Data Product Owner Role

OpenDataJobs • Washington, DC

7h

About The Position

Data Product Owners turn data assets into products people can understand, trust, and use. They set the direction for datasets, dashboards, APIs, analytical services, and other data capabilities, then keep delivery focused on the users and mission outcomes those products are meant to serve. The work combines discovery, prioritization, and delivery. Data Product Owners learn how users make decisions, translate those needs into a roadmap and an ordered backlog, define acceptance criteria, and work with engineers, analysts, designers, governance specialists, and program leaders through release and adoption. They make hard tradeoffs visible and keep asking whether the product is producing value, not merely whether the team shipped it.

Requirements

• A working foundation in product ownership or product management, including discovery, roadmaps, backlog management, and iterative delivery.
• The ability to turn user and stakeholder needs into clear requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and priorities.
• Enough data fluency to discuss schemas, data quality, analytics, interfaces, and technical tradeoffs with delivery teams.
• Experience using qualitative and quantitative evidence to evaluate adoption, usability, and outcomes.
• The judgment and communication skills to make tradeoffs in regulated or mission-critical environments where accountability matters.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Agile delivery
• User research
• Product analytics
• Data governance
• Particular mission domain knowledge

Responsibilities

• Product visions and roadmaps that connect user needs, agency priorities, and measurable outcomes.
• Prioritized backlogs, user stories, acceptance criteria, and release plans that give delivery teams clear decisions.
• Discovery and feedback practices that bring users into product development before and after release.
• Measures of adoption, quality, timeliness, usability, and mission value that guide the next investment.
• Working agreements across engineering, analytics, governance, security, and program teams so ownership remains clear from idea through operation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed