Product Owner

Openkyber, LLC; Alaska; On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Openkyber seeks a senior Product Owner + Data Governance Lead to design, implement, and mature governance across Supply Chain data domains. This role translates business strategy into governance frameworks that boost data trust, quality, and insights delivery.

The position chairs the governance council, drives stewardship accountability, and partners with leaders to embed governance into delivery workflows, mentoring teams across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• Strong Product Owner with data governance experience.
• Supply chain expertise and oil & gas industry familiarity.
• Ability to translate business data strategy into governance frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Align data governance strategy with Supply Chain goals and value outcomes.
• Lead rollout and ongoing enhancement of the Data Governance Program across domains.
• Chair the Supply Chain Data Governance Council and document actions.
• Oversee data steward activities ensuring standards and policies are applied.
• Partner with initiatives to embed governance into delivery workflows.
• Identify, prioritize, and resolve data quality and ownership issues.
• Ensure data domain definitions align with enterprise standards.
• Monitor governance effectiveness with metrics and dashboards.
• Report on domain health and progress of governance initiatives.
• Advocate data governance best practices and data literacy.
• Mentor data specialists and analysts to build governance capability.

Skills

Product Owner

Executive presence

Data governance

Supply chain experience

Oil and Gas industry experience

Job description

The Product Owner + Data Governance Lead is a senior subject matter expert responsible for designing, implementing, and maturing data governance capabilities across Supply Chain data domains. This role translates business and data strategy into actionable governance frameworks that improve data trust, data quality, and the delivery of business insights. The Data Governance Lead plays a critical role in the development and execution of the Supply Chain Data Governance Program, ensuring alignment across business, technology, and analytics teams. The role maintains the integrity of data domains and ownership structures, drives stewardship accountability, and chairs the Supply Chain Data Governance Council. This position is aligned with the Discipline Management organization and supports the objectives of the Product Management team by enabling efficient, consistent, and value-driven data governance execution. The role reports to the Data Discipline Supervisor and works closely with leaders, delivery teams, and data stewards across the enterprise.

Main Skills:

Strong Product Owner Executive presence with data governance experience. (Mandatory) Supply chain experience Oil and Gas experience.

Key Responsibilities:

• Align data governance strategy with Supply Chain business goals, priorities, and value outcomes
• Lead the rollout, execution, and ongoing enhancement of the Data Governance Program across Supply Chain data domains
• Chair and facilitate the Supply Chain Data Governance Council, including agenda development, meeting facilitation, and documentation of decisions and actions
• Oversee data steward activities to ensure consistent application of enterprise data governance standards, policies, and operating models
• Partner with strategic initiatives and programs to embed governance practices into delivery workflows
• Drive the identification, prioritization, and resolution of critical data quality, data ownership, and accountability issues
• Ensure Supply Chain data domains are aligned with enterprise data definitions, policies, standards, and architectural guidelines
• Monitor governance effectiveness through metrics, dashboards, and reporting, and lead continuous improvement initiatives
• Steward progress and domain health using standardized reporting and performance indicators
• Advocate for data governance best practices, stewardship, and data literacy across Supply Chain domains
• Mentor data specialists, analysts, and stewards to build governance capability and domain expertise
• Foster a culture of data accountability, transparency, and informed decisionmaking