Data Product Owner, Distribution Data Office

As one of the world’s leading asset managers, Invesco is dedicated to helping investors worldwide achieve their financial objectives. By delivering the combined power of our distinctive investment management capabilities, we provide a wide range of investment strategies and vehicles to our clients around the world.

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Job Description

As one of the world’s leading asset managers, we are solely dedicated to delivering an investment experience that helps people get more out of life. If you're looking for challenging work, smart colleagues, and a global employer with a social conscience, explore your potential at Invesco.

The Department

Invesco understands data and the products created from data are the lifeblood of our business. The Distribution Data Office (DDO) is a linchpin of an ecosystem of data-first functions that will work together seamlessly to enable Invesco to achieve the true value of data and data products. DDO will empower Invesco to leverage data as a strategic asset by making quality, trusted data and content available to the right people, at the right time, in the right format, in the most efficient way possible to enable both large transformations and day-to-day operations.

Your Role

The Data Product Owner sits within the Distribution Data Office. They maintain good relationships with internal partners and collaborate with their peers in business units within the Distribution domain. They develop a strong understanding of the distribution data, including both how it is produced and consumed across domains and how to apply strategy and practices to drive Distribution’s data capabilities forward. They have a good understanding of strategy, capabilities, and stated data operating model and associated roles and responsibilities, and work with Data Governance to assure this op model is established and optimized across all roles related to Distribution data. All work is done in partnership with their counterparts in Investments and Corporate Shared Services to ensure consistency of the data services and deliverables, as well as in partnership with their Technology counterparts.

The Data Product Owner executes on the defined data strategy and roadmaps to improve the quality, availability, and usage of their data. They are accountable for the development and execution of detailed deliverables for the areas directly related to distribution data and participate in large transformational projects as well as internal initiatives and BAU/continuous enhancement. They have a good understanding of their business constituents needs and use cases as it relates to distribution data, and they work with other functions to understand how this data ties to other data throughout the enterprise to ultimately create business facing data products. They translate these use cases and requirements into actionable backlogs of work for themselves and the delivery teams, performing complex “hands-on-keys” work and collaborating with the broader delivery teams, both business analysts and technical engineering squads.

This individual:

• Must be comfortable working in an agile development environment

• Have an ability to handle multiple requests from varied stakeholders, in a way that maintains clear priority, and ability to adjust when needed

• Be an effective “translator” of business needs into technical requirements

• Have an inquisitive and innovative mindset with a demonstrated ability to recognize opportunities to create distinctive value

• Demonstrate an ability to build relationships, collaborate, mentor, motivate, and influence internal and external teams

• Be able to work independently when needed, take initiative, and get projects completed with great attention to detail and on time. 

You will be responsible for:

• Executes and drives distribution data deliverables within the defined overall data strategy and roadmap (functional analyses, requirements gathering and translation to specific data deliverables, ensuring adherence to architectural & technical standards, etc.) as related to their projects

• Partners with business and technology peers to ensure priorities are agreed and deliverables executed with diligence and in accordance with business needs

• Articulates dependencies across projects requiring distribution data as an input, escalating risks to leadership as required

• Captures business use cases and requirements related to distribution data, translates to data requirements, and partners with technology in functional and technical design discussions to ensure the end data product meets business needs

• Decomposes requirements into executable Epic's and high-level User Stories for themselves and any impacted Squads.

• Work with leadership to ensure that data related business requirements align to broader business goals

• Perform business analysis and detailed requirements capturing activities within project(s) and delivery squads as required

• Understand impacts of necessary technology and architecture priorities such as Cloud-first strategy and Tech Debt remediation and ensure the same are reflected in solution recommendations

• Provide data related input to Business Change Management activities as part of their project(s) to drive business user engagement and adoption and mitigate impact

• Acts as change agent and drives adoption of data capabilities within their projects and with direct business partners

• Interfacing with and articulating value of data deliverables to direct business partners and individual users

• Playing a consultative role to identify opportunities for the people, process, and tools within the delivery team to improve efficiency and effectiveness

• Coaching individual members of the team as needed to optimize the efficiency of the delivery team

• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement of data management processes to reduce complexity, improve data quality, and increase efficiency throughout the data delivery lifecycle

The experience you bring:

• Minimum of 2 years of Product Ownership with asset management data or related experience

• Knowledge of data capabilities, practices, and frameworks including concepts related to master data management, data governance, business intelligence, and analytics and their practical applications to deliver data products

• Knowledge of common data platforms and how data technologies function, with a lens towards practical application to business needs

• History of working on large, complex projects preferably within an Agile framework

• Intellectual curiosity to gain a deep understanding of commercial business drivers and client needs in the investment management industry, and how efficient use of data & content can facilitate meeting those needs

• Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work effectively with their project colleagues, peers within the Distribution Data Office, and peers across the enterprise

• Exceptional intellectual horsepower and passion for excellence

• Comfortable dealing with ambiguity

• Solid business acumen including ability to think strategically, exhibit sound business judgement, and demonstrated strong drive-for-results

Nice to haves:

• Background in Financial Services or Asset Management is a plus

• Background in Sales and Marketing data is a plus

• Working with multiple delivery squads a plus

• Hands on data engineering or data delivery experience a plus

What’s in it for you?

Our people are at the very core of our success, and we strive to provide employees with a competitive total rewards package which includes:

US Language

• 401(k) matching

• Flex time off

• Health and wellness benefits

• Work flexibility programs

• Parental leave benefits

The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The job holder may be required to perform other duties as deemed appropriate by their manager from time to time.

Invesco's culture of inclusivity and its commitment to diversity in the workplace are demonstrated through our people practices. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, or veteran status. Our equal opportunity employment efforts comply with all applicable U.S. state and federal laws governing non-discrimination in employment.

Full Time / Part Time

Full time

Worker Type

Employee

Job Exempt (Yes / No)

Yes

Workplace Model

At Invesco, our workplace model supports our culture and meets the needs of our clients while providing flexibility our employees value. As a full-time employee, compliance with the workplace policy means working with your direct manager to create a schedule where you will work in your designated office at least three days a week, with two days working outside an Invesco office. 

Why Invesco

In Invesco, we act with integrity and do meaningful work to create impact for our stakeholders. We believe our culture is stronger when we all feel we belong, and we respect each other’s identities, lives, health, and well-being. We come together to create better solutions for our clients, our business and each other by building on different voices and perspectives. We nurture and encourage each other to ensure our meaningful growth, both personally and professionally. 

We believe in diverse, inclusive, and supportive workplace where everyone feels equally valued, and this starts at the top with our senior leaders having diversity and inclusion goals. Our global focus on diversity and inclusion has grown exponentially and we encourage connection and community through our many employee-led Business Resource Groups (BRGs).  

What’s in it for you? 

As an organization we support personal needs, diverse backgrounds and provide internal networks, as well as opportunities to get involved in the community and in the world. 

Our benefit policy includes but not limited to: 

• Competitive Compensation 
• Flexible, Hybrid Work 
• 30 days’ Annual Leave + Public Holidays 
• Life Insurance 
• Retirement Planning 
• Group Personal Accident Insurance 
• Medical Insurance for Employee and Family 
• Annual Health Check-up 
• 26 weeks Maternity Leave 
• Paternal Leave 
• Adoption Leave 
• Near site Childcare Facility 
• Employee Assistance Program 
• Study Support 
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan 
• ESG Commitments and Goals 
• Business Resource Groups 
• Career Development Programs 
• Mentoring Programs 
• Invesco Cares 
• Dress for your Day 

In Invesco, we offer development opportunities that help you thrive as a lifelong learner in a constantly evolving business environment and ensure your constant growth. Our AI enabled learning platform delivers curated content based on your role and interest. We ensure our manager and leaders also have many opportunities to advance their skills and competencies that becomes pivotal in their continuous pursuit of performance excellence. 

To know more about us 

About Invesco: https://www.invesco.com/corporate/en/home.html 

About our Culture: https://www.invesco.com/corporate/en/about-us/our-culture.html 

About our D&I policy: https://www.invesco.com/corporate/en/our-commitments/diversity-and-inclusion.html 

About our CR program: https://www.invesco.com/corporate/en/our-commitments/corporate-responsibility.html 

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