Technical Product Owner – Enterprise Query Platform

Huntington National Bank•Detroit, MI

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Join Huntington: Where Innovation Meets Excellence Huntington is seeking a dynamic and experienced Technical Product Owner to lead our Google Cloud Platform(GCP)-based Enterprise Query Hub (EQH) capability - a strategic platform that unifies search, query, and data-access patterns across the enterprise. The EQH brings together the strengths of enterprise search, federated query, and data virtualization, providing a single, secure, and performant way for teams to discover, access, and query data in a centralized location. In this role, you will work with talented colleagues, contribute to large-scale modernization, and make a meaningful impact every day. As the Technical Product Owner for EQH, you will help shape and deliver our enterprise data-access strategy. You will collaborate closely with product leaders, stakeholders, architects, and cross‑functional scrum/kanban teams to define priorities, drive platform enhancements, and ensure adoption across the organization. Leveraging your agile experience, you’ll decompose OKRs and features into actionable stories, maintain the product backlog, set sprint priorities, and provide ongoing roadmap visibility and alignment across multiple teams. Your contributions will be central to Huntington’s modernization journey - and this opportunity offers a rare chance to influence enterprise-wide data accessibility and searchability. If the responsibilities and qualifications align with your experience, we’d love to connect with you.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
5+ years of technical product management (or similar role) with experience delivering enterprise data-access capabilities, such as enterprise query platforms, search, data discovery, federation, API-based data services, or platform enablement.
Working experience within Google Cloud Platform (GCP), BigTable, BigQuery.
Experience delivering or leading platforms involving enterprise search, federated query, or data virtualization.

Nice To Haves

Working knowledge of technologies such as Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, Trino/Presto, data virtualization frameworks, or equivalent.
Strong understanding of distributed systems, indexing strategies, query optimization, caching, API design, and secure data-access patterns.
Demonstrated experience with Agile practices, backlog management, story decomposition, and cross-team coordination.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts for diverse audiences.
Proven history of successful product delivery with strong organizational and prioritization skills.
Self-starter who develops plans and is committed to hitting delivery dates
Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and drive consensus.
Passion for innovation and staying updated with the latest industry trends.
Excellent written and verbal (face-to-face and phone) communication skills including professional grammar and demeanor.
Ability to develop working relationships with individuals at all levels of an organization with a proven ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

Lead the development and evolution of the Enterprise Query Hub, ensuring alignment with business objectives, architectural standards, and user experience goals.
Work with stakeholders to define the EQH vision, roadmap and growth opportunities, supporting a unified approach to search, query routing, federation, and data-access capabilities.
Drive adoption of consistent query, search, and data-access patterns, including indexing strategies, performance optimizations, caching, connector and API enhancements, and platform reliability.
Strong experience delivering Agile products in regulated environments.
Work with the cross-functional team to develop the product roadmap, prioritize and manage backlog, drive progress against milestones and resolve blockers, whilst maintaining team health.
Facilitate Story Mapping sessions, clarify the problem statement and expected outcomes, and ensure shared understanding of each feature’s intent prior to development with clear documentation for engineering.
Partner closely with engineering to deliver high-quality solutions, managing the product lifecycle from requirements through release and ensuring alignment with enterprise data governance and security standards.
Validate user story acceptance criteria and accept completed stories with a focus on performance, resiliency, accuracy/relevancy of search results, connector stability, and user experience.
Identify cross-team dependencies early; work with other Technical Product Owners and impacted teams to coordinate priorities, manage timelines, and resolve conflicts.
Provide transparency into execution progress, blockers, and risks, supported by clear platform KPIs such as query latency, success rates, connector health, index freshness, and adoption metrics.
Communicate changes to feature scope, prioritization, or requirements to ensure stakeholders remain aligned throughout delivery.
Serve as the bridge between technical and non-technical teams, ensuring clear, accessible communication around EQH capabilities and design considerations.
Monitor platform performance and usage; use insights to guide product decisions and recommend improvements to reliability, speed, and overall user experience.
Partner with Product Management to conduct market and technology research to identify opportunities for the EQH platform, keeping current with advancements in search technologies, metadata tooling, federated query engines, and data virtualization patterns.
Perform other duties as assigned.