Optomi
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. Were 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 youll 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:
- Bachelors 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 (1824+ 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 youll 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