19 Oct
Wiley
London
Job description
Job location : London or Bognor Regis, UK
Company : Wiley
About the role :
As a Data Product Owner, you will manage Research business teams’ data needs related to publishing insights and decision intelligence, and work with engineering teams to deliver those needs.
You will facilitate conversations with stakeholders including analysts, subject matter
experts (SMEs), product teams such as Wiley Online Library, Wiley Journal Insights, Research Exchange, colleagues in Wiley, Atypon, Hindawi to understand business needs.
You will work directly with data engineering teams in Sri Lanka, the US, managing priorities and providing requirements.
You will work with external vendors and solutions providers to enhance data & data pipelines. The Data Product Owner will collaborate with stakeholders to generate and elaborate on business requirements, set priorities within the Research Data Product Roadmap, and track work through to completion, giving due consideration to related and dependent projects.
This position is critical for the overall management, planning and delivery of business benefit generated from publishing data.
You will own the roadmap for one or more areas of publishing data such as submissions, peer review, bibliometrics (publication trends and citation patterns), sales, usage data and master data.
You will have a vested interest in the use and application of this information, close contact with analytics product owners, and business consumers. You will proactively
provide information and updates on trends in the data, data quality, and anticipated changes that may impact them.
How you will make an impact :
Develops subject matter expertise for publishing data.
This will include a deep understanding of publishing data and its nuances, how the data relates to customer and Wiley needs, uncovering new areas for innovation and insights.
Drives the efficient and effective delivery of business value from publishing data.
Is the product owner for publishing data including the enterprise data warehouse tables, pipelines and schemas that support them.
Works closely with the Marketing & Publication Analytics Business Analysts, SMEs, and Product Owners to understand business and customer publishing data needs.
Engages with business stakeholders, including downstream application product managers and business owners, capturing business and customer needs & priorities, communicating data roadmap & releases.
Owns the publishing data product backlog for an area of publishing data (such as usage or bibliometrics), ensuring timely delivery of business value.
Represents product needs and provides prioritization within delivery stand-ups, refinement, demos, retros (as required.)
Communicates the business and customer context of delivery work to Wiley internal, partners (such as Atypon, eJournal Press) and external delivery teams.
Write epics, user stories, requirements efficiently, concisely and clearly so as to effectively describe business value and priority, and enable planning, backlog management and delivery.
Is accountable for the quality of the production publication data.
Is responsible for informing stakeholders of the quality of data, planned and unplanned changes and other trends observed in publication data.
Proactively provide business consumers with publication data trends, information and updates.
Drives adoption of governance, change management, and data cataloguing.
Works with the Snr. Data Product Manager to manage publication data product releases within the broader Marketing & Publication Analytics data roadmap, product roadmap and Wiley product & programs.
Engages with vendors, colleagues, industry standards to anticipate upstream API or data changes, improve publication data quality and stability.
Desired Skills :
University degree or equivalent professional qualification.
5+ years’ or equivalent experience in a technology product role including roadmap and delivery backlog ownership.
Track record of delivering products or services to meet business needs.
Experience applying product management techniques and participating in Agile ceremonies.
Direct experience with data handling, analytics, including strong SQL skills.
Experience working with data engineering, data architecture teams.
Track record of success in partnering with high-performing team of analysts, engineers.
Familiarity with publishing business models and services.
Broad understanding of publishing platforms and data.
Ability to work under pressure while managing multiple projects.
Excellent communication skills.
Strong collaboration skills, diplomatic and logical.
Works effectively in a global and matrix environment.
About Wiley :
Wiley is a trusted leader in research and learning, our pioneering solutions and services are paving the way for knowledge seekers as they work to solve the world’s most important challenges.
We are advocates of advancement, empowering knowledge-seekers to transform today’s biggest obstacles into tomorrow’s brightest opportunities.
With over 200 years of experience in publishing, we continue to evolve knowledge seekers’ steps into strides, illuminating their path forward to personal, educational, and professional success at every stage.
Around the globe, we break down barriers for innovators, empowering them to advance discoveries in their fields, adapt their workforces, and shape minds.
We are proud that our workplace promotes continual learning and internal mobility. Our values support courageous teammates, needle movers and learning champions all while striving to support the health and well-being of all employees,
for example we offer meeting-free Friday afternoons allowing more time for heads down work and professional development.
We are committed to fair, transparent pay, and we strive to provide competitive compensation in addition to a comprehensive benefits package.
The range below represents Wiley’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the base pay for this role at the time of posting roles either in the UK, Canada or USA.
It is anticipated that most qualified candidates will fall within the range, however the ultimate salary offered for this role may be higher or lower and will be set based on a variety of non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to, geographic location,
skills, and competencies.
Wiley proactively displays target base pay range for UK, Canada and USA based roles.
When applying, please attach your resume / CV to be considered.
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▶️ Data Product Owner
🖊️ Wiley
📍 London