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This role is a part of the Data Management Department, Digital & Technology Global Team (D&T) of HEINEKEN International.
Its purpose is to define and drive the vision and strategy for the organization's Data Modeling product. The product owner is accountable and responsible for defining feature roadmap and making sure this is connected to the epics and outcomes (impact & value).
The Product Owner of Data Modeling is responsible for the strategic direction, development, and delivery of data models that enable the organization to leverage its data assets effectively. This role involves working closely with both business and technical stakeholders to define, prioritize, and deliver data modeling solutions that support key business objectives and decision-making processes. The Product Owner is accountable for the design, implementation, and evolution of data models, ensuring that they are aligned with data governance standards, meet business requirements, and support analytics and reporting initiatives. This role will be key in creating high-quality, efficient data models that are scalable and accessible across the organization.
Your responsibilities would include:
• defining and delivers business value e2e: creates Product’s vision, owns the product, ensures that the product evolves in alignment with business goals and data management strategies
• contract management: collaborating with technology vendors and 3rd party partners on their technology roadmaps to meet future demand and optimize the service delivery
• representing “the voice of the customer” and strives to understand and reflect it in product roadmap and design
• stakeholders’ connection: engages with key business stakeholders (e.g. data analysts, solution architects, business units) to gather and define requirements for the data dictionary, managing expectations and provide regular updates on progress
• owing and managing Product Backlog: reflects requirements in User Stories prioritizes features and ensures successful execution of data dictionary-related initiatives
• service delivery: ensures the delivered solution is consistent with the requirements, verifies the product increment against the plan and oversees the quality of implementation
• working closely with the Product Team, Chapter Lead and Scrum master to ensure alignment on priorities, processes, and resource allocation
• working closely with the relevant Architects to ensure alignment on solution development, scalability, robustness and security that is within the right architectural guidance
• maitaining awareness of emerging technologies, industry trends and best practices and evaluate them for applicability.
You are a good candidate if you have:
• Bachelor/master's degree in Computer Science or similiar
• 10 years of experience in relevant in the data related field
• proven experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager, or similar role, preferably in data-related products
• proven experience in designing and implementing data models (e.g., relational models, star schemas, data marts, data graphs, dimensional models) for reporting, analytics, and business intelligence
• deep understanding of data architecture, including how data models integrate with other components of the data ecosystem (e.g., ETL processes, data warehouses, data lakes)
• strong experience in managing product backlogs, defining requirements
• experienced in working with Agile teams
• excellent analytical skills: ability to identify opportunities, assess needs, and define solutions that meet business goals
• strong problem-solving focus, balancing short-term needs with long-term strategic objectives
• ability to think critically and prioritize effectively in a fast-paced environment
• proven ability to connect and develop the right stakeholder network to ensure requirements and product development delivers the right business value
• experience with data modeling tools (preferably Sparx)
• good knowledge of data governance frameworks and standards
• process management and risk management
• very strong interpersonal skills
• ability to manage and liaise various groups of stakeholders
• excellent written and verbal English.
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