AVP Technical Product Owner, MDM Semarchy

About the position

The position of Master Data Management (MDM) Platform Specialist sits within the Information Technology department and will be responsible for supporting the continued growth of critical business, system, and data management processes. The person filling this role will act as a technical product owner managing the lifecycle of the strategic project and enhancement work on the Semarchy xDM platform across Oaktree's global enterprise.

Responsibilities

• Program Management: Foster and influence strategic vision for the platform, develop and maintain a transparent product roadmap and backlog, manage stakeholder expectations and prioritize work efforts, evolve inter- and intra-departmental collaboration, oversee project execution and production support.
• Solution Architecture: Collaborate on the development of thoughtful, creative, and technologically sound solutions on the platform to meet or exceed business requirements, champion adherence to data governance principles, policies, and best practices, assess all major impacts of solutions on the core data model, coordinate and communicate impacts to downstream systems, monitoring quality, SLAs, and governance.
• Vendor Management: Act as primary liaison between vendor(s) and Oaktree and serve as primary point of escalation for service or product enhancement requests, oversee contract/invoice and licensing management.
• Project Management: Manage/approve program/project budgeting, forecasting, and expenses, manage against expected hours and timelines for project configuration efforts, coordinate requirements review meetings with business stakeholders to gather and validate requirements, execute User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and training, provide and oversee communication and status reporting.
• Business Analysis: Gather and document business requirements and current/future-state processes, translate requirements into actionable stories for delivery within the agile scrum model, communicate prioritized business requirements to the scrum team and define acceptance criteria, perform root cause analysis on issues encountered, review and enrich user stories and epics as needed to support backlog refinement and grooming.

Requirements

• 5-8 years plus as Technical Product Owner, MDM Platform Lead with a focus on MDM solution design and development or similar roles
• In-depth understanding of MDM concepts, data modeling, data integration, data quality, and data governance principles
• Experience with data profiling, data cleansing, reconciliation and data matching techniques
• Knowledge of Project Management (tools, tactics, and methodologies), operating policies, procedures and practices
• Experience with large scale technology implementation, custom development and data and systems integrations
• Experience with Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies and best practices

Nice-to-haves

• Prior experience working within the Semarchy xDM platform or comparable product (Informatica, Reltio, Profisee, SAP MDG, etc.)
• Professional Scrum Product Owner or Scrum Master Certifications; experience with agile scrum methodology
• Well versed in the use of the Atlassian suite of products (Jira, Confluence)
• Knowledge of the Financial Services industry, specifically the Alternative Asset Management arena a plus
• Expertise in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Visio

Benefits

• Discretionary bonus incentives
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Flexible work arrangement