Product Owner - Enterprise Data Platform

We are partnering with a leading wealth management and financial services organization based in Tempe, AZ to identify a Data Product Owner focused on building and scaling trusted master data capabilities across the enterprise.

This role sits at the intersection of business, data engineering, and governance, with a strong emphasis on execution. The team has an established data strategy and roadmap in place. and this position is responsible for driving delivery, ensuring alignment across stakeholders, and enabling adoption of high-quality, governed data products used across analytics, reporting, operations, and AI initiatives.

This is a highly collaborative, onsite role requiring strong communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to translate complex data needs into clear, actionable work for technical teams.

What You’ll Do

• Own and manage the backlog for master data products across key domains such as Client, Advisor, Account, Firm, and Product
• Translate business requirements into detailed epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria for data engineering teams
• Partner with data governance and business stakeholders to define data standards, including golden records, survivorship rules, and quality expectations
• Act as the primary liaison between business users, data engineers, analysts, and developers to ensure alignment on priorities and deliverables
• Drive adoption of master data across downstream consumers including analytics, reporting, operations, compliance, and AI use cases
• Define and track success metrics such as data quality, match rates, and downstream usage
• Support release planning, testing coordination, and communication of updates to stakeholders
• Break down complex data challenges into structured, actionable work aligned to enterprise goals

Required Skills & Experience

• 5 years of professional IT experience - either in a hands on development or functional role
• Experience as a Product Owner or Business Analyst supporting data platforms, analytics initiatives, or data-centric products
• Strong Agile delivery experience, including backlog management, sprint planning, and writing user stories with clear acceptance criteria
• Demonstrated ability to translate business needs into technical requirements for data engineering teams
• Solid understanding of data concepts including data warehousing, data modeling, ingestion pipelines, and data quality
• Experience working cross-functionally with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Strong documentation skills and ability to clearly communicate requirements, progress, and outcomes
• Ability to manage competing priorities and drive execution in a fast-paced environment
• Basic to intermediate SQL skills for data validation and analysis

Preferred / Nice-to-Have

• Experience working with master data management (MDM) concepts such as golden records, deduplication, and data governance frameworks
• Background in financial services, wealth management, or highly regulated environments
• Exposure to enterprise data platforms or large-scale data ecosystems
• Experience supporting data products used for analytics, reporting, or AI/ML initiatives
• Familiarity with data quality tools, governance platforms, or metadata management tools

Compensation & Benefits

Salary range: $110,000 – $130,000 base salary

Additional benefits may include comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) with company match, performance bonus, paid time off, and other standard employee benefits.

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco/Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual’s skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law in geographies that require salary range disclosure, Vaco/Highspring notes the salary range for the role is noted in this job posting. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, and can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company’s 401(k) retirement plan. Additional disclaimer: Unless otherwise noted in the job description, the position Vaco/Highspring is filing for is occupied. Please note, however, that Vaco/Highspring is regularly asked to provide talent to other organizations. By submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. Submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase within Vaco/Highspring will be otherwise assessed by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco/Highspring does not have knowledge of the tools used by its clients in making final hiring decisions and cannot opine on their use of AI products.

Salary : $130,000