eligible for employment visa sponsorship (e.g., H-1B visa). This includes, for example, situations where a candidate may have temporary work authorization while enrolled in school or upon graduation (e.g., CPT, OPT) but would need H-1B visa sponsorship within a few years of employment in order to maintain employment eligibility.

Work Location: 
This position is fully in office (5 days a week) at the Zions Technology Center - 7860 South Bingham Junction Blvd, Midvale, UT 84047 

The Zions Technology Center is a 400,000-square-foot technology campus in Midvale, Utah. Located on the former Sharon Steel Mill superfund site, the sustainably built campus is the company’s primary technology and operations center. This modern and environmentally friendly technology center enables Zions to compete for the best technology talent in the state while providing team members with an exceptional work environment with features such as: 

• Electric vehicle charging stations and close proximity to Historic Gardner Village UTA TRAX station. 

• At least 75% of the building is powered by on-site renewable solar energy. 

• Access to outdoor recreation, parks, trails, shareable bikes and locker rooms. 

• Large modern cafe with a healthy and diverse menu. 

• Healthy indoor environment with ample natural light and fresh air. 

• LEED-certified sustainable building that features include the use of low VOC-emitting construction materials. 

Benefits:   

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance - START DAY ONE!   

• Life and Disability Insurance, Paid Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance 

• Health Savings (HSA), Flexible Spending (FSA) and dependent care accounts 

• Paid Training, Paid Time Off (PTO) and 11 Paid Federal Holidays 

• 401(k) plan with company match, Profit Sharing, competitive compensation in line with work experience 

• Mental health benefits including coaching and therapy sessions 

• Tuition Reimbursement for qualifying employees 

• Employee Ambassador preferred banking products 

• Employees may, at the company’s discretion, be eligible to receive a cash bonus award