Data Product Owner

Equifax, Inc.; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Equifax, Inc. in Atlanta seeks a Data Product Owner for Innovative Alternative Finance data products. You will drive data pipelines and partner with analytics, engineering and business teams to shape product strategy and ensure high-quality data across platforms.

You will own data standards, participate in early-stage development, manage governance and security considerations, and translate business needs into actionable roadmaps. Collaboration and clear communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related discipline.
• 2-5 years of data analysis, product owner, or consulting experience with data.
• Familiarity with cloud and on-prem technologies, structured and unstructured data, streaming and batch data.
• Proficiency in SQL and BI tools (Python, Looker, BigQuery, Tableau).
• 2-5 years of data and business insights analysis driving data quality.
• Strong governance, regulatory, security and compliance awareness.
• Demonstrates leadership in cross-functional efforts and builds relationships.
• Experience with Collibra or similar metadata management tool.

Responsibilities

• Data standards: uphold data requirements, discoverability, trustworthiness; ensure interoperability.
• Advance business initiatives to maximize utility of data assets.
• Participate in early-stage development cycles for data product innovations.
• Manage data pipelines and support core data-product processes.
• Lead data quality initiatives with automated, threshold-driven reporting and alert response.
• Drive operational excellence by investigating inconsistencies and guiding remediation.
• Partner with business and technical teams to share market/strategy knowledge.
• Develop depth of knowledge of data and supporting technology for the product.
• Apply product thinking and communicate strategy for the data product.

Skills

Data analysis

Product ownership

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in related discipline

Master's degree preferred

Tools

SQL

Looker

BigQuery

Tableau

Python

Collibra

Job description

Join us as a Data Product Owner and take a front-row seat in shaping the future of our innovative Alternative Finance data products. In this role, you will drive excellence across data pipelines and collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement cutting-edge data practices. If you are passionate about fueling business growth through high-quality data and want to make a tangible impact, we want to hear from you!

What you'll do

• Data Standards: Proficiency in fundamental data requirements, including discoverability, and trustworthiness; collaborate with cross-functional teams to uphold these technical supporting practices and asset interoperability
• Business Initiatives: Active involvement in projects aimed at maximizing the strategic utility and business application of data assets
• New Ventures: Participation in early-stage development cycles for emerging data product innovations.
• Pipeline Proficiency: Comprehensive knowledge of data pipeline workflows, providing direct assistance for one or more core processes critical to the data product lifecycle.
• Data Quality Initiatives: Direct accountability for building and supporting automated, threshold-driven reporting systems to pinpoint improvement areas; ensures rapid response to alerts based on commercial significance.
• Operational Excellence: Leverage threshold-based analysis to detect and investigate inconsistencies; execute timely remediation plans that align with organizational priorities and impact.
• Business Partnership and Consulting - Shares basic knowledge of the markets, strategies, and operating environments for a product
• Depth of Technical Knowledge - Developing detailed knowledge of the data and technology supporting a data product
• Product Thinking - Begins to apply Product Thinking in carrying out job responsibilities
• Strategy Development and Implementation - Ability to communicate the strategy for a given data product to others
• Technology Advising and Consulting - Shares basic knowledge about the technology supporting a data product
• Technical Communication and Presentation - Ability to tune written and verbal technical communications to specific audiences

What experience you need

• Bachelor's degree in related discipline
• 2- 5 years of data analysis, product owner, and/or consulting experience regarding data,preferably financial services data
• Familiarity with cloud and on prem technologies, structured and unstructured data, streaming and reposed data
• Familiarity with SQL and BI Tools (Python, Looker, BigQuery, Tableau, etc.) and desktop application suites (Microsoft or Google)
• 2-5 years of experience with data and business insights analysis which identify and drive ongoing excellence in data quality practices
• A strong sense of governance protocols, the need to respect highly sensitive data and proactive attention to regulatory, security and compliance driven policies
• Demonstrates leadership with cross-functional efforts; develops effective working relationships with peers, managers, and senior management within and across organizational lines
• Experience with Collibra, or similar metadata management tool

What could set you apart

• Master's Degree strongly preferred

Position does not offer immigration sponsorship or support, including F-1 STEM OPT extension support.