Data Product Owner

Product Owner - Research & Measurement

New York, NY (Hybrid)

9-month Contract

Compensation: $70 - $75 per hour
ABOUT THE ROLE

Our client, a Fortune Broadcast Media & Entertainment organization, is seeking a Product Owner - Research & Measurement to join their Data & Analytics function on a 9-month contract. In this high-visibility, hybrid role based in New York, you will define and execute the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for a suite of research and measurement data products. You will translate complex business and measurement needs into actionable requirements, prioritized backlogs, and scalable analytics solutions, serving as the primary liaison across Analytics, Research, Ad Sales, Programming, and Marketing teams. This position is responsible for overseeing the end-to-end data lifecycle, ensuring data quality and governance, leveraging AI and automation to enhance insights, and communicating product progress and impact to senior leadership. You will work cross-functionally to deliver high-performance data products that directly inform how the business measures audiences, content performance, and advertising effectiveness across linear, digital, and streaming platforms. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the intersection of data engineering, analytics, and AI in a collaborative, fast-paced media environment.
WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Define, own, and execute the product vision and roadmap for research and measurement data products, aligning strategy with enterprise data and analytics objectives.
• Translate complex business and measurement needs into clear product requirements, user stories, and prioritized backlogs.
• Oversee the end-to-end data lifecycle, including ingestion, transformation, and modeling across analytics platforms.
• Partner closely with Research and Analytics teams to ensure methodologies, metrics, and calculations meet industry standards and business needs.
• Identify and drive opportunities to leverage AI, automation, and agent-based solutions to enhance insights and operational efficiency.
• Establish and maintain data quality standards, validation frameworks, and reconciliation processes; collaborate with Data Governance teams to manage metadata, data dictionaries, and semantic layers.
• Work cross-functionally with Data Engineering and Platform teams to deliver scalable, high-performance analytics solutions; define acceptance criteria and validate outputs against business and data quality standards.
• Anticipate and manage risks related to data changes, vendor updates, and metric evolution or deprecation.
• Serve as the primary liaison across Analytics, Research, Ad Sales, Programming, and Marketing teams; drive product adoption by ensuring solutions are intuitive, well-documented, and aligned with user workflows.
• Gather continuous stakeholder feedback to refine product capabilities and enhance the end-user experience.
• Communicate product strategy, roadmap progress, and business impact clearly to senior leadership and executives.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Analytics, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 5+ years of product management experience, including at least 2 years owning data or analytics products.
• Ability to translate complex research and measurement concepts into actionable product requirements, user stories, and prioritized backlogs.
• Advanced analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with modern data ecosystems, including cloud data platforms, BI tools, semantic layers, and AI technologies.
• Working knowledge of SQL for data validation and analysis.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, including the ability to present roadmap progress and business impact to senior leadership and executives.
• Experience in media, entertainment, or advertising analytics (strong plus).
• Familiarity with cross-platform measurement (linear, digital, streaming) (plus).
• Hands-on experience with Nielsen measurement and viewership data (plus).
• Exposure to AI-driven analytics, machine learning, or intelligent agents (plus).
• Experience working in Agile product environments; familiarity with Jira and Confluence (plus).
• Knowledge of data governance, metadata management, and enterprise analytics best practices (plus).

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU

• High-visibility contract role at a Fortune Broadcast Media & Entertainment organization with direct ownership of a suite of research and measurement data products.
• Opportunity to work at the intersection of data engineering, analytics, and AI in a fast-moving media environment spanning linear, digital, and streaming platforms.
• Cross-functional exposure across Analytics, Research, Ad Sales, Programming, and Marketing - with a direct line to senior leadership.
• Collaborative environment that values data-driven decision-making, continuous product improvement, and innovation through emerging AI technologies.

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Applications will be accepted through October 16, 2026.


Disclaimer: Brooksource, Medasource, and Calculated Hire are part of the Eight Eleven Group family of companies and operate under Eight Eleven Group, LLC. All employees receive the same benefits, policies, and terms of employment.


EEO:
We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related conditions), or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.


Benefits & Perks:
Brooksource offers competitive medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Dependent Care FSA, and supplemental coverage with plans that can fit each employee's needs. We offer a 401k plan that includes a company match and is fully vested after you become eligible, paid time off, sick time, and paid company holidays. We also offer an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that provides services like virtual counseling, financial services, legal services, life coaching, etc.


Pay Disclaimer:
The pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.