Data Product Owner

Development - Cape Town, South Africa

This position is no longer available.

Purpose of Role

The Data Product Owner (Data PO) helps to make decisions around the vision and the roadmap for the data products, concerns about the satisfaction of the consumers and continuously measures and improves the quality and richness of the data her/his domain owns and produces. The Data PO is responsible for the lifecycle of the domain datasets, when to change, revise and retire data and schemas. He/She strikes a balance between the competing needs of the domain data consumers.

Main Responsibilities

  • Define success criteria and business-aligned Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for their data products
  • Aligning the team and the business side
  • Help business leaders identify and prioritize their business problems
  • Being data savvy enough to be able to talk tech and distil it to others in the organization in an easy-to-understand manner
  • Coordinate data teams and business teams to ensure realistic priorities are being set, analysis is conducted with measurable goals, non-experts can successfully interpret data presented and data-derived insights are put into appropriate action
  • Backlog management and prioritisation, as well as being able to triage tickets from the business

Desired Skills

  • Basic knowledge about data warehousing, data architecture and data governance
  • Experience using analytics tools like Tableau, Looker, Data Studio, etc
  • High level understating about AI and Machine Learning

To apply for this awesome opportunity please send us your CV (maximum 3 pages) and portfolio to: recruitme@travelstart.com.
The reference for this opportunity is “Data Product Owner”. Please insert this into the subject line of your email application. Any applicants not meeting the minimum requirements will not receive a response. Please note that we reserve the right to amend, freeze the role or not hire. The final appointment will be at the discretion of Travelstart.

Travelstart is committed to transformation and redressing of past inequalities. Our employment equity goals will be taken into account in our selection process.
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