Lead / Senior Data Product Owner

It Empowerment Consulting; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

It Empowerment Consulting seeks a Lead / Principal Data Product Owner to drive strategic data products and platform evolution. You will own vision, roadmap, stakeholder alignment, adoption, governance, and value realization for data products used across markets.

The role requires deep data, analytics, and cloud-platform expertise with a strong emphasis on leadership and cross-market impact.

Qualifications

• 8+ to 12+ years in Data/Analytics/Data Product environments.
• Proven track record as Data Product Owner/Lead/Delivery Lead.
• Strong Google Cloud Platform (GCP) experience.

Responsibilities

• Own product vision and roadmap for strategic data products.
• Lead stakeholder alignment, adoption, and governance.
• Realize value from reusable data products across markets.
• Drive enterprise data product capability maturation.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Data analytics

Product ownership

Leadership

Tools

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Job description

We are seeking a highly experienced Lead / Principal Data Product Owner to drive the delivery and evolution of strategic data products and platforms.

The role requires a strong blend of product ownership, stakeholder management, data analytics, and cloud-based platform expertise.

Minimum Requirements

• 8 - 12+ years of experience in Data, Analytics, Business Intelligence, Data Management, or Data Product environments.
• Proven experience as a Data Product Owner, Lead Product Owner, or Data Delivery Lead.
• Strong Google Cloud Platform (GCP) experience.

This is not a traditional BI, reporting, or project delivery role; we are looking for a Senior Data Product Leader to establish and mature an enterprise Data Product capability. The role owns product vision, roadmap, stakeholder alignment, adoption, governance, and value realisation for strategic reusable data products consumed across markets.