Lead Product Owner

• Own the overall product vision and execution strategy across a defined product portfolio or domain (e.g., Reporting, Self-Service Analytics, Finance Analytics, Data Platforms).
• Ensure each product has:
  • A clear purpose and roadmap
  • Defined success metrics
  • Consistent experience and standards
• Act as the final decision authority on prioritization, scope tradeoffs, and acceptance across related products.

• Lead, mentor, and coach Product Owners to ensure consistent product ownership practices and decision quality.
• Set and enforce standards for backlog quality, roadmap clarity, and stakeholder communication.
• Serve as the escalation point for complex prioritization, dependency, or scope conflicts.
• Raise the overall product ownership maturity across CDO.

• Serve as an interface between CDO and business, finance, and functional leaders for assigned domains.
• Translate enterprise priorities into sequenced, realistic roadmaps.
• Manage competing stakeholder demands by making transparent, value-based trade-offs.
• Ensure stakeholders have confidence in what will be delivered, when, and why.

• Maintain a portfolio-level roadmap, aligned with capacity, dependencies, and strategic priorities.
• Ensure Product Owners maintain well-defined, ready backlogs that support predictable delivery.
• Partner with Program Managers and Scrum Masters to:
  • Align sprint and release plans
  • Surface risks and constraints early
  • Manage cross-team dependencies
• Ensure delivery adheres to CDO governance, readiness, and release standards.

• Partner with Data Governance, Architecture, and Platform teams to:
  • Enforce consistent KPI definitions and semantic standards
  • Uphold data quality, lineage, and trust expectations
  • Ensure security and compliance requirements are met
• Ensure products are operationally ready and supported post-release.

• Define and track adoption, usage, and value metrics across the product portfolio.
• Ensure products deliver measurable business impact, not just functionality.
• Identify opportunities to:
  • Simplify or consolidate products
  • Reduce technical or vendor dependency
  • Improve scalability and user experience
• Continuously refine product direction based on feedback and performance insights.

• 7+ years of experience in Product Ownership, Product Management, Business Analysis, or Analytics/Data-centric leadership roles.
• Proven experience owning multiple products or domains in a complex enterprise environment.
• Strong understanding of enterprise data, analytics, reporting, and BI platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with senior business stakeholders and technical delivery teams.
• Experience leading or mentoring other Product Owners or equivalent roles.

• Experience within a Chief Data Office, Analytics COE, or Enterprise Reporting organization.
• Familiarity with platforms such as Databricks, Power BI, semantic models, and self-service analytics.
• Experience modernizing legacy reporting or analytics platforms.
• Background in professional services or financial services environments.

• Thinks and acts portfolio-first, not story-by-story.
• Brings clarity, structure, and discipline to ambiguity.
• Comfortable making-and defending-trade-off decisions.
• Focused on outcomes, adoption, and trust, not just delivery.
• Acts as a role model for product ownership maturity.

• Lead Product Owner: Defines long-term strategy, investment priorities, and value realization. Owns execution alignment, product standards, and delivery outcomes across a portfolio.
• Product Owners: Own day-to-day product execution and backlogs within specific domains.
• Program Managers: Own delivery coordination, milestones, and dependency management.

Location - Hyderabad,Mumbai,New Delhi,Bengaluru