Data Science Product Owner

Location: Plano, Texas, United States. Must already have the right to work in the United States; visa or employment-based immigration sponsorship is not available now or in the future.

Company

hirify.global Financial Services is hirify.global and Lexus's North American finance and insurance business, delivering customer-focused financial services and data-driven solutions.

What you will do

• Own and maintain the backlog for data science products, use cases, and enhancements.
• Translate business goals into user stories, requirements, acceptance criteria, and delivery priorities.
• Gather requirements for machine learning models, analytics, predictive capabilities, and automated decisioning.
• Partner with business leaders, product managers, data scientists, engineers, QA, and technical teams to align scope and priorities.
• Support agile ceremonies, release readiness, dependency coordination, and risk escalation.
• Define validation criteria and monitor model performance, experimentation results, adoption, KPIs, and business impact.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant business, technical, data science, statistics, mathematics, economics, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of experience in product ownership, business analysis, analytics, or delivery coordination in a technical or data-driven environment.
• Knowledge of Agile frameworks and product backlog management.
• Experience with Jira, GitHub, Confluence, and similar collaboration tools.
• Understanding of data science concepts including model development, experimentation, deployment, and monitoring.
• Experience with SQL, Python, reporting, dashboards, or analytics tools, with the ability to write credible requirements without building models directly.

Nice to have

• Experience with A/B testing, experimental design, machine learning lifecycle, or MLE practices.
• Experience with data pipelines, dashboards, or data quality processes.
• Financial services or banking experience.
• Experience with cloud environments such as AWS.

Culture & Benefits

• Team-oriented, flexible, and respectful work environment.
• Professional growth programs and tuition reimbursement.
• Health care, wellness plans, paid holidays, and paid time off.
• 401(k) plan with company match and possible annual retirement contribution.
• Vehicle purchase discount and lease vehicle program, where applicable.
• Relocation assistance and tax-advantaged accounts, where applicable.