Data Product Owner – Reference Data, Security Master & Market Data (Wealth Manag
Ampstek, New York, NY, United States
Data Product Owner – Reference Data, Security Master & Market Data (Wealth Management)
NYC or Fort Mill, SC-Hybrid
Contract
Role Summary
We are seeking a highly independent Techno Functional Data Product Owner to lead Reference Data, Security Master, and Market Data for Wealth Management. This role spans instrument and issuer/entity data, security lifecycle, identifiers and symbology (CUSIP/ISIN/SEDOL/ticker), pricing and valuations, corporate actions, and market data vendor onboarding and controls. The role requires strong hands on data analysis, deep understanding of wealth business processes, and the ability to translate requirements into implementation ready technical deliverables with minimal supervision.
The role operates autonomously, owns outcomes end to end, and partners with trading, portfolio, operations, risk, compliance, and engineering teams to deliver accurate, well governed reference and market data powering OMS/PMS, performance, risk, reporting, and digital channels.
Key Responsibilities
End to End Product Ownership
Own Reference Data, Security Master, and Market Data requirements end to end
Independently drive discovery, analysis, documentation, and backlog readiness
Identify gaps, risks, survivorship conflicts, and data dependencies
Own delivery outcomes, data quality, timeliness, and lineage
Reference Data, Security Master & Market Data Domain Ownership
Lead golden copy requirements across instrument, issuer/entity, pricing, and corporate actions
Define identifier mapping, symbology cross references, and de duplication logic
Own pricing and valuation sourcing, controls, and tolerance checks
Establish authoritative SOR and multi SOR precedence, survivorship, and exception handling
Ensure data products are reusable across trading, risk, reporting, and digital consumers
Stakeholder Collaboration & Requirement Elicitation
Partner with business, operations, risk, compliance, vendor management, and technology teams
Lead conversations on data needs, sourcing, usage, and required controls
Document and validate requirements, assumptions, decisions, and known unknowns
Data Analysis & Documentation
Perform hands on analysis of source systems, vendor feeds, and integrations
Identify data gaps, overlaps, reuse opportunities, and quality failure patterns
Produce BRDs and data intake documents, attribute definitions, lineage flows, and NFRs
Partner with Data Governance and SOR teams on ownership, lineage, and standards
Agile Delivery & Backlog Management
Act as Product Owner for Agile delivery squads
Decompose requirements into epics, features, and implementation ready Jira stories
Define inputs/outputs, events, schemas, quality rules, and change management
Own backlog prioritization, refinement, and sprint readiness
Integration, Kafka & API Ownership
Define delivery patterns using event streaming, APIs, and batch/file as appropriate
Collaborate on topic strategy, schemas, versioning, replay, and retention
Ensure scalability, reuse, and alignment to enterprise data standards
Embed metadata, lineage, auditability, and traceability across data flows
Define and enforce data quality controls, monitoring, and SLAs
Partner with compliance and security on entitlements and licensing constraints
Support auditability of onboarding and data changes
Data Contracts & Standards
Own canonical data contracts covering definitions, schemas, code sets, and survivorship
Define versioning and change management standards
Maintain accurate and complete BRDs and intake documentation
AI Usage
Use AI responsibly to improve requirement quality and detect data quality patterns
Apply sound judgment with regulated, licensed, and sensitive data
Required Skills & Experience
8+ years in Financial Services, preferably in Wealth Management data domains
Strong techno functional background spanning business, data, and technology
Hands on data analysis and field level validation experience
Proven ability to write clear, implementation ready Jira stories
Working knowledge of event streaming, APIs, batch integrations, schemas, and data quality controls
Self starter with strong ownership and accountability mindset
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NYC or Fort Mill, SC-Hybrid
Contract
Role Summary
We are seeking a highly independent Techno Functional Data Product Owner to lead Reference Data, Security Master, and Market Data for Wealth Management. This role spans instrument and issuer/entity data, security lifecycle, identifiers and symbology (CUSIP/ISIN/SEDOL/ticker), pricing and valuations, corporate actions, and market data vendor onboarding and controls. The role requires strong hands on data analysis, deep understanding of wealth business processes, and the ability to translate requirements into implementation ready technical deliverables with minimal supervision.
The role operates autonomously, owns outcomes end to end, and partners with trading, portfolio, operations, risk, compliance, and engineering teams to deliver accurate, well governed reference and market data powering OMS/PMS, performance, risk, reporting, and digital channels.
Key Responsibilities
End to End Product Ownership
Own Reference Data, Security Master, and Market Data requirements end to end
Independently drive discovery, analysis, documentation, and backlog readiness
Identify gaps, risks, survivorship conflicts, and data dependencies
Own delivery outcomes, data quality, timeliness, and lineage
Reference Data, Security Master & Market Data Domain Ownership
Lead golden copy requirements across instrument, issuer/entity, pricing, and corporate actions
Define identifier mapping, symbology cross references, and de duplication logic
Own pricing and valuation sourcing, controls, and tolerance checks
Establish authoritative SOR and multi SOR precedence, survivorship, and exception handling
Ensure data products are reusable across trading, risk, reporting, and digital consumers
Stakeholder Collaboration & Requirement Elicitation
Partner with business, operations, risk, compliance, vendor management, and technology teams
Lead conversations on data needs, sourcing, usage, and required controls
Document and validate requirements, assumptions, decisions, and known unknowns
Data Analysis & Documentation
Perform hands on analysis of source systems, vendor feeds, and integrations
Identify data gaps, overlaps, reuse opportunities, and quality failure patterns
Produce BRDs and data intake documents, attribute definitions, lineage flows, and NFRs
Partner with Data Governance and SOR teams on ownership, lineage, and standards
Agile Delivery & Backlog Management
Act as Product Owner for Agile delivery squads
Decompose requirements into epics, features, and implementation ready Jira stories
Define inputs/outputs, events, schemas, quality rules, and change management
Own backlog prioritization, refinement, and sprint readiness
Integration, Kafka & API Ownership
Define delivery patterns using event streaming, APIs, and batch/file as appropriate
Collaborate on topic strategy, schemas, versioning, replay, and retention
Ensure scalability, reuse, and alignment to enterprise data standards
Embed metadata, lineage, auditability, and traceability across data flows
Define and enforce data quality controls, monitoring, and SLAs
Partner with compliance and security on entitlements and licensing constraints
Support auditability of onboarding and data changes
Data Contracts & Standards
Own canonical data contracts covering definitions, schemas, code sets, and survivorship
Define versioning and change management standards
Maintain accurate and complete BRDs and intake documentation
AI Usage
Use AI responsibly to improve requirement quality and detect data quality patterns
Apply sound judgment with regulated, licensed, and sensitive data
Required Skills & Experience
8+ years in Financial Services, preferably in Wealth Management data domains
Strong techno functional background spanning business, data, and technology
Hands on data analysis and field level validation experience
Proven ability to write clear, implementation ready Jira stories
Working knowledge of event streaming, APIs, batch integrations, schemas, and data quality controls
Self starter with strong ownership and accountability mindset
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