Sr. Product Owner

Duquesne Light Company, headquartered in downtown Pittsburgh, is a leader in providing electric energy and has been in the forefront of the electric energy market, with a history rooted in technological innovation and superior customer service. Today, the company continues its role as a leader in the transmission and distribution of electric energy, providing a secure supply of reliable power to more than half a million customers in southwestern Pennsylvania.
Duquesne Light Company is committed to creating a culture of inclusion. The Data Architecture and Accessibility Team (DAA) at Duquesne Light Company (DLC) is to expand the company’s use of data as a strategic enabler of corporate goals and objectives.


The role of the Sr Product Owner I - Data Architecture and Accessibility is to expand the company’s use of data as a strategic enabler of corporate goals and objectives and takes an active role in shaping the vision of the Data Cloud. The role will assist with the implementation of new data assets, interface cross-functionally with other teams, communicate effectively (both written and verbal), and utilize problem solving and technical skills to implement solutions. This role is instrumental in guiding the roadmaps, backlogs, and prioritization of features across the suite of DAA data products.


Location: Hybrid, downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania


Serve as product ambassador internally and externally, sharing knowledge and answering questions related to the platform’s current capabilities and future enhancements.
Leads requirements workshops and/or individual sessions and associated follow-ups to assist with the modification of business processes, business automation, data lifecycle management and documentation. May need to perform business requirements analysis, intake documentation and solution design to ensure solutions are fit for purpose.
Partner with Quality Assurance (QA) resources to test solutions.
Identify and assist to remediate root causes of integration related issues/anomalies that may be encountered, in partnership with IT, vendor support, and other stakeholders.
Represents data products and user base during meetings and advocates for platform data governance.
Provides oversight to the development and operations of products within the group, ensuring adherence to DLH’s safety and compliance, regulatory, cybersecurity, and legal standards.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or other technical discipline, or the equivalent in work experience.
Seven (7+) or more years of relevant/direct industry experience required, with minimum of three (3) years of Project, Business Analysis, Product or Program Management experience in IT and/or Business Operations preferred.
A minimum of 3 years in Business Intelligence, Data Governance/Data Management, Data Engineering or Software Engineering.

Experience working with cloud data platforms or modern data stacks (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery) strongly preferred.
Relevant industry credentials, such as Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) strongly preferred.

Working knowledge of modern data stack tools, including Snowflake, dbt, and Fivetran.
Understanding of data engineering concepts such as ELT/ETL pipelines, orchestration scheduling, SQL proficiency, data modeling, and data quality frameworks.
Experience supporting or enabling AI/ML workloads, such as feature store design, model data pipelines, or ML-ready dataset creation.
Agile Tools: Knowledge of tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, etc.
Agile Methodologies: Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Scrum.


Duquesne Light Holdings is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all people in all aspects of the employment relationship, without discrimination because of race, age, sex, color, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity or status as a Vietnam era or special disabled veteran or any other unlawful basis, as defined by applicable law, and fostering a workplace free of unlawful discrimination and retaliation. This policy affects decisions including, but not limited to, hiring, compensation, benefits, terms and conditions of employment, opportunities for promotion, transfer, layoffs, return from a layoff, training and development, and other privileges of employment. An integral part of Duquesne Light Holdings' commitment is to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws concerning equal employment and affirmative action.
Duquesne Light Holdings is committed to offering an inclusive and accessible experience for all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. com and describe the specific accommodation requested for a disability-related limitation.