Senior IT Product Owner

We are seeking an analytical, proactive, and high-energy Senior IT Product Owner to lead the lifecycle of our complex Data Products. This role demands a unique hybrid professional who combines strategic product ownership with deep business analysis roots. You will bridge the gap between complex data infrastructure and high-value business insights, serving as the definitive "first source of knowledge" for our development team. Operating in a fast-paced, cross-cultural, and multi-timezone agile environment, you will be responsible for navigating conflicting stakeholder priorities and ensuring robust, incremental value delivery.

• Professional Seniority:
• At least 5 years of hands-on experience working as an IT Product Owner.
• At least 5 years of foundational experience working as a Business Analyst or Systems Analyst, proving deep technical and requirement engineering roots.
• Proven Data Portfolio: A track record of leading, developing, and launching at least 3 distinct Data Products from inception to release.
• International Exposure: Direct experience managing products and collaborating with cross-functional teams within international, cross-cultural, and multi-timezone environments.
• Data Domain Technical Literacy: Practical, hands-on experience and structural understanding of:
• Data Visualization Tools: e.g., Tableau (preferable), PowerBI.
• Data Warehousing / Infrastructure Concepts: e.g., SQL, Snowflake.
• End-to-End Data Flow Literacy: Deep understanding of data lifecycles—specifically how data is ingested, processed through backend pipelines, transformed via upstream calculations, and ultimately served to frontend visual layers.
• Granular Requirement Engineering: Proven ability to translate high-level business vision (Epics/Features) into highly detailed, unambiguous User Stories with precise data-mapping logic and strict, testable Acceptance Criteria.
• Engineering Interface: Experience working in tight alignment with both Backend and Frontend developers to architect data flows and user-facing dashboards.
• Incremental Data Delivery Mindset: Strong understanding of how to build, test, and release data products incrementally (MVPs) rather than trying to deliver massive, unverified datasets all at once.
• Advanced Prioritization Frameworks: Mastery of data-driven prioritization techniques (e.g., WSJF, MoSCoW, Opportunity Scoring) to successfully manage roadmaps in highly unpredictable or shifting environments.
• Scrum Experience: Proven experience participating in Scrum events and driving complex refinement processes with Developers and Stakeholders.
• Scaled Agile Experience: Proven experience participating in and driving complex agile planning events, such as PI (Program Increment) Planning within a SAFe or scaled framework.
• Hands-on Jira Proficiency: Complete fluency in Jira, including advanced backlog management, sprint configuration, velocity tracking, and agile metric reporting.
• Conflict Resolution: Proven capability to navigate, negotiate, and resolve mutually exclusive stakeholder priorities by deep-diving into data details rather than staying on the surface.
• Evidence-Based Commitments: Strong, assertive decision-making skills with the discipline to make delivery commitments based strictly on backlog health, team velocity, and data validation—never on assumptions.
• Relationship Building: Exceptional ability to maintain transparent, high-trust, and collaborative relationships with diverse, global business stakeholders.
• Proactive Ownership & Drive: A "hands-on" mindset with a strong sense of accountability; actively takes responsibility to unblock the development team when needed.
• Project Management Foundation: A strong background or understanding of project management principles (risk mitigation, dependency tracking, timeline management) to help navigate complex delivery dependencies.
• Certifications (Nice to Have)
• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO).
• SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM) certification