Job Description

Job Description

Product Owner (Data) (Burbank, CA)

Optomi, in partnership with an entertainment & media organization, is seeking a Product Owner to lead cross-functional delivery across studio technology initiatives.

This role is central to enabling data-driven decision making across finance, publishing, e-commerce, content security, and other business-critical areas. We’re looking for an experienced leader who thrives in complex, matrixed environments and can confidently engage with executive stakeholders while guiding product teams toward high-value outcomes.

Why you’ll love this opportunity:

• Lead the end-to-end product lifecycle for studio data products, from discovery through delivery
• Partner with engineering to guide data ingestion, transformation, and modeling across massive datasets
• Collaborate with leaders across iconic brands and business units (publishing, consumer, studio, e-commerce)
• Influence executive-level decision making while ensuring alignment across diverse stakeholder groups
• Long-term engagement with strong potential for growth

What you bring:

• Bachelor’s degree (STEM preferred) OR 15+ years of relevant experience
• 7+ years in product management/ownership, with proven success in complex, matrixed organizations
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including executive-level communication and influence
• Experience leading cross-functional data initiatives, from ingestion and modeling to visualization
• Comfort writing user stories, creating test plans, and validating datasets
• Large enterprise experience required; consistent career tenure (18–24+ months average) preferred
• Background outside of financial services strongly preferred (entertainment/tech a plus)
• Agile experience with Jira or similar tools
• Strong servant-leadership mindset with excellent collaboration skills

What you’ll do:

• Own the product roadmap, requirements, and prioritization for studio data products
• Partner with stakeholders to translate business needs into actionable product requirements
• Collaborate with data engineers to ensure scalable ingestion, transformation, and modeling
• Drive the design and implementation of dashboards, reports, and analytics products
• Lead demos, roadmap reviews, backlog grooming, and other Agile ceremonies
• Build strong relationships across both technical teams and business units to ensure alignment and delivery
• Champion best practices and continuous improvement across the organization

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