Product Owner - Data Platforms London £600/day Inside IR35

City of London
9 months ago
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Data Platforms Product Owner | Technical Data Background | Banking / Cards / Insurance | London (hybrid) | £600/day (Inside IR35) | 6 month initial contract

Our London based Financial Services client is looking for a Technical Data Platforms Product Owner to work on a large project. You'll have a solid data / tech background, preferably in Financial Services. You'll have the ability to write the User Stories for the Data Engineers and tell the Architect what you need in the Data Model - and you'll define the data platforms roadmap. You will also have good experience around ADF, Azure DataBricks, and Snowflake - plus your knowledge will include ETL processes, Data Governance, Data Warehouses, Data Marts, and Data Lakes.

Key Skills & Experience:

Product Owner
Data Platforms Roadmap
User Stories
Snowflake
Azure Data Factory / Azure Data Bricks
Data Models
Great Communication skills

This role would be based in the City of London on a hybrid 50% home and 50% office based.

Initial contract is 6 months

£600 Inside IR35 - so you will be working via an umbrella company

If this sounds of interest, please do send me your CV to start a conversation around this.

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