Data Product Owner

Company Description

Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organizations get to their future, digitally-enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next, our 20,000 people in 53 offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting and customer obsession to accelerate our clients’ businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value.

Here at Publicis Sapient, we are quite literally on the front line of the biggest issues facing the global markets leaders today – investment banks, asset management firms, wealth managers, oil and energy firms, and government and regulatory agencies.  Driving transformation and leading change within these industries requires big thinkers who bring insight, knowledge, technical acumen, and passion for innovation. What we offer is the opportunity to join a recognized leader in developing and delivering ground-breaking solutions for today’s dynamic global marketplace and an award-winning culture that fosters growth and leadership.

Job Description

As our Data Product Owner you will operate as the go-to person between the business and the data: representing and challenging the business to improve their decision making with new high quality data and analytics products.

You will act as an evangelist of new, successful approaches to working with data and data technology to enable faster, better decisions

You will be a critical friend to major change programs to ensure the best approach to engaging with and working with the data platform and team

You build great relationships and regularly engage with customers to refine backlogs and accommodate urgent & important requirements through a well-practiced agile approach

You will play a major role in shaping and landing business-led data disciplines (Data Ownership, Data Governance, Data Discovery) to promote a  full Self-Service capability

You will help to shape and deliver our data strategy and will guiding the data team and stakeholders through an evolution from descriptive KPI’s through to prescriptive data-science driven analysis

You will relish using your sound technical data knowledge and experience to challenge and support the data delivery team in their ways of working

Qualifications

Your Skills & Experience: 

• A proven track record as a Product Owner with experience of shaping delivery plans across multiple workstreams whilst championing business need
• A wealth of experience in delivering data management/BI/analytics/MI/Reporting to a complex business with fast-changing needs
• Driving a business-led enterprise data architecture and associated data disciplines
• Strong technical & architectural knowledge in the context of a high performing data & analytics platform.
• Experience of data migration from legacy to cloud-based platforms
• Knowledge of the Azure data estate and products an advantage

Set Yourself Apart With: 

• Experience in evolving the data journey in the Business – moving to self-serve, governed data for faster insights.
• Agile Product Owner qualifications
• Hands-on experience of working on enterprise-wide complex digital transformation programmes
• Experience of delivering financial reporting and managing Finance stakeholders
• To advocate a solution that upholds architectural standards/principles, security standards and usability design standards.

Additional Information

What’s in it for you?

• We have got you and your family covered with 25 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), life assurance, dental insurance, income protection, critical illness cover, private healthcare for you AND your family (pre-existing conditions included), and a pension
• We know the importance of health and wellbeing so offer you extensive retail discount offers and further reimbursement towards activities that contribute to a healthier lifestyle
• Our beautiful Turnmill office is open
• You can meet over a complimentary barista-made coffee and our teams have been busy replicating face-to-face social activities through learning languages virtually, yoga sessions, having a laugh at our online summer fairs and so much more
• We are proud to actively invest in your learning through various learning platforms
• Diversity and inclusion aren't just buzzwords. We offer an inclusive environment through our inspirational business resource groups and work with you to give back to the local community through CSR efforts

As part of our dedication to the diversity of our workforce, Publicis Sapient is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race, colour, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion.