Product Owner – Alation Data Catalog

Minneapolis, MN - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 07-11-2025

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Summary

We are seeking a strategic and technically adeptProduct Ownerto lead initiatives involving theAlation Data Catalog. This role will be responsible for defining and executing the product vision roadmap and delivery of data catalog capabilities that enhance data discovery governance and literacy across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

Define and maintain the product roadmap for Alation-based data catalog initiatives.
Align catalog capabilities with enterprise data strategy and business goals.
Collaborate with data stewards analysts engineers and business users to gather requirements and feedback.
Act as the primary liaison between business and technical teams.
Create and manage a prioritized product backlog.
Write clear user stories and acceptance criteria for catalog features and enhancements.
Drive adoption of metadata standards data lineage and stewardship practices using Alation.
Ensure catalog content is accurate up to date and aligned with governance policies.
Promote data literacy and catalog usage through training documentation and internal advocacy.
Define KPIs to measure catalog adoption and data quality improvements.
Work closely with data engineers and architects to integrate Alation with data sources (e.g. Snowflake AWS data pipelines using AWS Glue etc.).
Support automation of metadata ingestion and policy enforcement.

Required Qualifications

8 years of experience in data management data governance or product ownership.
Hands-on experience with Alation or similar tools (e.g. Collibra OvalEdge etc.).
Strong understanding of metadata management data lineage and data quality principles.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with SQL and data modeling.
Knowledge of data privacy regulations (e.g. GDPR CCPA).
Background in financial services asset management or regulated industries is a plus.
Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS GCP Azure) and modern data stacks.
Proficiency in Agile methodologies and tools (e.g. Jira Confluence).
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Job Summary We are seeking a strategic and technically adeptProduct Ownerto lead initiatives involving theAlation Data Catalog. This role will be responsible for defining and executing the product vision roadmap and delivery of data catalog capabilities that enhance data discovery governance and lit...

Job Summary

Key Responsibilities

Define and maintain the product roadmap for Alation-based data catalog initiatives.
Align catalog capabilities with enterprise data strategy and business goals.
Collaborate with data stewards analysts engineers and business users to gather requirements and feedback.
Act as the primary liaison between business and technical teams.
Create and manage a prioritized product backlog.
Write clear user stories and acceptance criteria for catalog features and enhancements.
Drive adoption of metadata standards data lineage and stewardship practices using Alation.
Ensure catalog content is accurate up to date and aligned with governance policies.
Promote data literacy and catalog usage through training documentation and internal advocacy.
Define KPIs to measure catalog adoption and data quality improvements.
Work closely with data engineers and architects to integrate Alation with data sources (e.g. Snowflake AWS data pipelines using AWS Glue etc.).
Support automation of metadata ingestion and policy enforcement.

Required Qualifications

8 years of experience in data management data governance or product ownership.
Hands-on experience with Alation or similar tools (e.g. Collibra OvalEdge etc.).
Strong understanding of metadata management data lineage and data quality principles.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with SQL and data modeling.
Knowledge of data privacy regulations (e.g. GDPR CCPA).
Background in financial services asset management or regulated industries is a plus.
Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS GCP Azure) and modern data stacks.
Proficiency in Agile methodologies and tools (e.g. Jira Confluence).
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.