Job Description:
We are seeking a seasoned Data Governance Product Owner to lead strategy, roadmap, and delivery of enterprise-wide data governance capabilities. The ideal candidate has deep experience in data governance frameworks, metadata and lineage tooling, data quality management, regulatory compliance, and cross-functional stakeholder alignment.
Key Responsibilities
Product Strategy & Roadmap
· Define and own the vision, strategy, and roadmap for data governance products (metadata, lineage, data quality, stewardship workflows).
· Translate business goals and regulatory requirements into actionable epics, features, and user stories.
· Drive adoption of data governance frameworks across priority domains.
Execution & Delivery
· Manage and prioritize the product backlog, ensuring clarity and alignment with business value.
· Lead Agile ceremonies with engineering, data platform, and business teams to ensure timely product increments.
· Oversee delivery of core capabilities, including Critical Data Elements (CDEs), data quality controls, lineage coverage, and stewardship workflows.
Data Governance Implementation
· Enable and operationalize data governance policies, standards, and stewardship operating models.
· Ensure robust data quality rules, thresholds, monitoring, and issue management.
· Drive metadata completeness, lineage coverage, and documentation quality.
Stakeholder Management
· Collaborate with business data owners, stewards, engineering, risk, compliance, and audit teams.
· Run governance forums, steering committees, and decision-making sessions.
· Influence and negotiate priorities across multiple business units.
Qualifications
· 12–15 years of total experience, with significant expertise in data governance, data management, and product ownership.
· Strong understanding of DAMA-DMBOK, metadata management, lineage, data quality, CDEs, and access governance.
· Hands-on experience with one or more governance tools (Collibra, Informatica, Alation, Atlan, Purview).
· Proven experience working in Agile/SAFe environments.
· Excellent communication, problem-solving, prioritization, and stakeholder management skills.
· Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Information Management, Engineering, or related field.
· Preferred certifications: CSPO/PSPO, SAFe POPM, CDMP, Collibra/Informatica certifications.