Master Data Management Product Owner

Role Overview

The Master Data Management (MDM) Product Owner is responsible for translating the enterprise master data strategy into actionable delivery for a specific data domain (e.g., Customer, Product, People, Reference Data). This role serves as the bridge between business collaborators, governance, and engineering teams, owning the roadmap, backlog, prioritisation, and adoption outcomes that ensure master data becomes a strategic asset.

Key Responsibilities

• Product Leadership & Roadmap Execution

• Develop, own, and maintain the domain-specific product roadmap and backlog.

• Translate enterprise MDM strategy into sprint-ready requirements and features.

• Drive continuous delivery across enhancements and data quality improvements.

• Ensure strategy leverages procedures, industry standards, and emerging technologies.

• Collaborator Engagement & Prioritisation

• Act as the main liaison between the business and engineering, engaging with stacollaborators capture requirements and measure impact.

• Lead prioritisation across business units.

• Resolve conflicts and ensure aligned decision-making.

• Act as the accountable owner for domain-level data changes.

• Governance, Standards & Quality

• Define master data domain policies, standards, and principles linked to the Group Data Governance strategy.

• Embed governance decisions, standards, and definitions into design for automated and embedded preventative data management controls.

• Ensure clarity on ownership and stewardship.

• Define and oversee data quality rules and issue workflows.

• Design & Requirements

• Translate business needs into functional requirements as clear user stories and acceptance criteria.

• Work with engineering and architecture on scalable design.

• Ensure accurate and future-proof model evolution.

• Cross-Domain and Platform Alignment

• Coordinate and collaborate with other domain POs, Operations, and Engineering in a “3-in-a-box” leadership model.

• Support consistent API and data contract strategies.

• Reduce technical debt through standardised integration.

• Adoption, Change Management & Training

• Motivate change management for business adoption, measuring and monitoring use of the MDM capability as well as uptake of responsibilities and accountabilities.

• Use feedback from consuming teams to continuously refine and evolve the product.

• Support training and rollout planning.

• Risk, Compliance & Issue Management

• Identify data quality risks and compliance gaps.

• Ensure proactive issue management.

Key Skills & Experience

• Strong SME in a master data domain including survivorship, hierarchy management, deduplication, and golden record creation.

• Understanding of data models, governance, and MDM platforms.

• Demonstrable experience as a Product Owner or Product Manager handling data or platform products in an agile environment.

• Skilled in backlog management and agile delivery.

• Good communication, stakecollaboratorgement, influencing, and negotiation skills.

• Experience defining standards, ownership models, and quality frameworks.

• Experience with MDM platforms such as Informatica, Reltio, SAP MDG, IBM InfoSphere, etc.

• Experience in a data mesh or hub and spoke operating model, delivering data as a reusable product or service.

• Ability to drive adoption and lead change.

• Analytical attitude with focus on measurable outcomes.

Career Stage:

Director

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