[Job-31431] Product Owner - Data, Brazil

At CI&T, we help large enterprises transform the potential of AI into real business impact with AI Deployment, AI-native execution, and tech-integrated business solutions.

With 30 years of experience in technological transformation, we accelerate innovation with expertise in Agentic SDLC, Application modernization, Data & AI, Martech and Business strategy.

We are 8,000 CI&Ters across more than 25 countries, collaborating to build solutions with real impact. AI is already part of how we work, evolve, and innovate every day.

Own the end-to-end delivery of data assets, ensuring that prioritized business data is made available in a secure, reliable and timely way. The Data Product Owner bridges business demand and technical execution, leading a build squad while guaranteeing compliance with architecture, security and data governance standards.

• Key Responsibilities & Expected Deliverables
• End-to-end data delivery. Accountable for the secure, reliable and timely availability of prioritized data for business use cases, based on the backlog defined and prioritized by the business.
• Scope and commitment follow-up. Track scoping and delivery to ensure committed dates are met, identifying and escalating risks when necessary.
• Data needs and design. Lead the understanding and design of data needs by identifying, documenting and maintaining data asset pipelines, their metadata and use-case requirements, at both local and global scope.
• Build and ingestion. Drive data ingestion and data asset build processes, including scoping and delivery with a dedicated build squad, and coordinate the interface between demand and run processes.
• Compliance and governance. Ensure adherence to architecture, security and governance requirements by coordinating validations with Data Owners, Business Process Owners, the Data Privacy Office, Security and Design Authority; maintain required documentation (data contracts, mappings, data dictionaries, High Level Designs, sign-offs); and apply Data Governance policies throughout the data asset lifecycle.
• Squad leadership. Lead and coordinate technical build squads to deliver standardized, documented and reusable datasets aligned with Datahub standards.
• Documentation and access. Ensure proper documentation of data transformations, enable user access through the data marketplace, and keep marketplace entries and user access up to date.
• Stakeholder coordination. Align stakeholders across business, support functions, IT and global data hubs to ensure standards adherence and delivery consistency.
• Data quality ownership. Own data quality for delivered assets by defining KQIs and thresholds, monitoring data observability, and supporting run teams with root cause analysis and complex issue resolution.

Required

• Strong knowledge of data management frameworks
• Proficiency in data analysis and visualization tools (e.g. Excel, SQL, Power BI, Python)
• Working knowledge of Databricks and Azure DevOps
• Experience in international environments and matrix organizations
• Ability to engage with VP and C-level business stakeholders, explaining technology in non-technical terms
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with proven ability to collaborate across diverse teams
• Fluent in English

Preferred

• CDMP certification
• Knowledge of relevant data protection regulations (GDPR, CCPA, DMA, DSA, etc.)
• French language skills
• Profile & Mindset
• Autonomous, creative, rigorous, organized and transparent; a genuine team player
• Detail-oriented, with a strong analytical and product-oriented mindset
• Can-do attitude and service orientation, with a clear client focus

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