Data Product Owner / Domain Lead

NOTE:

Any visa is fine. (No H1 transfer).

Open for Fulltime/C2C/C2H.

Title: Data Product Owner / Domain Lead

Location: Onsite (Newport Beach, CA)

Duration: Fulltime/C2H/C2C Position

Tagline:

• Data Product Strategy | Business-to-Technical Bridge | Governed Data Delivery | Insurance Domain

Please share Writeup with no. of years on Primary Skills

• Snowflake
• dbt (data build tool)
• Collibra
• Profisee MDM
• Tableau
• Power BI
• Jira/ADO (backlog management)
• SQL
• ACORD Data Model (preferred)

Must-Have Skills

• 8+ years in data analytics, data management, or data product roles — with at least 3 years in a product ownership or domain lead capacity on a data modernization program
• Strong SQL fluency — ability to validate data product outputs, write acceptance queries, and review dbt model logic with the engineering team
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments — sprint planning, backlog refinement, story writing, and sprint demos
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex business requirements from domain SMEs into clear, actionable data specifications for engineering teams
• Hands-on experience with data governance tooling (Collibra, Alation, or equivalent) — business glossary, data cataloging, certification workflows
• Excellent stakeholder communication skills — able to engage credibly with both business executives and senior data engineers

Good to Have

• Insurance domain knowledge — life insurance, annuities, actuarial, claims, or distribution operations
• Familiarity with ACORD Life & Annuity data standards
• Experience with Profisee MDM or enterprise master data management concepts
• Exposure to Snowflake as a data platform (not required to be a Snowflake engineer)

Role Summary

• We are looking for an experienced Data Product Owner to own the definition, prioritization, and business validation of data products across a Fortune 500 insurance and financial services enterprise''s multi-wave data modernization program.
• You will serve as the business authority for data quality and semantic accuracy — sitting at the intersection of the customer''s domain SMEs and WinWire''s engineering teams, translating business intent into certified, analytics-ready data products on Snowflake.
• This is not a passive backlog management role — you will make consequential decisions about what gets built, in what order, and what "done" means.

What You''ll Do

Data Product Definition & Backlog Ownership

• Define and own data product specifications for all Wave 1 domains: Policy & Contract Management, Premium & Billing, Claims & Benefits, Actuarial & Reserves, Financial Accounting, Agent & Distribution, Customer & Party, Product Master, and Compliance & Regulatory
• Prioritize the delivery backlog across transformation waves in collaboration with the Delivery Manager, Technical Architect, and the customer Product Owners
• Translate business requirements from the customer domain SMEs into validated data specifications, acceptance criteria, and dbt model definitions that the engineering team can execute against
• Define data product SLAs — availability, freshness, and quality expectations — in partnership with the DRE Engineering team

Business Validation & Quality Authority

• Serve as the final business authority for data quality, semantic accuracy, and adoption readiness for each certified data product before it exits the governance certification workflow
• Lead UAT planning and coordinate the customer business user participation — ensuring test coverage is grounded in real business scenarios, not just technical row counts
• Review and approve Collibra business glossary definitions, data product documentation, and domain ontologies for accuracy and business relevance
• Identify and escalate data quality issues that require business rule clarification from the customer SMEs, ensuring engineering is unblocked

Stakeholder Collaboration & Communication

• Act as the primary point of contact between WinWire delivery squads and the customer''s domain stakeholders (Policy, Claims, Finance, Actuarial, Distribution)
• Participate in sprint demos, backlog refinement, and retrospectives — representing the business perspective in all delivery rituals
• Communicate delivery progress, data product readiness status, and risk items to the customer Product Owners and the WinWire Delivery Manager in a clear, business-friendly manner
• Drive adoption of certified data products by working with the customer analytics teams and consumption layer stakeholders (Tableau/Power BI consumers)

Governance & Certification

• Own the data product certification lifecycle in Collibra — coordinating sign-off by Domain Data Stewards and the Data Governance Council
• Define and document business rules, transformation logic, and domain-specific data contracts in Collibra''s business glossary and metadata catalog
• Ensure all data products meet governance requirements (lineage completeness, PII/PHI tagging, quality SLO thresholds) before certification sign-off