Data Product Initiative Owner MMH261102-8

Role Purpose

Provide end-to-end ownership of strategic data initiatives and the data products they deliver. The role connects business outcomes, customer needs, data governance and technology execution; aligns stakeholders around a clear value case; manages the initiative roadmap and backlog; and remains accountable for adoption, benefit realisation and sustainable handover into business-as-usual ownership.

Requirements

Qualification and Certifications

• Postgraduate qualification in business, technology, data or product management
• 3-year degree or diploma in Business, Information Systems, Data, Analytics, Engineering, Commerce or a related discipline
• Product Owner, Product Management or Agile certification (for example PSPO, CSPO, SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager)
• Data management, data governance, analytics, cloud or data platform certification

Knowledge

• Product management practices, including discovery, roadmapping, backlog management, prioritisation and release planning
• Data-product and platform-as-a-product principles
• Business case development, benefits mapping and value realisation
• Enterprise data operating models, data governance, data quality, metadata, lineage and ownership
• Analytics, AI and data engineering delivery lifecycles
• Cloud data platforms, data integration, data virtualisation and consumption patterns
• Privacy, information security, risk and regulatory considerations for enterprise data
• Agile delivery, change management, stakeholder management and vendor management

Experience

• 7+ years’ experience in product ownership, data, analytics, technology delivery, business transformation or a related field (essential)
• Proven experience leading complex, cross-functional data or analytics initiatives from concept to adoption
• Experience defining and delivering data products for multiple business or technology consumers
• Experience working with Data Engineering, Analytics, Architecture, Data Governance, Security, Privacy and business teams
• Experience managing senior stakeholders, competing priorities, dependencies and material delivery risks
• Experience building business cases and tracking cost, adoption and measurable value

Duties and Responsibilities

STAKEHOLDER & CONSUMER FOCUS

• Align the executive sponsor, business owner, data owners, technology teams and consumers around one outcome-led plan.
• Maintain a stakeholder map and fit-for-purpose communication plan for executive, governance, delivery and consumer audiences.
• Use feedback, adoption evidence and operational insights to improve the product and reprioritise the roadmap.
• Ensure decisions, ownership and unresolved constraints are visible, documented and addressed.
• Represent consumer needs while protecting enterprise standards, strategic reuse and long-term sustainability.

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