Data Product Owner

Are you a skilled product owner with a passion for using data to drive business success? Do you want to own the vision and development of data products which are key to Asda's commercial and data strategies? If so, read on… 

This is a brand-new role within our rapidly growing Customer Decision Science and Analytics team. You will be the lynchpin of a multi-talented squad of data professionals dedicated to the development and implementation of a critical data product which cuts across data engineering and data science. Working closely with a wide array of stakeholders, you will own the long-term roadmap and vision as well as the day-to-day prioritisation and management of the product development, ensuring that we build a great product that creates tangible value.

Your role

You will work as part of Asda's Customer Data Science and Analytics team. As a Data Product Owner, you will:

• Define and execute the product vision, strategy, and roadmap
• Collaborate with colleagues across teams dedicated to Asda Rewards, media partnerships, personalisation, and insights to identify opportunities and ensure that your data product roadmap is designed to meet the commercial objectives of your stakeholders
• Define product features and user stories, working closely with the data engineers and data scientists to ensure they are delivered on time and to specification
• Manage and prioritise the product backlog
• Be the trusted main contact for your data product
• Communicate status updates and roadmaps to your stakeholders
• Evangelise your data product, ensuring that users and potential users understand its value, its limitations, and its potential
• Own the stakeholder-facing documentation for your product, including release updates
• Collect qualitative and quantitative feedback to analyse the success of your product
• Conduct research to stay ahead of commercial and technological industry trends

About You

• Educated to degree level, ideally in a relevant STEM discipline
• Significant experience as a Product Owner (or similar) for data products
• Strong understanding of data engineering and data science concepts, and previous experience working alongside these roles
• Strong understanding of the product development process and agile methodologies
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Strategic and analytical thinker
• Excellent initiative and ability to flourish in an open-ended role
• Experience in, and understanding of, data-driven personalisation is desirable but not essential

Work Where it Works.

Our hybrid way of working gives you the choice to work where it works.  This enables you to choose where you'll be the most effective.  It offers a mix of working from home and in an office environment that works best for you and your team. This role can be based in Leeds or London, with the option to work from home 2-3 days per week.

You will also get a benefit package including;- 

• Company car or £5,700 car allowance, plus discretionary company bonus
• Company pension up to 7% matched
• 10% colleague discount, free parking and many additional rewards.

We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves.

If you have any questions, then please email jaime.armstrong@asda.co.uk

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