Product Owner

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and maintain the product roadmap for Alation-based data catalog initiatives.
• Align catalog capabilities with enterprise data strategy and business goals.
• Collaborate with data stewards, analysts, engineers, and business users to gather requirements and feedback.
• Act as the primary liaison between business and technical teams.
• Create and manage a prioritized product backlog.
• Write clear user stories and acceptance criteria for catalog features and enhancements.
• Drive adoption of metadata standards, data lineage, and stewardship practices using Alation.
• Ensure catalog content is accurate, up-to-date, and aligned with governance policies.
• Promote data literacy and catalog usage through training, documentation, and internal advocacy.
• Define KPIs to measure catalog adoption and data quality improvements.
• Work closely with data engineers and architects to integrate Alation with data sources (e.g., Snowflake, AWS, data pipelining using AWS Glue etc.).
• Support automation of metadata ingestion and policy enforcement.

Required Qualifications:

• 6+ years of experience in data management, data governance, or product ownership.
• Hands-on experience with Alation or similar tools (e.g., Collibra, OvalEdge etc).
• Strong understanding of metadata management, data lineage, and data quality principles.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and modern data stacks.
• Proficiency in Agile methodologies and tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence).
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with SQL and data modeling.
• Knowledge of data privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA).
• Added advantage with background in financial services, Asset Management , or regulated industries is a plus"