Agile Data Product Owner

Wells Fargo is seeking an Agile Data Product Owner for a contract role in Charlotte, NC (hybrid) to lead a defined data product area and drive value-aligned delivery with regulatory and policy compliance.

Responsibilities

• Act as business authority for a defined data product area, helping define, document, and prioritize software requirements and supporting SDLC deliverable approvals where applicable
• Own and communicate the product area vision, priorities, goals, and strategy; gather stakeholder feedback, manage risk, and ensure regulatory and policy compliance
• Partner with Product Management on product intention mapping, strategy, roadmap alignment, and prioritization decisions so the backlog supports near-term delivery and longer-term outcomes
• Establish and monitor product area goals, performance indicators, and value measures across business value, delivery outcomes, customer or stakeholder outcomes, data quality outcomes, operational readiness, and risk or control considerations
• Maintain and prioritize a clearly understood product area backlog aligned to vision, goals, and stakeholder needs
• Ensure transparency of all known work in the backlog, including delivery work, discovery work, business readiness work, data quality remediation, governance work, dependency work, risk or control work, and operational readiness work
• Define and refine features, user stories, business readiness stories, acceptance criteria, and supporting context to clarify intended customer, business, data, control, and operational outcomes
• Write clear, concise backlog items and collaborate with delivery teams to refine them into appropriately sized, testable, value-oriented work
• Accept completed work by validating user stories after acceptance criteria and the definition of done are met
• Facilitate ongoing collaboration across customers, stakeholders, Product Management, delivery teams, technology partners, governance partners, and other Product Owners throughout the product lifecycle
• Coordinate with other Product Owners to resolve sequencing, prioritization, scope, and dependency conflicts across products, product areas, delivery teams, and shared data capabilities
• Be available to answer questions, clarify requirements, address escalated impediments, and support timely decisions aligned to value and risk expectations
• Participate in product area events and Agile ceremonies, including backlog refinement, planning, review or demo, retrospectives, PO syncs, dependency discussions, PI planning activities where applicable, and stakeholder readouts
• Translate data product needs into actionable delivery work, covering data sourcing, ingestion, conformance, semantic modeling, reporting or presentation layer needs, data quality rules, metadata, lineage, access, controls, and downstream consumer readiness where applicable
• Collaborate with data governance, technology, risk, compliance, and business stakeholders to align delivery with applicable data management policies, SDLC expectations, access or control requirements, and regulatory commitments
• Use Agile workflow and collaboration tools such as Jira and Confluence to maintain backlog structure, traceability, prioritization, status, dependencies, and delivery readiness
• Focus on product value, stakeholder alignment, backlog health, and acceptance decisions (not acting as a Scrum Master, project manager, technical expert, people manager, backlog administrator, or order-taker)
• Define and communicate data product success criteria, adoption metrics, data quality outcomes, and business value measurements
• Partner with Data Governance, Data Management, and Technology teams to incorporate data standards, metadata requirements, lineage expectations, and control requirements into delivery
• Support prioritization of technical debt, data quality remediation, platform modernization, and control enhancement alongside business-facing capabilities

Requirements

• Authorization to work for ANY employer in the U.S.; this position is not eligible for visa sponsorship
• Digital product management, product ownership, Agile delivery, data product management, business analysis, data management, or equivalent
• Experience serving as a Product Owner, Agile Product Owner, Business Product Owner, Data Product Owner, Business Analyst, Data Product Lead, or similar role supporting Agile delivery teams (product area ownership, backlog prioritization, user story refinement, acceptance criteria, and collaboration with delivery teams)
• Experience with data management, data governance, data quality, metadata, lineage, data integration, remediation, reporting, analytics, or enterprise data platforms
• Experience with Agile practices and frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban, or scaled Agile methods; experience with Jira and Confluence
• Ability to translate product vision, business outcomes, policy requirements, stakeholder needs, and data product requirements into features, stories, acceptance criteria, and backlog priorities
• Strong stakeholder management skills across business, technology, risk, compliance, operations, analytics, and data governance partners
• Risk management leadership skills, including identifying, communicating, prioritizing, and helping remediate delivery, data, compliance, policy, operational, and dependency risks
• Dependency management skills to coordinate sequencing and resolve prioritization conflicts across products, product areas, systems, teams, and stakeholder groups
• Agile certification such as CSPO, PSPO, SAFe POPM, SAFe Agilist, or PMI-ACP (preferred)
• Effective written and verbal communication at multiple organizational levels, including senior leadership, product partners, delivery teams, data consumers, and control partners
• Ability to influence and lead change in a matrixed environment while building effective business partnerships
• Experience supporting team-level execution through backlog refinement, sprint or iteration planning, acceptance criteria clarification, demos or reviews, and product feedback loops
• Comfort with ambiguity, facilitating discussion, evaluating trade-offs, and guiding solutions based on value, risk, feasibility, dependencies, and delivery readiness
• Familiarity with relevant areas such as Agile methodology, data management, data modeling, data analysis, product management, product strategies, stakeholder management, prioritization, risk management, regulatory compliance, requirement documents, written communication, and workflow organization
• Experience in highly regulated environments requiring adherence to risk, compliance, audit, and policy requirements
• Experience working with enterprise data warehouses, cloud-based data platforms, reporting and analytics solutions, or data governance programs

Technologies

• Agile (coaching, Scrum, or product owner)
• Scrum, Kanban, scaled Agile methods
• Jira, Confluence
• CSPO, PSPO
• SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM), SAFe Agilist
• PMI-ACP

Benefits

• Health Insurance
• Life insurance
• 401K
• Voluntary Benefits

Job Details

• Location: 11625 N Community House Rd, Charlotte, NC (hybrid)
• Duration: 12 months
• Work engagement: W2
• Work schedule: 3 days in office / 2 days remote
• Job type: contract

Additional Assignment Context

• In this contingent resource assignment, you may consult on complex initiatives with broad impact and large-scale planning for Transformation Coaching
• Review and analyze complex multi-faceted, larger scale, or longer-term challenges requiring in-depth evaluation of multiple factors, including intangibles or unprecedented factors
• Contribute to resolution of complex situations requiring solid understanding of the function, policies, procedures, and compliance requirements to meet deliverables
• Strategically collaborate and consult with client personnel
• Required qualifications include Agile (coaching, Scrum, or product owner) experience or equivalent demonstrated through work or consulting experience, training, military experience, or education