Data Product Owner III

Capgemini is seeking a dynamic Product Owner III for a leading US Insurance Carrier. This role is pivotal in managing and prioritizing the product backlog, ensuring alignment with both stakeholder and customer needs.

The Product Owner III will be responsible for defining and prioritizing features and user stories, outlining acceptance criteria, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure successful delivery of product increments. This role requires strong communication skills to effectively engage with stakeholders, gather requirements, and facilitate product demos.

The ideal candidate should have a deep understanding of agile methodologies, experience in the insurance sector, and possess the ability to translate complex needs into actionable tasks for the development team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and communicate the vision, roadmap, and backlog for data products.
• Manages team backlog items and prioritizes based on business value.
• Partners with the business owner to understand needs, manage scope and add/eliminate user stories while contributing heavy influence to build an effective strategy.
• Translate business requirements into scalable data product features.
• Collaborate with data engineers, analysts, and business stakeholders to prioritize and deliver impactful solutions.
• Champion data governance, privacy, and compliance best practices.
• Act as the voice of the customer to ensure usability and adoption of data products.
• Lead Agile ceremonies (e.g., backlog grooming, sprint planning, demos) and maintain a clear product backlog.
• Monitor data product performance and continuously identify areas for improvement.
• Support the integration of AI/ML solutions and advanced analytics into product offerings.

Requirements

Required Skills & Experience:

• Proven experience as a Product Owner, ideally in data or analytics domains.
• Strong understanding of data engineering, data architecture, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Familiarity with SQL, data modeling, and modern data stack tools (e.g., Snowflake, dbt, Airflow).
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills across technical and non-technical teams.
• Strong business acumen and ability to align data products with strategic goals.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies and working in cross-functional teams.
• Ability to translate data insights into compelling stories and recommendations.
• 3-5 years experience in an Agile environment. 3-5 years experience in Product Owner role or minimum 1 year as a PO II. Demonstrated leadership experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in a fast-paced, data-driven product environment.
• Background in analytics, data science, or software development.

Product Owner certification (e.g., CSPO) is a plus.

Benefits

Competitive compensation and benefits package:

1. Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses
2. Comprehensive benefits package
3. Career development and training opportunities
4. Flexible work arrangements (remote and/or office-based)
5. Dynamic and inclusive work culture within a globally renowned group
6. Private Health Insurance
7. Pension Plan
8. Paid Time Off
9. Training & Development
10. Performance Bonus

Note: Benefits differ based on employee level.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is a global leader in partnering with companies to transform and manage their business by harnessing the power of technology. The Group is guided everyday by its purpose of unleashing human energy through technology for an inclusive and sustainable future. It is a responsible and diverse organization of over 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong 55-year heritage and deep industry expertise, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to address the entire breadth of their business needs, from strategy and design to operations, fueled by the fast evolving and innovative world of cloud, data, AI, connectivity, software, digital engineering and platforms. The Group €22.5 billion in revenues in 2023.

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