Product Owner - Local candidates only

Xforia - Phoenix, AZ

Full-time - Senior

Phoenix, AZ

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Product Owner will be responsible for gathering data product requirements and translating them into solution designs in collaboration with technology teams. This role focuses on ensuring that current data needs are met while also defining future data architecture and capabilities. The Product Owner will work closely with various stakeholders to articulate a long-term product strategy and roadmap, emphasizing data-driven decision-making and innovation in the financial industry.

Responsibilities

• Gather data product requirements and convert them into solution design in partnership with technology teams considering the current and future state architecture.
• Work with the solution management team to identify and analyze data needs across different journeys.
• Define the data flow across systems along with integration patterns.
• Develop and maintain conceptual and logical data models.
• Define data consumption principles and architecture.
• Define design patterns for complex data structures.
• Coordinate with PMs and DS teams to assess future needs and requirements, syncing with respective Share Service/API owners.
• Focus on data storage/persistence, data models, data access patterns, data flows, and data compute patterns as part of data solutioning.
• Socialize and align the data solution with different stakeholders and risk leaders.
• Articulate a long-term software product strategy and roadmap with clearly defined business metrics and outcomes for real-time data capabilities.
• Define Data Product foundational capabilities requirements in partnership with key stakeholders, demonstrating high levels of thought leadership and inclusive leadership.
• Understand competitive best practices, external trends, and integrate them into software product strategies.
• Enable data and analytics-driven decision-making to evolve products and usage.
• Provide strong leadership to address complex business problems in unknown/ambiguous situations.

Requirements

• 9+ years of relevant experience in data architecture and as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in the financial industry.
• Agile experience is a plus.
• A good balance of technical knowledge and business acumen with a proven track record of driving digital innovation and business metrics with a customer-first mindset.
• Established background in launching software or services in partnership with engineering teams.
• High degree of proficiency in prototyping, iterative development, and Scaled Agile Framework and principles.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage, influence, and inspire partners to drive collaboration and alignment.
• High degree of organization, individual initiative, and personal accountability.
• Ability to solve complex problems with a highly analytical approach.

Nice-to-haves

• Risk capabilities experience is highly desired.