The Lead Product Owner (LPO) within Kroll’s Chief Data Office (CDO) is responsible for end‑to‑end ownership, consistency, and execution excellence across multiple data, analytics, and reporting products or domains. This role ensures alignment between business priorities, product strategy, and delivery execution.
The Lead Product Owner acts as the central accountability point across a portfolio of related products, coaching and guiding Product Owners, establishing standards, and partnering closely with Program Management, Data Engineering, and Governance to deliver predictable, high‑quality outcomes.
This role is critical to enabling product‑led execution at scale within the CDO.
Key Responsibilities
Portfolio‑Level Product Ownership
Own the overall product vision and execution strategy across a defined product portfolio or domain (e.g., Reporting, Self‑Service Analytics, Finance Analytics, Data Platforms).
Ensure each product has:
A transparent purpose and roadmap
Defined success metrics
Consistent experience and standards
Act as the final decision authority on prioritization,
scope tradeoffs, and acceptance across related products.
Leadership & Coaching
Lead, mentor, and coach Product Owners to ensure consistent product ownership practices and decision quality.
Set and enforce standards for backlog quality, roadmap clarity, and stakeholder communication.
Serve as the escalation point for complex prioritization, dependency, or scope conflicts.
Raise the overall product ownership maturity across CDO.
Stakeholder Alignment & Business Partnership
Serve as an interface between CDO and business, finance, and functional leaders for assigned domains.
Translate enterprise priorities into sequenced, realistic roadmaps.
Manage competing stakeholder demands by making transparent, value‑based trade‑offs.
Ensure stakeholders have confidence in what will be delivered, when, and why.
Roadmap, Backlog & Delivery Governance
Maintain a portfolio‑level roadmap, aligned with capaci
📌 Lead Product Owner (Mumbai)
🏢 Kroll
📍 Mumbai