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The Position

• We are seeking a strategic Investment Data Product Owner with investment data expertise to lead the development and delivery of integrated data products that fuel LMI's investment process and businesses. This role sits at the intersection of investment teams, product, and technology, ensuring stakeholders have access to high-quality, actionable, and trusted data across Liberty's multi-asset-class investment portfolio.
• The Investment Data Product Owner brings understanding of market data services and platforms across the investment data landscape-spanning public and private markets-and translates business requirements and solutions into a product roadmap, owning the outcomes and value creation for both business and technical workstreams.
• In an Agile working environment, the Investment Data Product Owner leads a dedicated scrum team in story and backlog creation and oversees the implementation of data capabilities and features critical to the investment lifecycle and its supporting functions (front, middle, and back office).

Responsibilities

• Own the vision, strategy, and roadmap for sourcing, integrating and curating external market data into LMI's data warehouse and core data products.
• Develop and manage the product backlog, ensuring clear prioritization aligned with business value, technical dependencies, and stakeholder needs across the investment data ecosystem.
• Partner closely with the Data Engineering chapter to design and deliver scalable, well-governed, and high-quality data solutions across key investment data domains (e.g., security and company reference data, pricing, positions, transactions, benchmarks, and analytics).
• Act as the voice of the customer-portfolio managers, traders, investment analysts, operations, risk, and compliance-to ensure investment data is accurately modeled, curated, and accessible to meet end-user needs and decision-making requirements.
• Champion the integration of data across the investment lifecycle, connecting front-office trading and portfolio management, middle-office risk and performance, and back-office accounting and operations.
• Drive incremental delivery using Agile methodologies, facilitating sprint planning, review, and refinement activities.
• Ensure that data products adhere to LMI's standards for data governance, lineage, accessibility, and quality, with a focus on the unique demands of investment data accuracy and timeliness.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, Finance, or Business Administration (advanced degree preferred).
• 8+ years of experience working as a Product Owner, Data Product Manager or Data Strategist role within financial services, preferably investment management
• Working knowledge of investment data domains, such as security reference data, company reference data, benchmarks, positions, and transactions
• Strong understanding of data management concepts - master data management, metadata, lineage, and data quality frameworks
• Exposure to order management systems, accounting book of record, or market data vendor platforms
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments with a strong ability to lead, prioritize, and manage multiple workstreams.
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills; able to articulate technical concepts in business terms
• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills with a focus on driving business value through data
• Demonstrated proficiency in SQL and AI tools, experience with Snowflake a plus

Employees should review all role requirements and apply only for positions for which they are eligible. Hiring processes may vary by country, including differences in procedures, requirements, and timelines.  For country-specific details, please consult your local recruiting / HR team.

Pay Philosophy: The typical starting salary range for this role is determined by a number of factors including skills, experience, education, certifications and location. The full salary range for this role reflects the competitive labor market value for all employees in these positions across the national market and provides an opportunity to progress as employees grow and develop within the role. Some roles at Liberty Mutual have a corresponding compensation plan which may include commission and/or bonus earnings at rates that vary based on multiple factors set forth in the compensation plan for the role. 

At Liberty Mutual, our goal is to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, supported, and can thrive. We build an environment that welcomes a wide range of perspectives and experiences, with inclusion embedded in every aspect of our culture and reflected in everyday interactions. This comes to life through comprehensive benefits, workplace flexibility, professional development opportunities, and a host of opportunities provided through our Employee Resource Groups. Each employee plays a role in creating our inclusive culture, which supports every individual to do their best work. Together, we cultivate a community where everyone can make a meaningful impact for our business, our customers, and the communities we serve.

We value your hard work, integrity and commitment to make things better, and we put people first by offering you benefits that support your life and well-being. To learn more about our benefit offerings please visit: https://www.libertymutualgroup.com/about-lm/careers/benefits  Liberty Mutual is an equal opportunity employer. We will not tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, disability, veteran's status, pregnancy, genetic information or on any basis prohibited by federal, state or local law.  Fair Chance Notices 

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