Senior Product Owner - Data Enablement for Alternative Investments

JOb Title: Squad Lead - Product Owner - W2 only - We can provide sponsorship

Duration: Long Term

Location: Westlake, TX/Smithfield, RI - Hybrid

Must have business skills:

Product ownership experience of a data modernization project.

Strong business acumen and ability to work across C Suite, architects, engineers and consumers of the data.

Communication and presentation skills.

Experience in an Agile framework.

Must have technical skills:

SQL skills for data analysis validation, querying, etc

Python is a plus

Snowflake is a plus

AWS is a plus

Data modeling

Business domain expertise: Must have asset management domain experience

Nice to haves: alts knowledge a plus investment banking is a plus broker dealer and RIA client knowledge is a plus intermediary business experience or institutional sales distribution is a plus

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the product vision and strategy for data enablement for alternative investments sales to institutional and intermediary clients.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, including investment product sales, analytics, engineering, architecture, and governance to gather requirements, prioritize features, and develop data solutions.
• Oversee the implementation of data solutions that streamline sales processes and improve reporting accuracy. Drive iterative and continuous improvement through feedback.

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

• 12+ years of total Experiecne is required.
• 5-10 years of experience in product management, data platform modernization or enterprise technology transformation. Bachelor’s Degree required, MBA preferred.
• Proven experience in financial services, with a strong preference for investment banking or alternative investments. Knowledge of intermediary investment business preferred. Familiarity with advisor clients, BD and RIA space preferred.
• Hands-on experience building data enablement capabilities through translating strategic objectives and user needs into solutions, and prioritizing efforts to maximize value delivered.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence without authority and the mentality to seek out colleagues to advise on your approach. Ability to collaborate effectively across technology and business teams.
• Ability to understand the difference between the questions being asked and the problems the business needs to solve. Strong focus on execution and how to identify, communicate, and remove impediments to progress.
• Experience with delivering outcomes in an Agile framework. Jira and Jira Align experience preferred.
• Intellectual curiosity and embracing of a culture of continuous learning, mentoring, and coaching. Willingness to ask questions and challenge the status quo to benefit the organization.