Product Owner

The Cadmus Group•McLean, VA

About The Position

Cadmus is seeking a Product Owner to help transform the way our customer manages and governs its critical data assets. This person will support the Master Data Management and develop and drive the product vision and strategy for MDM capabilities, serving as the bridge between business stakeholders and technology teams to ensure authoritative, consistent, and trusted master data. This position is contingent upon contract award and funding approval.

Requirements

Understanding of the mortgage industry, preferably commercial or multifamily real estate and their underlying loan lifecycles
5+ years of Agile Delivery or Product Owner experience and a BA/BS degree in a related field
5+ years of data-related experience with a focus on master data management, data delivery, or data governance disciplines
Experience with MDM concepts including golden record creation, match/merge/survivorship rules, data stewardship, hierarchy management, and reference data management
Experience delivering large, complex change management projects that involve interfacing with multiple teams, especially projects involving data governance frameworks and master data standardization
Strong experience with hands-on data analysis skills to support data profiling, data quality assessment, data mapping, data querying, and duplicate identification
Experience working in an Agile methodology team and agile-related tools
Strong analytical and problem-solving thought processes, particularly around data quality root cause analysis
Superior written and verbal communication skills, including ability to present to management and expertly facilitate meetings with data stewards, data owners, and technical teams
Experience with data-focused technologies such as relational, non-relational, on-prem, and off-prem databases, as well as MDM-specific architectures (registry, consolidation, coexistence, centralized)

Nice To Haves

Ability to leverage product-facing soft-skills and technical MDM/data analysis hard skills simultaneously and regularly
Understanding the priorities of Data Modernization and how master data governance underpins their operational processes to identify, design, and define solutions that can be effectively implemented to deliver value across the technology organization
Understanding the MF modernization strategy and applying it to the prioritization of the MDM product backlog, balancing quick wins in data quality with long-term architectural goals
Representing the Multifamily Data team as the principal contact and subject matter expert for Master Data Management in the Enterprise Business Model and Data Modernization efforts
Interact with data consumers, data stewards, data owners, and internal technology customers to obtain feedback on MDM solutions and design to validate and refine value, or pivot to something new
Highly motivated, adaptive, persistent, and self-driven
Ability to work independently and confidently as well as across multiple teams and disciplines, particularly bridging business domain expertise with technical MDM implementation teams

Responsibilities

Set ambitious and clear product vision for MDM capabilities and communicate the strategy effectively to key stakeholders and the rest of the team
Own the end-to-end MDM product strategy from inception, defining business value through improved data quality, reduced redundancy, and trusted data assets in production
Ensure alignment of MDM product features and stories and prioritize user stories in line with the MDM and Data Product Roadmap
Continuously improve the backlog with the team, ensuring all items related to data matching, merging, survivorship rules, and data stewardship workflows are clearly described, estimated, and prioritized
Ensure customer-driven design considering data consumer pain points, data quality metrics, and usability test results, using market & industry knowledge as well as continual research, to deliver well-positioned MDM solutions
Define and refine master data domains (e.g., counterparty, property, etc) and their associated governance models
Drive sprint and release plans together with the Scrum Coach and organizational technology teams
Work with Development Lead to build modular & reusable MDM solutions, including match/merge logic, hierarchy management, and data stewardship capabilities
Define and monitor data quality KPIs, stewardship SLAs, and master data health metrics to drive continuous improvement