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Data Product Owner Leader

YOUR ROLE

As an IT team member, you’ll play a crucial role in designing, implementing, and managing technology solutions that are the foundation of the world class data solutions that customer and internal users deserve – now and in the future. You will be leading one to two other data product owners including HR responsibilities.  You will have overall responsibility for all data products.

The Data Product Owner is a strategic and hands-on leader responsible for maximizing the value of data products across the organization. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams—including product managers, IT, and business stakeholders—to identify opportunities to leverage data for business growth, improve customer satisfaction, and increasing the usefulness of data with best-in-class dashboards and reporting, AI and ML capabilities, and other methods that increase the business value using data. As the owner of the data product vision and roadmap, you will translate business needs into actionable requirements, prioritize development efforts, and ensure alignment with organizational objectives.

What you will be doing

• Define and communicate the vision, strategy, and roadmap for data products, ensuring alignment with business goals and stakeholder needs.
• Identify key challenges and opportunities where data can provide solutions, translating business requirements into clear product features and user stories.
• Orchestrate collaboration between data scientists, engineers, analysts, and business users to deliver high-impact data products.
• Establish and maintain standardized documentation formats, processes, and procedures for data product development.
• Coach and mentor team members on best practices in data product management methodologies.
• Manage the product backlog, prioritize features based on business value and feasibility, and oversee the development lifecycle from ideation to delivery.
• Track, assist with, and perform user acceptance and production testing with your capability to also query and validate that you data product has the right data.
• Serve as the central hub of communication, keeping stakeholders informed about product progress, challenges, and upcoming features.
• Gather and incorporate user feedback to iterate and refine data products for optimal user experience.
• Ensure data products adhere to industry regulations, data governance standards, and best practices for data protection, privacy, and security.
• Coordinate with security and compliance teams to maintain robust access controls and data governance strategies.
• Define and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure product success and drive continuous optimization.
• Identify and investigate process and data issues using structured problem-solving approaches.
• Leverage technologies and platforms from AI to dashboards to drive changes to create new and better insights.
• Participate in or lead ad hoc projects as assigned, contributing to the overall success of the data strategy.

What you bring

• ​Bachelor’s Degree in a business, analytical, or technical discipline.
• Minimum 3 years of experience as a data product owner with a proven track record of successful data products
• Minimum 5 years of experience in financial services, insurance, medical, or a related industry that resulted in a good understanding of the data used in that industry for analytical purposes.  Strong preference for insurance data expertise in claims and actuary.
• Experience implementing data governance capabilities as part of the data product such as data definitions, data quality, and
• Strong hands-on experience with SQL, and capability to analyze data
• Advanced understanding of data technologies (data warehouses, databases, data lakes) and programming languages (DataBricks and Python preferred).
• Understanding of AI, ML and other advanced analytical models used to create insights from data.
• Experience in how cloud characteristics can be leveraged for better data product designs
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks, projects, and processes in a dynamic environment.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to tailor communications to audiences at multiple organizational levels.
• Experience managing the Systems Development Lifecycle from product concept, design, build, testing and production support.
• Experience with agile methodologies and product management practices.
• Experience with regulatory and security requirements so the data product has the capabilities to address these requirements.

Employee Benefits & Well-Being

Genworth employees make a difference in people’s lives every day. We’re committed to making a difference in our employees’ lives.

• Competitive Compensation & Total Rewards Incentives
• Comprehensive Healthcare Coverage
• Multiple 401(k) Savings Plan Options
• Auto Enrollment in Employer-Directed Retirement Account Feature (100% employer-funded!)
• Generous Paid Time Off – Including 12 Paid Holidays, Volunteer Time Off and Paid Family Leave
• Disability, Life, and Long Term Care Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement,  Student Loan Repayment and Training & Certification Support
• Wellness support including gym membership reimbursement and Employee Assistance Program resources (work/life support, financial & legal management)
• Caregiver and Mental Health Support Services

This role is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship