Description
We are seeking a Data Product Owner to lead the vision, strategy, and execution of our data and AI/ML products. This role bridges business stakeholders, data engineering, and data science, ensuring that our data assets, analytics platforms, and machine learning models deliver measurable value. The ideal candidate combines product management expertise with strong knowledge of data, analytics, and applied AI/ML.
Responsibilities
- Define and own the roadmap for data and AI/ML products (data platforms, APIs, dashboards, predictive models, recommendation engines, NLP/vision solutions, etc.)
- Translate business goals into AI/ML-enabled product strategies that drive automation, insights, and competitive advantage
- Partner with business stakeholders to identify opportunities where AI/ML and advanced analytics can create value
- Act as the key interface between data scientists, engineers, and business units, aligning priorities across teams
- Maintain and refine product backlog; write detailed user stories with business and technical acceptance criteria
- Work closely with data scientists to design, build, and deploy ML models into production
- Ensure data quality, explainability, scalability, and performance are built into all products
- Oversee the lifecycle of ML models (development, deployment, monitoring, retraining)
- Ensure data and AI/ML products comply with internal policies and regulatory requirements (GDPR, responsible AI, gaming/financial regulations)
- Have minimal knowledge in MLOps, metadata management, and data governance
Requirements
- Proven experience as a Product Owner / Product Manager in data, AI/ML, or analytics-focused products
- Strong understanding of data science workflows, machine learning lifecycle
- Domain knowledge in iGaming, fintech, or other data-intensive industries
- Understanding of responsible AI, model explainability, and bias mitigation
- Ability to identify and prioritize high-value AI/ML use cases
- Familiarity with data engineering and BI platforms
- Hands-on exposure to AI/ML concepts (predictive modeling, NLP, computer vision, recommendation systems)
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to align technical and business teams
- Experience with Agile/Scrum and product backlog management
Skills Required
- Proven experience as a Product Owner or Product Manager for data, AI/ML, or analytics-focused products
- Strong understanding of data science workflows and the machine learning lifecycle
- Domain knowledge in iGaming, fintech, or another data-intensive industry
- Understanding of responsible AI, model explainability, and bias mitigation
- Ability to identify and prioritize high-value AI/ML use cases
- Familiarity with data engineering and business intelligence platforms
- Hands-on exposure to predictive modeling, natural language processing, computer vision, and recommendation systems
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Experience aligning technical and business teams
- Experience with Agile/Scrum and product backlog management
- Basic knowledge of MLOps, metadata management, and data governance
What We Do
Digitain is an industry-leading iGaming software provider with cutting-edge solutions, catering to the online, mobile, and land-based sectors. With a proven track record of excellence, we offer our partners a world-class Sportsbook, the most reputable, trustworthy and feature-rich iGaming Platform, a comprehensive payment gateway - Paydrom, Virtual Sports, and more. Whether our partners prefer a Turnkey solution or seamless API integration, our comprehensive offerings empower them to deliver exceptional experiences to their customers. At Digitain, we prioritize innovation, superior technology, and agile development methodologies. We are committed to delivering creative, cost-effective, and customized solutions that precisely meet the unique needs of our partners. Our industry recognition includes prestigious awards from International Gaming Awards, SiGMA Awards, SBC Awards, EGR B2B Awards, and much more. Digitain (MT) Limited, is a company registered in Malta with registration number C 87254 and having its registered address at Dragonara Business Centre, 5th floor, Dragonara Road, SAINT JULIANS, STJ3141 Malta. Digitain (MT) Limited is licensed and regulated by the Malta Gaming Authority under a Critical gaming supply license MGA/B2B/592/2018 Issued on the 29th of January 2020. 18+ | https://www.begambleaware.org/ | Please Gamble Responsibly
