Data Product Owner

Koch; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Koch Engineered Solutions (KES) is seeking a strategic Data Product Owner to advance enterprise data capabilities across ET&S. This role partners with business leaders to define and mature data products, guiding roadmaps and ensuring data is a trusted asset.

Location can be Wichita, KS or Tulsa, OK; Visa sponsorship is not available. The Data IT team focuses on transforming data into actionable information to enable better decisions and AI-driven outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience translating business needs into data-enabled capabilities or solutions.
• Experience managing priorities, roadmaps, backlogs, or cross-functional delivery efforts.
• Experience collaborating with business stakeholders and technical teams to deliver outcomes.
• Excellent communication of requirements, insights, and updates to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to influence leaders, facilitate decisions, and drive cross-functional change.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders to understand strategic priorities and opportunities where data adds value.
• Identify and champion data product opportunities to improve decision-making and automate processes.
• Translate outcomes into scalable data products aligned with enterprise priorities.
• Prioritize a portfolio of data products balancing value, feasibility, and capacity.
• Collaborate with data, AI, and engineering teams to deliver solutions with sustainable value.
• Develop data product roadmaps and communicate priorities to stakeholders.
• Support lifecycle management to grow data product maturity and value.

Skills

Data analysis

Data management

Product ownership

Stakeholder alignment

Backlog management

Cross-functional delivery

Communicating requirements

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business / Analytics / Information Systems / Data Science / Engineering

Job description

Koch Engineered Solutions (KES) is seeking a strategic, results-oriented Data Product Owner to join our Information Technology (IT) team and help advance our enterprise data capabilities across our Equipment, Technology, and Services (ET&S) business. This role will partner with business leaders to define, prioritize, and mature data products that enable better decisions, operational excellence, digital capabilities, and AI-driven outcomes . The Data Product Owner will help ensure data is treated as a trusted asset, accelerating value creation, while strengthening our overall data maturity. As a trusted business partner, this role will clarify priorities and desired outcomes, shape product roadmaps, and keep delivery focused on sustainable business value. The role will also work closely with business stakeholders, Data & Analytics, AI, and the broad IT teams to translate business needs into scalable data products, delivery plans, adoption strategies, and sustainable solutions.

This position will be located in our Wichita, KS or Tulsa, OK office. Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Our Team

The Data & Information Technology team is collaboratively focused on transforming business data into trusted, actionable information that enables effective decisions across Koch Engineered Solutions. Our team brings together data analysts, business data specialists, and data governance to partner closely with stakeholders to improve data quality, streamline decision making, and support digital transformation initiatives. We thrive on solving complex business challenges, driving continuous improvement, and creating practical solutions that help our organization work smarter. Above all, we value teamwork, curiosity, and commitment to delivering reliable data that drives long-term business value.

What You Will Do

• Partner with business leaders and stakeholders to understand strategic priorities, business challenges, and opportunities where data can create measurable value.
• Identify , define, and champion data product opportunities that improve decision-making, enhance business processes, enable automation, and support emerging AI capabilities.
• Translate business outcomes into scalable data products, ensuring investments are aligned to enterprise priorities and long-term business capability needs.
• Prioritize and manage a portfolio of data products by balancing business value, strategic alignment, technical feasibility, data readiness, and organizational capacity.
• Work closely with business, data, AI architecture, engineering, and delivery teams to define and delivery solutions that create sustainable business value.
• Drive creation of trusted, reuseable, and well-governed data products that can be leveraged across multiple business capabilities, analytical use cases, digital solutions, and AI applications.
• Ensure solutions are practical, scalable, and aligned with business workflows, while promoting consistency, reuse, and enterprise standards, where appropriate .
• Own, maintain , and communicate data product roadmaps, aligning stakeholders around priorities, trade-offs, outcomes, and expected value.
• Support the data product throughout the lifecycle to ensure strong maturity and continuously identify opportunities to expand value.
• Help advance ET&S data maturity by promoting a data centric, product mindset, clear accountability, transparency, strong stewardship, and effective use of data as a strategic asset.
• Model ownership, curiosity, humility, and continuous improvement in how work is prioritized and delivered.
• Serve as a trusted advisor, connecting business strategy, processes, data, technology , and AI capabilities to unlock new opportunities for growth.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience in business analysis, data analytics, data management, product ownership, or related disciplines.
• Experience identifying business opportunities and translating desired outcomes into data-enabled capabilities, products, or technology solutions.
• Experience managing priorities, roadmaps, backlogs, or cross-functional delivery efforts.
• Experience partnering with business stakeholders and technical teams to deliver outcomes.
• Experience analyzing business problems, facilitating stakeholder discussions, evaluating solution options, and partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver business outcomes.
• Experience communicating business requirements, insights, recommendations, and project updates to both technical and non-technical stakeholders through written, verbal, and presentation-based formats.
• Demonstrated ability to influence leaders, facilitate decisions, and drive cross-functional change.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience designing or leveraging reusable enterprise data assets that support analytics, operational processes, AI, or other technology solutions.
• Understanding modern data ecosystems, including cloud data platforms, AI capabilities, and data modeling practices.
• Experience using artificial intelligence AI tools to analyze data, identify insights, streamline workflows, or improve business outcomes.
• Bachelor's degree in business , Analytics, Information Systems, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field
• Experience working within data governance, master data management (MDM), data quality, or enterprise data programs.
• Familiarity with Agile product delivery, backlog management, prioritization frameworks, and value tracking.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .

Who We Are

As a Koch company, Koch Engineered Solutions (KES) is a dynamic network of businesses that work together to create an ecosystem of domain expertise to increase operational efficiency, improve safety, reduce waste, and reduce emissions.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most.

• medical
• dental
• vision
• flexible spending and health savings accounts
• life insurance
• ADD
• disability
• retirement
• paid vacation/time off
• educational assistance
• infertility assistance
• paid parental leave
• adoption assistance

Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

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