Product Owner (Hybrid)

Location: Richmond, VA
Work Mode: Hybrid

Responsibilities:

• Product Ownership (Data Focused):
  • Own and manage the product backlog for Data & Analytics initiatives, including data engineering, reporting, dashboards, and data platforms.
  • Work closely with business stakeholders to understand business objectives, KPIs, and data needs.
  • Translate business requirements into clear epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria with a data-centric mindset.
  • Prioritize backlog items based on business value, dependencies, data readiness, and regulatory requirements.
  • Define release goals and support roadmap planning for data products.
• Scrum Master & Agile Delivery:
  • Act as Scrum Master for one or more Data & Analytics teams.
  • Facilitate Agile ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Backlog Grooming, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
  • Coach teams on Agile best practices and drive continuous improvement.
  • Remove impediments related to data dependencies, environments, access, and cross-team coordination.
  • Track and report Agile metrics including velocity, burndown, release progress, and team capacity.
• Business Systems Analysis (BSA):
  • Perform requirements elicitation, analysis, and documentation for data use cases.
  • Work with stakeholders to define data rules, transformations, validation logic, and reporting requirements.
  • Support functional walkthroughs, story validation, and UAT planning.
  • Ensure clarity on data sources, assumptions, dependencies, and acceptance criteria.
  • Act as the functional bridge between business users and Data Engineering / BI teams.
• Stakeholder & Cross-Functional Coordination:
  • Serve as the primary point of contact between business, product, data engineering, QA, and leadership teams.
  • Coordinate across multiple teams and dependencies to ensure smooth delivery.
  • Provide timely status updates, including risks, issues, mitigation plans, and release readiness.
  • Support governance, planning, and executive communication as required.

Requirements:

• Minimum 8 years of experience in IT delivery with strong Agile project experience.
• Proven experience as a Product Owner and/or Scrum Master.
• Strong exposure to Data & Analytics domains, including Data Engineering, Business Intelligence (BI), Reporting, and Dashboards.
• Hands-on experience with Business Systems Analysis (BSA), requirements gathering, and documentation.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience using Agile tools such as Jira and Confluence.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience working in enterprise or regulated environments such as Healthcare, Insurance, or BFSI.
• Experience managing onshore-offshore delivery models.
• Certifications such as CSM, SAFe Agilist, PMI-ACP, or Certified Product Owner.
• Working knowledge of data platforms, cloud data ecosystems, and BI tools is a plus.