Technical Product Owner

The Technical Product Owner supports the development and ongoing enhancement of Sidleys Databricks data platform and business intelligence layer including data ingestion transformation modeling and reporting capabilities. The role translates business and technical needs into product requirements manages the product backlog coordinates Agile delivery for an assigned scrum team and supports roadmap and release planning in partnership with engineering leadership and stakeholders. Applying advanced knowledge of Agile delivery and data management practices the Technical Product Owner helps ensure the delivery of reliable scalable and well-governed data solutions that meet Firm business needs.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage and maintain the product backlog for assigned data platform and business intelligence capabilities prioritizing work in partnership with engineering leadership and business stakeholders.
• Translate business and technical requirements into epics user stories and acceptance criteria working with engineering teams to clarify scope feasibility dependencies and expected outcomes.
• Coordinate Agile delivery for an assigned scrum team facilitating sprint planning backlog refinement daily stand-ups sprint reviews and retrospectives and supporting adherence to established Agile practices.
• Monitor delivery plans milestones dependencies risks issues and Agile metrics to identify potential delivery concerns and communicate status to appropriate stakeholders.
• Coordinate activities across data engineering BI engineering QA DevOps infrastructure security and other participating teams to support timely development testing and release activities.
• Support product roadmap and release planning by providing delivery estimates dependency information technical considerations stakeholder requirements and other information necessary to establish priorities.
• Coordinate release readiness activities including acceptance criteria testing user acceptance testing deployment planning stakeholder communications and post-release validation.
• Partner with data and BI engineering teams on the delivery of data platform capabilities including ingestion pipelines data transformations enterprise data models semantic models reporting solutions and self-service analytics capabilities.
• Apply established data quality governance lifecycle and documentation practices throughout product delivery and identify opportunities to improve processes within the assigned area.
• Serve as a liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams communicating requirements priorities delivery status risks and technical concepts to support alignment throughout the delivery lifecycle.

Education and/or Experience:

Required:

• Bachelors degree in Information Systems Computer Science Business Administration Product Management or a related field or equivalent professional experience.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in technical product ownership software delivery project delivery Scrum Master or related roles.
• Experience supporting or managing data platform business intelligence or other technical products and translating business and technical requirements into epics user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Experience coordinating day-to-day Agile delivery for a scrum team including sprint planning backlog refinement reviews retrospectives and delivery tracking.
• Working knowledge of modern data architectures data integration APIs data modeling and business intelligence concepts.
• Experience coordinating dependencies risks and issues testing release activities and stakeholder communications in a cross-functional environment.
• Proficiency with Agile delivery tools such as Jira Azure DevOps or similar platforms.
• Strong communication and facilitation skills including the ability to communicate technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred:

• Experience with Databricks Power BI medallion architecture or comparable modern data and analytics platforms.
• Experience with data governance data quality metadata management or related data-management practices.
• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or comparable Agile certification.
• Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) or comparable data-management certification.
• Experience in a professional services environment including legal financial or consulting organizations.

Other Skills and Abilities:

The following will also be required of the successful candidate:

• Strong organizational skills

• Strong attention to detail

• Good judgment

• Strong interpersonal communication skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Able to work harmoniously and effectively with others

• Able to preserve confidentiality and exercise discretion

• Able to work under pressure

• Able to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines and priorities

#LI-OE1

#LI-Hybrid

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship now or in the future

The target salary range for this role is:

$107650 - $130000 if located in Illinois.

Salaries vary by location and are based on numerous factors including but not limited to the relevant market skills experience and education of the selected candidate. Our compensation package also includes bonus eligibility and a comprehensive benefits program. Benefits information can be found at perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform the Duties and Responsibilities above satisfactorily and meet the requirements. The requirements listed above are representative of the minimum knowledge skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. If you need such an accommodation please email (current employees should contact Human Resources).

Sidley Austin LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer.