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
Salary description
£90000.00 - £95000.00 per year