Data Product Owner

Our trusted client, a leading financial services corporation, with whom we have partnered for several years, is hiring a Data Product Owner to play a pivotal role within their ongoing data modernisation program. The chosen Data Product Owner will be required to create a single source data platform, moving away from MI reporting into modern cloud hybrid services, possessing five years’ experience acting as a dedicated Data Product Owner.

The chosen Data Product owner will have strong capabilities in launching data platforms and services, end-to-end delivering large-scale & complex data transformation initiatives, partnering with data engineers, architects, and the CDO. Our client is offering a basic salary of £95,000 + 25% bonus + 28 days holiday + 8% contributory pension + more to be based in Chatham, London, and Wolverhampton on a hybrid basis.

To be successful, the chosen Data Product Owner must have strong experience within the financial services domain, coupled with experience of SQL & NoSQL architectures, who has proven experience delivering data transformation initiatives aligning to SAFe/Agile ownership to be considered.

Core responsibilities:
*Define and own the vision, strategy, and roadmap for enterprise data platforms aligned to CDO and business strategy
*Partner with SMEs, architects, engineers, and cross-functional leaders to shape high-value data solutions
*Translate product vision into a prioritised, value-based delivery roadmap
*Develop and validate business cases, presenting to senior stakeholders and C-level committees
*Establish clear success metrics, KPIs and measurable outcomes
*Lead ideation workshops to identify customer needs, pain points, and innovative solutions
*Apply Lean Agile and SAFe practices, collaborating across Program Increment (PI) cycles

Champion best practice across data products, including:
*BI dashboards and reporting
*Data APIs and feeds
*Cloud and hybrid data platforms
*ML models and services
*Data models and governance frameworks
*Master data management
*Act as the voice of the Data Platform, aligning technical capability with business demand
*Ensure full compliance with Risk and Data Governance policies

Essential experience:
*Minimum 5 years’ experience within financial services, acting as a dedicated Product Owner, must have.
*Defining and launching enterprise data platforms and services end-to-end must have
*Delivering large-scale data transformation initiatives must have
*SQL and NoSQL architectures are nice to have
*Cloud or hybrid data platforms (Azure experience desirable)
*Financial modelling, ROI definition, and KPI-driven decision making
*Working with senior stakeholders and influencing without authority
*Agile, Lean, and continuous delivery methodologies is a must-have

Two-stage interview to start asap.

Data Product Owner