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Job Description
The Technical Product Owner (Data) is responsible for the end-to-end ownership and delivery of data products that enable meaningful business value. This role requires a technically strong and delivery-focused individual who can translate business needs into scalable, high-quality data solutions while ensuring delivery teams are positioned for success.
Operating at the intersection of business, data and technology, the role plays a key part in strengthening OMIG’s data capabilities and enabling more informed decision-making across the organisation.
What You’ll Be Trusted With
Product Delivery & Value Creation
- Own the delivery of data products, ensuring solutions are aligned to business objectives and delivered with quality, accuracy, and completeness.
- Translate business needs into structured, data-driven user stories with clear acceptance criteria and measurable outcomes.
- Ensure delivery outputs are aligned to business intent and support positive stakeholder experiences.
Backlog Excellence & Team Enablement
- Maintain a high-quality, prioritised, and delivery-ready backlog.
- Ensure delivery teams are set up for success through clear requirements, refined stories, and proactive removal of ambiguity.
- Work closely with engineering, data, and business teams to enable effective collaboration and delivery alignment.
Data Analysis & Technical Delivery
- Perform hands-on data analysis using SQL to support story mapping, feature refinement, and validation of requirements.
- Work directly with data to resolve ambiguity, improve clarity, and support robust decision-making.
- Contribute to scalable and forward-looking data solutions that enhance the organisation’s data capabilities.
Data Governance & Quality Assurance
- Embed data governance principles within delivery processes, including data quality, lineage, and ownership standards.
- Validate data logic and outputs throughout the delivery lifecycle to ensure integrity and consistency.
- Support the implementation of best practices in data management and governance.
Continuous Improvement & Stakeholder Engagement
- Build strong relationships with business and technical stakeholders to ensure alignment on priorities and delivery outcomes.
- Drive continuous improvement in backlog quality, refinement practices, and delivery effectiveness.
- Contribute to a collaborative and high-performing delivery environment.
Who you are
You are a technically capable and analytically minded professional who enjoys solving complex data challenges and enabling teams to deliver high-quality outcomes.
You bring:
- A relevant degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related field.
- 5–8 years’ experience in a Product Owner, Technical Business Analyst, or data-focused delivery role.
- Proven experience owning and managing backlogs within Agile delivery environments.
- Strong SQL expertise, including the ability to write and interpret complex queries and independently interrogate data.
- Experience working with data warehouses, analytical platforms, and data transformation processes.
- Practical understanding of data governance principles, including data quality, lineage, and ownership.
- Experience working closely with engineering and data teams in delivery-focused environments.
- Exposure to tools and technologies such as Python, Apache Airflow, dbt, Spark, Databricks, or Git-based workflows would be advantageous.
- Experience within financial services or investment management would be beneficial.
The Strengths You’ll Bring
- Strong ownership and accountability for delivery outcomes.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving capability.
- High attention to detail, particularly relating to data accuracy and backlog quality.
- Ability to operate independently and proactively in a dynamic environment.
- Strong stakeholder communication and influencing skills.
- Ability to enable and support high-performing delivery teams.
- Strong organisational, prioritisation, and execution capability.
- A collaborative mindset with a focus on continuous improvement and innovation.
Let’s Succeed Together
At OMIG, how you work matters as much as what you deliver. You will shape a bold future by building scalable data solutions, wow our clients through quality and delivery excellence, and succeed together by enabling teams and collaborating across the business.
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Skills
Adaptive Thinking, Analytics Software, Business Case Development, Business Intelligence (BI) Analysis, Business Requirements Analysis, Business Requirements Elicitation, Computer Literacy, Current State Assessment, Database Reporting, Data Compilation, Data Controls, Gap Analysis, Readiness Assessments, Requirements Development, User Requirements Documentation
Competencies
Action Oriented
Business Insight
Cultivates Innovation
Decision Quality
Ensures Accountability
Manages Complexity
Nimble Learning
Optimizes Work Processes
Education
NQF Level 7 - Degree, Advance Diploma or Postgraduate Certificate or equivalent
Closing Date
22 July 2026 , 23:59
The appointment will be made from the designated group in line with the Employment Equity Plan of Old Mutual South Africa and the specific business unit in question.
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