Sr Product Owner

Genesis10 is currently seeking a Data Product Manager (Strategy Lead) for a hybrid position with a Global Financial Institution located in Charlotte, NC or Plano, TX. This is a 12+ month contract opportunity.

This role is part of a horizontal function supporting all delivery verticals under a newly formed Data Strategy and Delivery organization. The Data Product Manager will define data domain-level strategies and establish consistent end-to-end data flow design patterns, while enabling accurate and timely data-focused requirements scoping by coordinating across business and technology teams. The position aligns strategic objectives and enforces standards through governance to reduce rework, ensure regulatory and audit compliance, and enable reusable design patterns. This role drives predictable delivery across a multi-million-dollar portfolio by embedding opportunities for strategic objectives such as data modernization, cloud migration, and AI adoption.

Responsibilities:

• Define data domain/capability strategies, target patterns, and modernization pathways; co-develop and maintain roadmaps with delivery, incorporating learnings, technical debt, and audit findings
• Assess new requests to drive data landscape simplification, modernization, and governance; influence scope and design decisions
• Lead adoption of target data patterns; co-own business driven governance and ensure control efficacy and compliance readiness
• Lead strategic enablers during PI Planning; enforce alignment with enterprise blueprints and standardized data patterns with Enterprise Architects
• Validate Epic acceptance criteria for strategic and governance fit; advise on design trade-offs, prioritization, and dependency management
• Serve as the strategy layer product manager; capture and prioritize client, regulatory, and operational use cases to drive reuse and measurable value
• Promote canonical data contracts, shared services, and interoperability across domains; champion culture change and pattern libraries

Requirements:

• 10+ years in data/architecture/product roles, including 5+ years in Payments/Treasury or banking
• Proven delivery in regulated environments
• Global Payments domain expertise: payment rails, clearing/settlement, cross-border flows, correspondent banking, treasury/payments operations; ISO 20022, SWIFT MT/MX
• Regulatory & reporting knowledge: PSD2/Open Banking, AML/Sanctions, reporting controls, audit readiness; data retention/lineage requirements
• Data strategy & architecture: canonical data modeling, shared contracts/APIs, event-driven and batch patterns, lineage/metadata, reference/master data, data quality controls
• Governance leadership: design pattern stewardship, control frameworks, standards enforcement, policy to implementation traceability
• Enterprise alignment: collaboration with Enterprise Architects; blueprint adherence; pattern libraries; PI Planning of strategic enablers (SAFe or similar)
• Product management: roadmap definition, value hypothesis, backlog curation, Epic/Feature acceptance criteria; use case capture and prioritization for reuse and measurable value
• Portfolio intake & discovery: ability to challenge scope for simplification/modernization; dependency and risk management across verticals
• Communication & stakeholder management: executive-level storytelling, cross-functional influence, multi-location collaboration across global teams

Desired skills:

• Modern data practices: data mesh/product-based operating models; event streaming (e.g., Kafka); interoperability standards
• Cloud & modernization: experience guiding migration to modern platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS), data lakes/warehouses, streaming, real-time payments integration
• Certifications: SAFe POPM/Architect, CDMP/DAMA, and cloud certifications (Azure/AWS)

Pay range: $57.80 - $65.80 per hour

Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position.

If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply!

Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.

For contract roles, Genesis10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client. Benefits of Working with Genesis10:

• Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
• The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
• Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
• Behavioral Health Platform
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• 401K
• Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
• Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF, and Illinois)

For multiple years running, Genesis10 has been recognized as a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S., as a Best Company for Work-Life Balance, as a Best Company for Career Growth, for Diversity, and for Leadership, amongst others. To learn more and to view all our available career opportunities, please visit us at our website.

Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.