Role: Agile Data Product Owner Location: Charlotte, NC 28277
Duration: Initial 12-month contract
Work Arrangement: Hybrid - 3 days onsite per week
Interview Process: Two rounds via Microsoft Teams or In-Person
Job ID: 178569
Job Summary The Agile Data Product Owner will support enterprise Data Analytics and Data Product Management initiatives. This person will serve as the business authority for a defined data product area, managing the product backlog and translating business priorities into clear features, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
The role will partner with Product Managers, Data Analysts, Technology teams, Data Governance, Risk, Compliance, and business stakeholders to deliver trusted and governed data products. The position will focus on data modernization, data quality, reporting, analytics, metadata, lineage, and cloud-based data platform capabilities.
Key Responsibilities - Own, prioritize, and maintain the data product backlog based on business value, risk, dependencies, and delivery readiness.
- Translate product strategy and business requirements into features, user stories, and measurable acceptance criteria.
- Refine backlog items with delivery teams and ensure stories are properly sized, testable, and ready for development.
- Review completed work and accept user stories after acceptance criteria and the Definition of Done are met.
- Participate in daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives, Product Owner synchronization, and PI Planning.
- Support data sourcing, ingestion, integration, conformance, semantic modeling, reporting, and analytics requirements.
- Incorporate data quality, metadata, lineage, access controls, governance, and regulatory requirements into product delivery.
- Coordinate dependencies, priorities, sequencing, and scope across multiple products and delivery teams.
- Partner with Data Governance, Technology, Risk, Compliance, Operations, and business stakeholders.
- Maintain backlog structure, traceability, delivery status, and dependencies using Jira and Confluence.
- Communicate delivery progress, risks, priorities, and product decisions to stakeholders and senior leadership.
- Define and monitor product success measures, adoption metrics, business value, and data-quality outcomes.
- Prioritize data-quality remediation, technical debt, platform modernization, and control-enhancement initiatives.
Required Qualifications - 5+ years of experience in Product Ownership, Agile delivery, Data Product Management, Business Analysis, Data Management, or a related area.
- Strong experience managing product backlogs, priorities, features, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
- Experience working with Agile delivery teams through the complete product lifecycle.
- Knowledge of data management, data governance, data quality, metadata, lineage, data integration, reporting, and analytics.
- Hands-on experience with Jira and Confluence.
- Experience with Agile frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe.
- Strong stakeholder and dependency management across business and technology teams.
- Experience managing delivery, data, compliance, operational, and policy-related risks.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and translate business needs into actionable delivery requirements.
Preferred Qualifications - Experience with enterprise data warehouses, cloud-based data platforms, or data modernization programs.
- Experience working in banking, financial services, healthcare, insurance, or another regulated industry.
- Experience supporting PI Planning and scaled Agile delivery.
- CSPO, PSPO, SAFe POPM, SAFe Agilist, or PMI-ACP certification. Nice to have (but not required)
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, Computer Science, Data Management, Analytics, Engineering, or a related field.
Pay Range: $58 - $62
The specific compensation for this position will be determined by several factors, including the scope, complexity, and location of the role, as well as the cost of labor in the market; the skills, education, training, credentials, and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. Our full-time consultants have access to benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and 401K contributions, as well as PTO, sick leave, and other benefits mandated by applicable state or localities where you reside or work.
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