Technical Product Owner, Data and Payment Technology

Private Destinations•Fort Lauderdale, FL

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Technical Product Owner, Data & Payments Technology, owns and prioritizes the enterprise data product backlog and translates business priorities into a unified, outcome-driven roadmap for execution by the Data Engineering team. The role serves as the primary liaison between business data consumers, embedded analytics teams, and engineering teams responsible for data models, views, and pipelines. The position partners with stakeholders across Onboard Revenue, Shore Excursions, Photo, Revenue Management, Finance, Contact Center, Sales, and CRM to align a multi-year roadmap to measurable business outcomes. The role also supports the payments platform backlog, representing approximately 25% of scope. Success requires strong product-owner discipline, working knowledge of Snowflake, Oracle DB, Informatica, AWS, and related analytics platforms, and the ability to influence and communicate effectively with senior business stakeholders.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
5+ years of product owner / product management experience on enterprise data, analytics, or platform programs.
Demonstrated ownership of enterprise data or platform roadmaps where core platforms include Snowflake, Oracle DB, Informatica, and AWS.
Working knowledge of modern data architecture - data warehousing, ELT/ETL, dimensional and semantic data modeling, and data governance.
Familiarity with Snowflake core components (virtual warehouses, roles / RBAC, data sharing) and native AI features (Cortex).
SQL literacy sufficient to interrogate data, validate outputs, and converse fluently with engineers.
Experience partnering with BI / analytics teams and front-end tools (Power BI, Tableau).
Proven ability to build and sustain trusted partnerships with senior business stakeholders up to VP level.
Strong Agile/Scrum discipline and fluency with backlog-management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or equivalent.
Excellent written and verbal communication with executive-forum presence.
Understanding of workplace policies and procedures / Familiarity with team collaboration tools and techniques.
Strong time management and organizational skills
Ability to maintain reliable and consistent attendance / Capacity to be punctual and meet deadlines / Ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues and work as part of a team / Demonstrated professionalism in all interactions and tasks.

Nice To Haves

CSPO / PSPO or equivalent product-owner certification.
Exposure to payment platforms and flows (acquiring, tokenization, orchestration) is advantageous.

Responsibilities

Own, groom, and prioritize the enterprise data product backlog, sequencing work by business value, dependencies, and multi-year priorities. Establish transparent intake and triage practices to ensure competing demands are evaluated against enterprise value.
Partner with business stakeholders across priority consumer domains to capture outcomes, define priorities, and maintain a single business-driven data roadmap for working-level and executive forums.
Serve as Product Owner for the Data Engineering team by writing clear epics, features, user stories, and acceptance criteria, and by leading agile ceremonies including backlog refinement, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.
Drive cross-platform data delivery and adoption by managing dependencies and data contracts across Snowflake, Oracle DB, Informatica, AWS, Salesforce, and Adobe; prioritize data models and semantic views consumed by analytics teams using tools such as Power BI and Tableau.
Own and prioritize the payments platform backlog as a secondary scope, partnering with payments product and operations stakeholders to translate roadmap priorities into engineering-ready work aligned to cost, resiliency, and revenue-protection objectives.