Data Technical Product Owner - #150896

Full Time Permanent Role based in Milton Keynes with hybrid working

What's in it for you?

A salary from £68,216 subject to experience. You’ll also receive an excellent benefits package including company car scheme with a brand new car from day one (dependant on supply) up to the value of £56,901, fuel card, 2 additional vehicles for family members after 6 months, annual discretionary bonus and salary review, 27 days holiday with the option to purchase more, access to various health & wellbeing services, private medical insurance after 6 months as well as career progression, professional development, access to LinkedIn Learning

Advert Closes – Friday 18th July - we encourage you to apply as soon as you can to avoid disappointment

As a Data Technical Product Owner within our IT organisation, you will be responsible for the leading, creating, development and delivery of data technical products (vehicle, customer, regulatory, financial) that support and enable the development of new commercial propositions and delivery to market. This role is being evolved to a Data Domain Technology Owner as part of our new enterprise data management operating model. You will also be responsible for ensuring the constant iteration of the data technical platforms to support VWFS commercial aspirations and platform stability and security.

You will establish data technology products for data technology domains within an enterprise data management organisation, develop data product strategy, work in partnership with data engineering, data governance, data architecture and business stakeholders by leading the development and implementation of data and AI products. Fundamentally, the role will own the technical implementation of the evolution towards a "Data Driven Business" in line with VWFS data and global business strategies.

Leading the iterative process of data domain technology product development from idea creation to operation and continuously seek to maximise the expected business value and user satisfaction while ensuring the technical feasibility and compliance of data engineering and data technology solutions and services.

If you already have strong experience in a Data Technical Product Owner role within enterprise data management and you want to be part of a growing professional enterprise data management capability supporting a dynamic world-class customer focused business, we would really like to hear from you before the advert closes

This is how you can add value:

• You will already have experience in a Data Technical Product Owner role within enterprise data management
• Good knowledge and experience in agile project delivery, data technology strategy, data engineering, data operating models and data products
• You understand software development processes and, applying data science methods and coding with Python
• You have knowledge and experience of enterprise data platforms across different data capabilities
• Proven track record of leading and designing new or modifying existing enterprise data IT solutions to improve business performance
• You have experience of leading or coordinating agile teams comprised of specialist IT and data technical resources
• Knowledge and experience of working in a waterfall / PRINCE2/ Agile environment with experience of agile / iterative delivery of change
• Strong functional knowledge of enterprise data management across data engineering, data governance, data platforms, data and AI product development, BI development and data science
• You're good at developing internal and external business relationships, using your knowledge, skills and experience for influencing
• Excellent communicator - verbal, written and presenting (internal and external stakeholders)
• DAMA or equivalent data/AI professional certifications and memberships
• Agile professional certification (e.g. SAFe, SCRUM, BCS)
• You may have a combined qualification in data analytics/science & business e.g. business informatics, industrial engineering or a comparable background
• Previous experience in Financial Services, Automotive Finance or retail consumer finance (B2C)
  
  

These are some of your main responsibilities:

• You will own and drive data technical products and services from inception to completion, including enterprise data management and prioritisation of features backlog and constant iteration for data domains. Ensure product delivery runs smoothly on time and within budget and meeting commercial targets
• Lead a cross functional virtual technical team to deliver new propositions to the market
• Work closely with the wider IT Team to identify relevant resources, skills and training to develop and integrate data technical products
• Work closely with IT service management to provide 3rd level specialist data support
• Engage with, guide and support senior stakeholders - IT Senior Leadership team and BoM - to ensure understanding and buy-in on data technology products, data strategy and data operating models, including monetary investment
• Develop, evolve, support and continuously improve the VWFS enterprise data management capability
• Collaborate with other Technical Product Owners, Data Technical Product Owners, Product Owners on new product requirements
• You will own the gathering and analysis of requirements, identify solution options and assessment of business and technical feasibility within the enterprise data domain to support business demand for richer data, data products and data services
• Fully own backlog prioritisation to maintain specific data technical product roadmap including prioritisation between new functional capabilities and addressing technical debt and lead on the estimating, validating and evaluating of data & AI products in-line with the enterprise data management roadmap, strategy and operating model
• Work closely with HQ to understand and influence the VWFS data technology product roadmaps to ensure technical capabilities required by the UK market are available in a timely manner
• Support the wider enterprise data management capability, the HQ data & analytics teams in preparing, modelling, and visualising data
• Work with the rest of the Enterprise Data capability for Data & A,I Architecture, Data Governance, Data Platforms, Data Operations, Data SMEs, Data Engineering and BI Development to understand technical feasibility of solution options - inception to delivery
• Ensure knowledge transfer to Enterprise Data, Data Product teams, AMS Support and other stakeholders
• Manage, support and coach the Data Engineers, Data Analysts, Data Platform Engineers and BI Developers and work closely with other key Data SMEs within our business
• Support the development and implementation of data operating models, data technology strategy, master data management, data technology proof of concepts and data technology product innovation
  
  

What's in it for you?

A salary from £68,216 subject to experience. You’ll also receive an excellent benefits package including tax efficient company car scheme with a brand new car from day one (dependant on supply) up to the value of £56,901, fuel card, 2 additional vehicles for family members after 6 months, annual discretionary bonus and salary review, 27 days holiday with the option to purchase more, access to various health & wellbeing services, private medical insurance after 6 months as well as career progression, professional development, access to LinkedIn Learning

About Volkswagen Financial Services

Our mission is straight forward, we want to be 'The Key to Mobility'. What does that mean? To make getting from A-to-B as easy and simple for as many people as possible. To truly meet the mobility needs of people in a changing world, our offering goes beyond traditional vehicle financing. We do this by providing a range of finance and aftersales products on Volkswagen Group vehicles, as well as developing innovative mobility products designed to solve real problems and support our customers.

Volkswagen Financial Services is committed to being an inclusive employer and we welcome applications from everyone. Diversity and Inclusion is not just a statement for us and we are nurturing an environment where everyone can be their 100% self. If there is anything we can do to support you being your 100% self during our recruitment process, please let us know and we will support you as best we can