Principal Data Product Owner

Why Genentech

​​​​​​​We’re passionate about delivering on Our Promise to improve the lives of patients and create healthier communities for all. We foster a culture of inclusivity, integrity and creativity while boldly pursuing answers to the world’s most complex health challenges and transforming society.

Who We Are

Our Data, Analytics, and AI team is dedicated to solving complex healthcare challenges and improving patient outcomes. Data, Analytics, and AI empowers business partners across Commercial, Medical, and Government Affairs (CMG) to make impactful decisions by leveraging data, analytics, business products, and AI/ML to enable fast, targeted actions in rapidly evolving business contexts.

Data, Analytics, and AI fosters a unified understanding of customers, actions, and outcomes by integrating analytics and insights seamlessly into CMG’s evolving digital, data, and automation platforms, creating scalable solutions and eliminating silos.

In Data, Analytics, and AI, you will work as a trusted, objective advisor and expert, recommending critical decisions and actions to be taken with credibility and a focus on driving measurable impact. You will be part of a thriving culture built on collaboration and innovation.

Job Summary

The Principal Data Product Owner is responsible for the strategic direction, development, and performance of Foundational Data products within the organization. This role focuses on defining and prioritizing the scope, vision, and framework for data health and metadata management while ensuring alignment with broader organizational goals. The Product Owner may manage individual contributors to coach and provide oversight on work. By collaborating with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and business leaders, the Product Owner drives data product enhancements and optimizes their impact across multiple use cases. 

Key Responsibilities

• Shape the vision and product standards for Foundational Data solutions, leveraging knowledge of industry trends and ensuring alignment with the organization's strategy.

• Own the success, advocacy, and strategic direction of the Foundational Data product by defining its scope, vision, and framework for data health and metadata management.

• Partner with the Executive Director of Master, Foundational, Analytical, and Fit For Purpose Data Suite, Principal and Senior Data Product Managers, and cross-functional teams to develop and implement data product enhancements, ensuring data quality, usability, and seamless integration with business workflows.

• Develop and communicate a clear, value-driven product vision that aligns with broader organizational objectives and business needs.

• Maintain and prioritize the Foundational Data product backlog, ensuring it addresses the requirements of both single and multiple business use cases enabled by the product.

• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to design, test, and release Foundational Data product enhancements, ensuring data quality, usability, and seamless integration with business workflows.

• Acts as the primary point of contact for inquiries and demand requests related to the Foundational Data product, effectively serving as the liaison between business stakeholders and the Foundational Data product technology team.

• Guide the cross-functional team in adhering to data mesh and data fabric principles, ensuring the product complies with established standards and supports scalability.

• Coordinate with application data owners to define and enforce data standards, output requirements, and best practices for data management.

• Collaborate with various stakeholders and leadership to understand the future landscape and direction of the business to create data strategy in support of customer centricity, digital transformation and business growth.

• Monitor and measure the performance of the Foundational Data product in collaboration with IT partners, identifying opportunities for optimization and ensuring it consistently delivers value to stakeholders.

• Train and mentor other team members, business partners and stakeholders on related domain expertise.

• Engage with business leaders and end-users to advocate for the Foundational Data product, fostering trust.

• Comply with all laws, regulations and policies that govern the conduct of Genentech activities.

Who You Are

Minimum Candidate Qualifications & Experience