Master Data Product Owner – Drive Enterprise Data Quality

Mindlance; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Mindlance in McLean, VA seeks a Product Owner for Master Data Management to drive the vision and strategy for enterprise data assets. You will partner with business stakeholders and technology teams to establish trusted, high-quality master data across the Multifamily division.

You will own the MDM backlog, define data governance models, and mentor teams on data matching, survivorship rules, and stewardship workflows while measuring data quality KPIs and ensuring timely delivery of data

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Agile Delivery or Product Owner experience.
• 5+ years of data-related experience with a focus on master data management, data delivery, or data governance disciplines.
• Experience with MDM concepts including golden record creation, match/merge/survivorship rules, data stewardship, hierarchy management, and reference data management.
• Experience delivering large, complex change management projects that involve interfacing with multiple teams, especially projects involving data governance frameworks and master data standardization.
• Strong hands-on data analysis skills to support data profiling, data quality assessment, data mapping, data querying, and duplicate identification.
• Experience with agile methodology teams and agile-related tools.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving thought processes, particularly around data quality root cause analysis.
• Superior written and verbal communication skills for presenting to management and facilitating meetings with data stewards and data owners.

Responsibilities

• Set ambitious and clear product vision for MDM capabilities and communicate the strategy effectively to key stakeholders and the rest of the team.
• Own the end-to-end MDM product strategy from inception, defining business value through improved data quality, reduced redundancy, and trusted data assets in production.
• Ensure alignment of MDM product features and stories and prioritize user stories in line with the MDM and Data Product Roadmap.
• Continuously improve the backlog with the team, ensuring all items related to data matching, merging, survivorship rules, and data stewardship workflows are clearly described, estimated, and prioritized.
• Ensure customer-driven design considering data consumer pain points, data quality metrics, and usability test results, using market & industry knowledge as well as continual research, to deliver well-positioned MDM solutions.
• Define and refine master data domains (e.g., counterparty, property, etc) and their associated governance models.
• Drive sprint and release plans together with the Scrum Coach and organizational technology teams.
• Work with Development Lead to build modular & reusable MDM solutions, including match/merge logic, hierarchy management, and data stewardship capabilities.
• Define and monitor data quality KPIs, stewardship SLAs, and master data health metrics to drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Agile Delivery

Data Governance

Data Analysis

Stakeholder Communication

Cross-functional Collaboration

Job description

Mindlance in McLean, VA seeks a Product Owner for Master Data Management to drive the vision and strategy for enterprise data assets. You will partner with business stakeholders and technology teams to establish trusted, high-quality master data across the Multifamily division.

You will own the MDM backlog, define data governance models, and mentor teams on data matching, survivorship rules, and stewardship workflows while measuring data quality KPIs and ensuring timely delivery of data