Data Product Owner

Data Product Owner

JLR Search Ltd | Glasgow, SCT, GB

Posted 4 days ago

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Description

A leading global data and analytics provider has an exciting opportunity for a Product Owner to join a dynamic Product Team and play a key role in defining, prioritizing, and delivering data and platform capabilities.


Key Responsibilities



  • Product Ownership & Delivery Own and prioritise product backlogs, aligning delivery with product strategy, customer needs, and measurable business value.

  • Translate business and technical needs into clear epics, user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, and non-functional requirements.

  • Partner with Product Managers and Engineering to shape roadmaps, sequence capabilities, manage dependencies, and maintain a delivery-ready backlog.

  • Lead backlog refinement, sprint planning, reviews, and UAT, ensuring delivered functionality meets agreed requirements and user outcomes.

  • Use AI-enabled tools to create prototypes and demonstrations that make ideas tangible, test assumptions, and accelerate decisions.


Data Product & Domain Expertise



  • Define capabilities that make data and content easier to discover, understand, access, integrate, and reuse.

  • Gather requirements covering metadata, taxonomy, lineage, ownership, entitlements, search, onboarding, and data quality.

  • Define requirements for mastered data, including identifier design and lifecycle, validation, matching, mapping, hierarchies, and cross-references.

  • Use SQL or similar analytical tools to investigate datasets, validate requirements, and support product decisions.


Stakeholder Collaboration & Improvement



  • Work across Product, Engineering, Data, Research, Operations, Commercial, and customer teams to understand workflows, resolve ambiguity, and drive alignment.

  • Communicate priorities, decisions, dependencies, risks, and progress clearly to technical and business audiences.

  • Use customer feedback, product performance, and delivery insights to prioritise improvements and measure value.


Essential Experience



  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

  • 2+ years of experience in Product Ownership, Product Management, Business Analysis, or a related role within Financials Services or FinTech

  • Demonstrated ability to turn ambiguous needs into clear requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and prioritised backlogs.

  • Experience working with Agile engineering teams and tools such as Jira and Confluence, with confidence using SQL or similar analytical tools.

  • Knowledge of data products, metadata, identifiers, mastered data, data quality, and the lifecycle of data across systems.

  • Understanding of APIs, data models, integrations, and the requirements needed to build reliable data services.

  • Comfort using AI-enabled tools to develop prototypes or demonstrations that support discovery and stakeholder decisions.

  • Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with a collaborative and customer-focused approach.

  • Knowledge of financial data workflows.

  • Experience working with data platforms, APIs, data models, or analytics products.

  • Exposure to AI-enabled products, machine learning applications, or modern data technologies.

  • Ability to translate strategic business objectives into practical product outcomes.

  • Experience working across global teams and managing multiple stakeholder groups.

  • Customer-centric mindset combined with strong execution and delivery focus.

  • Demonstrated initiative, ownership, and continuous learning


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