EY - Product Owner - Data Governance/Risk Management (3-20 yrs)

As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, we hire and develop the most passionate people in their field to help build a better working world. This starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom. At EY, we don't just focus on who you are now, but who you can become. We believe that it's your career and 'It's yours to build' which means potential here is limitless and we'll provide you with motivating and fulfilling experiences throughout your career to help you on the path to becoming your best professional self.

The opportunity:

Data Governance : Product Owner - Business Consulting Risk - FSRM

Our FSRM team is a fast-moving, high-growth area with huge potential. It offers variety, challenge, responsibility and the opportunity to realize your leadership potential.

Our Financial Services Risk Management (FSRM) practice focuses on risk management, regulatory, quantitative, and technology backgrounds. The breadth of experiences of FSRM professionals enables the practice to coordinate the delivery of a broad array of risk management services to capital market participants throughout the world in a well-integrated manner.

Key Responsibilities:

- Define and maintain the platform vision, roadmap, and success criteria aligned to BCBS 239 principles.

- Translate regulatory expectations into actionable platform features and capabilities.

- Partner with Risk, Compliance, Technology, Data Governance, and Reporting teams to prioritize and deliver high-impact initiatives.

- Define and drive metadata management, lineage transparency, data quality monitoring, and report automation capabilities.

- Ensure the platform supports accuracy, completeness, adaptability, timeliness, and integrity of risk data.

- Collaborate with internal audit, compliance testing, and regulators on periodic reviews and assessments.

- Lead cross-functional agile squads prioritizing product backlogs, refining requirements, and overseeing product delivery.

- Develop KPI's, platform health metrics, and risk data quality dashboards to monitor platform performance and compliance.

- Serve as the SME for BCBS 239 regulatory expectations related to data aggregation and risk reporting.

Key Skills & Qualifications:

- 3+ years of experience in risk data management, regulatory risk reporting, or data platform product management within a bank or financial services environment.

- Deep understanding of BCBS 239 principles and their practical implementation in a large organization.

- Strong experience working with risk reporting systems, data warehouses, reporting tools, and governance frameworks.

- Familiarity with data quality frameworks, metadata management, data lineage tools, and control monitoring.

- Proven track record of defining and delivering product roadmaps for complex data management or reporting platforms.

- Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional leadership skills.

- Proficiency in Agile delivery methodologies (e.g. Scrum, SAFe).

- Excellent communication skills (written, verbal and presentation) with the ability to translate regulatory language into actionable technical requirements.

Education:

- Bachelor's degree in business, Finance, Computer Science, Risk Management, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.

Skills and attributes :

In addition to technical competence, what will set you up for success at EY is your ability to:

- Strong communication, documentation, facilitation, relationship-building, presentation and negotiation skills

- Be highly flexible, adaptable, and creative

- Broad consulting and project management skills, effective written and oral communication skills

- Pursue passions beyond work and invest in your wellbeing

What we look for :

People with the ability to work in a collaborative manner to provide services across multiple client departments while following the commercial and legal requirements. You will need a practical approach to solving issues and complex problems with the ability to deliver insightful and practical solutions. We look for people who are agile, curious, mindful and able to sustain positive energy, while being adaptable and creative in their approach.