Product Owner

NTT Data Americas, Inc.; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT DATA seeks a Product Owner for a Databricks migration and data-platform modernization in Atlanta. The hybrid role requires a minimum of 3 in-office days per week and oversees business prioritization, requirements management, backlog ownership, and delivery coordination for a large-scale data migration project.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in product ownership or data transformation, strong Databricks, Lakehouse, governance, and security knowledge, and the ability to engage stakeholders

Qualifications

• 8+ years in Product Ownership, Product Management, Business Analysis, Data & Analytics delivery, or enterprise technology transformation.
• 4+ years as a Product Owner, Senior BA, or PM on enterprise tech or data-platform programs.
• 4+ years supporting data migration, cloud modernization, or data-platform transformation initiatives.
• 4+ years with Databricks, Lakehouse, Delta Lake, Spark, Medallion Architecture.
• 4+ years with Unity Catalog, metadata, lineage, access governance, data ownership, and classification.
• 4+ years managing requirements and migration backlogs using Jira, Azure DevOps, Rally, or equivalent tools.
• 4+ years with Agile/Scrum/SAFe delivery and backlog management.
• 4+ years with data migration concepts including source-to-target mapping, reconciliation, waves, cutover, and decommissioning.

Responsibilities

• Own the product roadmap, backlog, priorities, and delivery for Databricks migration and data-platform modernization.
• Lead requirements and discovery sessions with cross-functional teams.
• Translate migration objectives into epics, features, user stories, acceptance criteria, and release plans.
• Prioritize migration workloads based on business value, readiness, dependencies, risk, and complexity.
• Coordinate migration activities across assessment, development, testing, cutover, and decommissioning.
• Ensure requirements align with Databricks architecture, governance, and data-quality standards.
• Coordinate source-to-target validation, UAT, business acceptance, and production cutover.
• Lead backlog refinement, sprint planning, release planning, demos, and stakeholder reviews.
• Track migration progress, risks, dependencies, and KPIs with executive reporting.
• Collaborate with architects, engineers, governance teams, vendors, and stakeholders to drive outcomes.

Skills

Product Ownership

Stakeholder management

Agile/Scrum/SAFe

Prioritization

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Rally

Job description

Company Overview:

Req ID: 393270

NTT DATA strives to hire exceptional, innovative and passionate individuals who want to grow with us. If you want to be part of an inclusive, adaptable, and forward-thinking organization,

Job Description:

Role: Product Owner – Databricks Migration & Data Platform

Location: Atlanta, Georgia – Onshore

Work Arrangement: Hybrid – minimum 3 days per week in office

Business Hours: Core U.S. business hours; overlap with EU stakeholders as needed

Role Type: Front-facing techno-functional Product Owner supporting Databricks migration, modernization, data governance, and enterprise data-platform transformation

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Product Owner – Databricks Migration & Data Platform to lead business prioritization, requirements management, backlog ownership, and delivery coordination for a large-scale migration and modernization of enterprise data workloads to Databricks.

The Product Owner will act as the primary bridge between business stakeholders, data owners, Databricks architects, data engineers, source-system SMEs, governance teams, security, application teams, vendors, and program leadership. The role will be responsible for translating business and migration objectives into actionable product capabilities, epics, features, user stories, acceptance criteria, and prioritized delivery roadmaps.

The successful candidate should combine strong Product Ownership / Product Management experience with a solid understanding of enterprise data platforms, Databricks, cloud migration, data governance, data quality, and analytics. The individual does not need to operate as the solution architect but must have sufficient technical depth to effectively challenge requirements, understand architectural dependencies, make prioritization decisions, and drive migration outcomes.

Day to Day Job Duties:

• Own the product roadmap, backlog, priorities, and delivery for Databricks migration and data-platform modernization initiatives.
• Lead requirements and discovery sessions with business, data, application, governance, architecture, and engineering teams.
• Translate migration objectives into epics, features, user stories, acceptance criteria, and release plans.
• Prioritize migration workloads based on business value, technical readiness, dependencies, regulatory requirements, risk, and complexity.
• Coordinate migration activities across assessment, development, testing, reconciliation, cutover, production validation, and legacy decommissioning.
• Ensure requirements align with Databricks architecture, including Medallion Architecture, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, governance, security, and data-quality standards.
• Coordinate source-to-target validation, UAT, business acceptance, and production cutover activities.
• Lead backlog refinement, sprint planning, release planning, demos, and stakeholder reviews.
• Track migration progress, risks, dependencies, blockers, KPIs, and decisions and provide executive-level reporting.
• Collaborate with architects, engineers, governance teams, vendors, and business stakeholders to drive successful migration outcomes.

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum 8+ years of experience in Product Ownership, Product Management, Business Analysis, Data & Analytics delivery, or enterprise technology transformation.
• Minimum 4+ years of experience as a Product Owner, Senior Business Analyst, or Product Manager supporting enterprise technology or data-platform programs.
• Minimum 4+ years of experience supporting data migration, cloud modernization, or data-platform transformation initiatives.
• Minimum 4+ years of experience with Databricks, Lakehouse architecture, Delta Lake, Spark, and Medallion Architecture.
• Minimum 4+ years of experience with data governance concepts including Unity Catalog, metadata, lineage, access governance, data ownership, and classification.
• Minimum 4+ years of experience managing requirements and migration backlogs using Jira, Azure DevOps, Rally, or equivalent tools.
• Minimum 4+ years of experience with Agile/Scrum/SAFe delivery and backlog management.
• Minimum 4+ years of experience with data migration concepts including source-to-target mapping, reconciliation, migration waves, cutover, production validation, and legacy decommissioning.
• Strong understanding of enterprise data platforms, data quality, governance, security, and modern data architectures.
• Strong stakeholder-management, analytical, prioritization, facilitation, and communication skills.
• Ability to work in Atlanta a minimum of 3 days per week.

Travel:

As required based on project and client needs.

Degree:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, Business, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.

Nice to Have:

• 10+ years of Product Management, Data & Analytics, Business Analysis, or enterprise transformation experience.
• Experience leading Databricks migration or Lakehouse modernization programs.
• Experience migrating legacy platforms such as Hadoop, Teradata, Oracle, SQL Server, Informatica, or traditional data warehouses.
• Experience with Collibra, Alation, Microsoft Purview, AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience in regulated industries such as Banking, Financial Services, Insurance, or Healthcare.
• CSPO, SAFe POPM, PMI-PBA, or Databricks certification.

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About NTT DATA:

NTT DATA is a $30 billion trusted global innovator of business and technology services. We serve 75% of the Fortune Global 100 and are committed to helping clients innovate, optimize and transform for long term success. As a Global Top Employer, we have diverse experts in more than 50 countries and a robust partner ecosystem of established and start-up companies. Our services include business and technology consulting, data and artificial intelligence, industry solutions, as well as the development, implementation and management of applications, infrastructure and connectivity. We are one of the leading providers of digital and AI infrastructure in the world. NTT DATA is a part of NTT Group, which invests over $3.6 billion each year in R&D to help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. Visit us at us.nttdata.com

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