Data Product Owner

About the role

The IT Data Management Team at Moog is seeking a Data Product Owner to define, prioritize, and deliver data products that support enterprise analytics, reporting, and operational decision-making. This role serves as the bridge between business stakeholders and technical teams, ensuring that data assets are intentionally designed, consistently governed, and aligned with organizational strategy.

Responsibilities

• Define the purpose, value, and roadmap for assigned data products.
• Translate organizational priorities into product requirements and release plans.
• Establish and maintain KPI definitions, data standards, and success measures.
• Lead discovery sessions with business partners to understand needs and pain points.
• Author business requirements, detailed user stories, technical specifications, and acceptance criteria.
• Document source systems, transformation logic, and data quality expectations.
• Develop and maintain vision and roadmap for each data product.
• Serve as primary liaison between data architecture, data engineering, analytics, and business teams.
• Facilitate alignment on metric definitions and governance standards.
• Communicate product updates, decisions, and changes clearly and consistently.
• Prioritize product backlog based on business value, effort, dependency, and strategic goals.
• Partner closely with data engineering and BI developers during build cycles.
• Validate sprint increments and approve deliverables based on acceptance criteria.
• Proactively identify and resolve risks, data gaps, and technical blockers.
• Validate delivery and ensure solutions meet stakeholder expectations.
• Maintain documentation of data lineage, metric definitions, and usage guidance.
• Ensure data products adhere to governance, compliance, and security requirements.
• Monitor product performance and drive continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Typically, bachelor's degree in computer science, management information systems, or related field.
• Over five (5) years’ experience in data analytics, business analysis, and/or product management.
• Strong understanding of data models, KPIs/metrics, dashboards, and analytics tools (i.e. PowerBI, Tableau, etc.).
• Familiarity with data governance practices, data quality frameworks, and agentic insights.
• Proven experience translating business requirements into technical specifications.
• The ability to manage cross-functional stakeholders and competing priorities.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and documentation skills.

Qualifications

• Experience working in Agile delivery environments.
• Experience in Aerospace & Defense or similarly regulated industries; knowledge of export controls (ITAR/EAR).
• Exposure to PLM/ERP integrations (e.g. Teamcenter, SAP), MES/Quality systems, and advanced analytics/data lake pipelines.

Benefits

• Financial Rewards: great compensation package, annual profit sharing, matching 401k, and the ability to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts.
• Work/Life Balance: Flexible paid time off, holidays and parental leave program.
• Health & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”) and other supplemental benefit coverages.
• Professional Skills Development: Tuition Assistance, mentorship and coaching opportunities, leadership development and other personal growth programs.
• Diverse and Inclusive Workplace: Employee Resource Groups, cultural events, and celebrations.

Pay

Buffalo, NY $110,000.00–$145,000.00 Annually

Schedule

Hybrid – Buffalo, NY