CD&A - Technical Product Owner

About us One team. Global challenges. Infinite opportunities. At Viasat, we're on a mission to deliver connections with the capacity to change the world. For more than 35 years, Viasat has helped shape how consumers, businesses, governments and militaries around the globe communicate. We're looking for people who think big, act fearlessly, and create an inclusive environment that drives positive impact to join our team. What you'll do - Serve as the product owner for key data platforms and applications, including SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), Azure Data Factory, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) / BigQuery. - Own the product roadmap, ensuring solutions align with business needs, customer requirements, and the Data & Analytics strategy. - Act as the main interface between business stakeholders, engineering teams, and platform owners to define features, enhancements, priorities, and release plans. - Ensure data products and pipelines are reliable, highquality, and optimized for performance, usability, and scale. - Lead requirement definition, backlog prioritization, user story creation, and acceptance criteria for datarelated features and operational enhancements. - Drive continuous improvement of data products and operational workflows across multiple tools and teams. This is a sitebased role, employees work 3+ days (60%+) per week from a Viasat office or work location within a standard fiveday workweek. The day-to-day - Gather and translate business needs into clear product requirements for SAC dashboards, Azure Data Factory pipelines, and BigQuerybased analytics solutions. - Partner with engineering teams to validate designs, troubleshoot issues, manage releases, and ensure successful delivery. - Support (predominantly) U.S. business customers, providing guidance, triage, and functional expertise across multiple applications. - Monitor product performance, adoption, and user feedback to inform backlog updates and future enhancements. - Manage operational tasks such as access requests, permission reviews, change control, platform health checks, and release readiness. - Coordinate with crossfunctional partners (Data Engineering, BI Developers, Security, Program Management, IT Operations). - Maintain documentation, SOPs, and product artifacts to ensure clarity and consistency across the organization. What you'll need - Experience as a product owner, data product manager, or technical lead in analytics or data platforms. - Handson familiarity with: - SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) - dashboards, models, permissions, scheduling - Azure Data Factory - pipelines, orchestration, troubleshooting - GCP / BigQuery - datasets, performance basics, SQL fundamentals - Strong understanding of data concepts (ETL/ELT, data quality, governance, lifecycle management). - Ability to work directly with customers to understand needs, solve issues, and guide platform best practices. - Excellent communication, prioritization, and stakeholdermanagement skills. - Comfort working across multiple applications in a fastpaced, customersupportfocused environment - U.S. Citizenship required #LI-VSAT What will help you on the job - Experience supporting or owning analytics products in a corporate or enterprise environment. - Working knowledge of cloud data architectures (Azure, GCP) and pipeline design patterns. - Familiarity with Agile delivery, backlog management, and user story writing. - Basic SQL skills for quick checks, data validation, and troubleshooting. - Understanding of data governance concepts, security models, and rolebased access. - A proactive, customercentric attitude with the ability to anticipate needs and identify improvements. - Ability to work effectively across time zones and collaborate with distributed teams. #LI-VSAT What will help you on the job - Experience supporting or owning a alytics products in a corporate or enterprise environment. - Working knowledge of cloud data architectures (Azure, GCP) and pipeline design patterns. - Familiarity with Agile delivery, backlog management, and user story writing. - Basic SQL skills for quick checks, data validation, and troubleshooting. - Understanding of data governance concepts, security models, and rolebased access. - A proactive, customercentric attitude with the ability to anticipate needs and identify improvements. - Ability to work effectively across time zones and collaborate with distributed teams. Salary range $110,500.00 - $174,500.00 / annually.For specific work locations within San Jose, the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, the base pay range for this role is $137,000.00- $206,000.00/ annually At Viasat, we consider many factors when it comes to compensation, including the scope of the position as well as your background and experience. Base pay may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Additional cash or stock incentives may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered. Learn more about Viasat's comprehensive benefit offerings that are focused on your holistic health and wellness at https://careers.viasat.com/benefits. EEO Statement Viasat is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, seeking to create a welcoming and diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, genetics, age, or veteran status or any other applicable legally protected status or characteristic. If you would like to request an accommodation on the basis of disability for completing this on-line application, please click here. Viasat is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, seeking to create a welcoming and diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, genetics, age, or veteran status or any other applicable legally protected status or characteristic.If you would like to request an accommodation on the basis of disability for completing this on-line application, please send an email to [email protected]. Apply at: https://ipc.us/t/7A95163980F14D96.