Data Product Owner

Mitra AI; United States; On-site; USD 71,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Mitra AI is seeking a Data Catalog Product Owner/ Workstream Lead to manage the Data Catalog workstream as part of a Unified Data Platform initiative. This mid-senior level contract role requires 3 to 5 years of experience in product ownership or data stewardship, with a strong focus on metadata management and collaboration across technical teams.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years of experience as a Product Owner or similar roles.
• Hands-on experience with data catalog platforms.
• Background in MarTech or campaign operations preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own the Data Catalog workstream and manage backlog.
• Lead MVP implementation and rollout of data.world.
• Collaborate with SMEs to prioritize use cases.

Skills

Metadata management

Data discovery

Field-level lineage

Agile delivery

Communication

Facilitation

Tools

data.world

Collibra

Alation

Informatica

Atlan

Snowflake

dbt

Power BI

SQL

Jira

Job description

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Job Summary:

RKD is seeking a contract Data Catalog Product Owner/ Workstream Lead to drive the setup, implementation, and adoption of its metadata catalog as part of a larger Unified Data Platform initiative. This role will own delivery across the Data Catalog workstream, translating business needs into catalog functionality and ensuring metadata is organized, accessible, and valuable to analytics, client services, and strategy teams. This role will be embedded within RKD’s cross-functional delivery model and work closely with stakeholders from Client Strategy, Campaign Operations, Analytics, and Technology.

Job Specific Duties & Responsibilities:

• Own the Data Catalog workstream within the Unified Data Platform MVP program
• Define and manage the backlog for catalog capabilities across discovery, metadata tagging, lineage tracking, and operational search
• Lead the MVP implementation and rollout of data.world, including collectors, workflows, and role-based access
• Collaborate with business SMEs to prioritize use cases such as onboarding efficiency, metadata self-service, reporting consistency, and campaign tagging clarity
• Develop standards for metadata curation, business glossary terms, field-level lineage, and QA tags
• Coordinate with engineering and dbt teams on ingestion metadata, integration schemas, and tag propagation
• Work with Strategy, Client Services, and Campaign Operations to ensure catalog value is aligned to real business questions and pain points
• Define SDLC and change management processes for catalog updates and versioning
• Establish governance roles (owner/steward), glossary approval workflows, and validation checks
• Provide catalog demos, onboarding guides, and stakeholder communications to drive adoption
• Ensure MVP scope stays focused on business value and avoids duplicating governance documentation systems

Required Skills, Experience & Qualifications:

• 3 to 5 years of experience as a Product Owner, Data Steward, or Workstream Lead for metadata catalog or data governance platforms
• Hands-on experience with data catalog implementation - ideally on data.world, but Collibra, Alation, Informatica, or Atlan also acceptable
• Strong understanding of metadata management, data discovery, and field-level lineage
• Background in MarTech or campaign operations highly preferred
• Experience working with Snowflake, dbt, Power BI, and SQL
• Proven ability to collaborate with both technical and non-technical teams to define metadata value
• Familiarity with Agile delivery, Jira, and stakeholder workshops is a plus
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and requirements synthesis skills

Preferred Skills:

• Prior work in nonprofit, media, or digital fundraising domains
• Understanding of QA tagging frameworks and data quality metrics
• Previous experience coordinating across CDP, data warehouse, and reporting platform teams

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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