VP, Data Product

BANC OF CALIFORNIA AND YOUR CAREER

Banc of California, Inc. (NYSE: BANC) is a bank holding company headquartered in Los Angeles with one wholly-owned banking subsidiary, Banc of California (the “bank”). Banc of California is one of the nation’s premier relationship-based business banks focused on providing banking and treasury management services to small, middle-market, and venture-backed businesses. Banc of California offers a broad range of loan and deposit products and services, with full-service branches throughout California and Denver, Colorado, as well as full-stack payment processing solutions through its subsidiary, Deepstack Technologies. The bank is committed to its local communities by supporting organizations that provide financial literacy and job training, small business support, affordable housing, and more.

At Banc of California, our success is driven by our people, and we take pride in fostering an environment where everyone can reach their full potential. We embrace a culture of empowerment, progressive thinking, and entrepreneurial spirit, ensuring our team members have an opportunity to make an impact and play an important role in the future of Banc of California. Our core values – Entrepreneurialism, Operational Excellence, and Superior Analytics – empower us in creating a dynamic and inclusive workplace. We are committed to supporting your growth and well-being with comprehensive benefits, career development programs, a variety of employee resource groups, and more. TOGETHER WE WIN

THE OPPORTUNITY

We are seeking a VP of Data Product to lead the strategy, development, and delivery of enterprise data products with a strong emphasis on finance and regulatory data domains. This role will ensure business requirements are thoroughly captured, source-to-target mappings are documented, and that product thinking is applied with discretion. The ideal candidate will bring strong financial acumen, data architecture understanding, and experience working with modern data and governance platforms. Performs all duties in accordance with the Company’s policies and procedures, all U.S. state and federal laws and regulations, wherein the Company operates.

How You’ll Make a Difference

Strategic Product Leadership

• Define and manage the roadmap for data products supporting Finance, Risk, Regulatory Reporting, and other key domains.
• Evaluate where productization adds value and ensure not all data efforts are forced into a product model unnecessarily.
• Maintain alignment with enterprise architecture and platform strategy.
  
  

Business Requirements & Data Mapping

• Lead efforts to collect and translate business requirements into technical specifications and actionable data solutions.
• Drive the creation and maintenance of source-to-target mapping (STTM) documentation, ensuring data lineage, integrity, and reusability.
• Collaborate with business analysts, modelers, and data engineers to validate functional and technical requirements.
  
  

Governance & Contracts

• Define and operationalize data contracts—establishing clear expectations for data availability, quality, and ownership.
• Ensure metadata, lineage, and data definitions are maintained in governance tools such as Microsoft Purview or Collibra.
• Embed stewardship and quality practices into all product and non-product data deliverables.
  
  

Team & Delivery Management

• Lead a team of data product managers and analysts with a pragmatic, outcome-driven approach.
• Oversee delivery in agile or hybrid delivery environments, partnering closely with Data Engineering, Architecture, and Business Intelligence teams.
• Involved with interviewing and hiring decisions.
• Prepare and deliver employee performance evaluations, goal planning, and counselings.
• Manage, support, coach and train staff.
• Treat people with respect; keep commitments; inspire the trust of others; work ethically and with integrity; uphold organizational values; accept responsibility for own actions.
  
  

Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as the primary liaison between Finance, Risk, Technology, and Compliance teams, ensuring business value and trust in data delivery.
• Balance competing priorities while aligning efforts to enterprise strategy and compliance needs.
• Demonstrates knowledge of and adherence to EEO policy; shows respect and sensitivity for cultural differences; educates others on the value of diversity; promotes working environment free of harassment of any type; builds a diverse workforce and supports affirmative action.
• Follows policies and procedures; completes tasks correctly and on time; supports the company’s goals and values.
• Performs the position safely, without endangering the health or safety to themselves or others and will be expected to report potentially unsafe conditions. The employee shall comply with occupational safety and health standards and all rules, regulations and orders issued pursuant to the OSHA Act of 1970, which are applicable to one’s own actions and conduct.
• Performs other duties and projects as assigned.
  
  

What You’ll Bring

• 7+ years in data leadership roles including product management, data architecture, or business analysis.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Analytics, or a related field.
• Experience working in financial services or banking, with a strong understanding of finance and regulatory data needs.
• Expertise in documenting business requirements, data mappings, and translating between business and technical teams.
• Experience with modern data platforms such as Snowflake, Azure, dbt, and metadata/governance tools like Microsoft Purview or Collibra.
• Strong understanding of data governance, contracts, and data quality frameworks.
  
  

How We’ll Support You

• Financial Security: You will be eligible to participate in the company’s 401k plan which includes a company match and immediate vesting.
• Health & Well-Being: We offer comprehensive insurance options including medical, dental, vision, AD&D, supplemental life, long-term disability, pre-tax Health Savings Account with employer contributions, and pre-tax Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
• Building & Supporting Your Family: Banc of California partners with providers that offer adoption, surrogacy, and fertility assistance as well as paid parental leave and family support solutions including care options for your family.
• Paid Time Away: Eligible team members receive paid vacation days, holidays, and volunteer time off.
• Career Growth Opportunities: To support career growth of our team members, we offer tuition reimbursement, an annual mentorship program, leadership development resources, access to LinkedIn Learning, and more.
  
  

SALARY RANGE

The base salary ultimately offered is determined through a review of education, industry experience, training, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant in alignment with market data and other factors.

Banc of California is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age (40 and over), ancestry, color, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), denial of Family and Medical Care Leave, disability (mental and physical) including HIV and AIDS, marital status, medical condition (cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, military and veteran status, national origin (including language use restrictions), race, sex (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation. If you require reasonable accommodation as part of the application process, please contact Talent Acquisition.