Role Overview
Our client is looking for an experienced Data Analytics Product Owner to drive the strategy, development and delivery of data analytics products, enterprise reporting platforms and business intelligence solutions.
The role involves translating business requirements into product roadmaps, prioritizing data initiatives, managing product backlogs and ensuring that analytics solutions deliver measurable business value. The successful candidate will work closely with business stakeholders, data engineers, analytics teams and technology leaders to develop scalable, user-friendly and data-driven products.
The ideal candidate will combine strong product management capabilities with an understanding of data architecture, analytics platforms, business intelligence and agile delivery methodologies.
Key Roles & Responsibilities
- Define product vision, strategy and roadmap for data analytics and business intelligence solutions.
- Gather business requirements and translate them into product features and user stories.
- Manage product backlogs, prioritization and sprint planning.
- Collaborate with data engineering, data science and BI teams to deliver analytics capabilities.
- Identify opportunities to improve business performance through data-driven insights.
- Define product KPIs, adoption metrics and success criteria.
- Drive the development of dashboards, reports, self-service analytics and data products.
- Ensure data quality, consistency, governance and appropriate access controls.
- Coordinate with stakeholders to resolve dependencies and delivery challenges.
- Manage product releases, user acceptance testing and stakeholder feedback.
- Support data platform modernization and cloud analytics initiatives.
- Drive continuous product improvement based on user feedback and business outcomes.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's or master's degree in a relevant technical or business discipline.
- 8–12+ years of experience in data analytics, BI, product management or related technology roles.
- Demonstrated experience as a Product Owner or Product Manager for data-driven solutions.
- Strong understanding of agile methodologies and product lifecycle management.
- Experience working with enterprise data platforms and analytics technologies.
Key Skills & Attributes
- Product strategy and roadmap development.
- Business requirements gathering and stakeholder management.
- Data analytics and business intelligence.
- Agile product ownership and backlog management.
- Data governance and quality management.
- KPI definition and value measurement.
- Strong communication and decision-making skills.
Technical Skills
- Power BI, Tableau or equivalent BI platforms.
- SQL and relational databases.
- Cloud data platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud.
- Data warehouses, data lakes and modern data architectures.
- ETL/ELT pipelines and data integration concepts.
- Jira and Confluence.
- Agile, Scrum and product management frameworks.
- Exposure to AI-enabled analytics and predictive insights.
Reporting / Team Relationships
Works closely with:
- Chief Data Officer / Head of Data
- Business Unit Leaders
- Data Engineering Teams
- Data Science Teams
- BI and Analytics Teams
- Enterprise Architecture and IT Leadership
What the Role Offers
This is a strategic product leadership opportunity for a professional who wants to shape the future of data analytics, business intelligence and data-driven decision-making.
The successful candidate will play an important role in developing data-driven products, connecting business requirements with analytics capabilities and delivering actionable insights that improve business performance.
The role offers an opportunity to influence product strategy, drive cross-functional collaboration and contribute to the growth of a data-driven organisation.
