# What Data Product Managers Do and How They Support Data Teams

DevFeed: [What Data Product Managers Do and How They Support Data Teams](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-good-data-product-managers-do-and-why-you-probably-need-one-83151.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://montecarlo.ai/blog-what-good-data-product-managers-do-and-why-you-probably-need-one>)

Author: Atul Gupte

Published: 2025-03-30T06:50:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Monte Carlo](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/monte-carlo.md>)

Topics: [Product Management](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/product-management.md>), [data-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-engineering.md>), [Data science and engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-science-and-engineering.md>)

Tags: [ai-culture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-culture.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [data-product-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-product-management.md>), [data-product-manager](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-product-manager.md>), [manager](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/manager.md>), [product](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product.md>)

## AI overview

Data product managers guide the development and use of data products by connecting data science, engineering, stakeholders, and business goals. The article describes their responsibilities, useful backgrounds, and differences from product managers, data scientists, and data analysts, with examples involving data infrastructure and internal tools.

## Source excerpt

A data product manager is responsible for data democratization and increasing the time to value for the data itself.