Data - Product Owner (Aviation)

The Company Cognizant (NASDAQ:CTSH) is a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services, dedicated to helping the world's leading companies build stronger businesses. Headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey (U.S.), Cognizant has over 340,000 employees as of January 2025. Cognizant is a member of the NASDAQ-100, the S&P 500, the Forbes Global 1000, and the Fortune 500 and is ranked among the top performing and fastest growing companies in the world. About Cognizant Consulting To be digital, companies today must have organizational velocity approaching speed of light while providing individualized offerings that result in fanatical levels of customer satisfaction—all with laser-focused cost control. And from applications to infrastructure, processes to operational models and interfaces to experiences—there are digital forces driving change in every part of our clients’ organization. At Cognizant, our consultants orchestrate the capabilities to truly change the game—across strategy, design, technology and industry/functional knowledge to deliver insight at speed and solutions at scale. Our approach is built around elevating business understanding of the aspirations and unique abilities of customers and employees and by building these relationships based on trust and value. More information? Please visit https://www.cognizant.com/consulting About the role - Description Seeking an experienced Customer 360 Business Analyst to support the design and delivery of a unified customer view across the airline’s digital, commercial, and operational platforms. This is a data centric BA role, requiring strong experience in customer data, integrations, and analytics, combined with a solid understanding of the aviation domain. The role will work across multiple workstreams to enable personalized customer experiences, effective communications, and data driven decision making. Key Responsibilities Elicit, analyse, document, and manage business and technical requirements across Customer 360 and related workstreams

Work closely with business stakeholders (Commercial, Marketing, Digital, Loyalty, Operations) to understand end to end customer journeys across the airline ecosystem

Analyse customer data flows, data feeds, schemas, and integration points between CRM, marketing, loyalty, booking, and operational platforms

Support data migration and data transformation initiatives, ensuring data quality, consistency, and traceability

Collaborate with architects, developers, data engineers, and vendors to validate solution designs against business and data requirements

Translate complex data and platform concepts into clear business artefacts, including:

Process maps and journey flows

User stories and epics

Data mappings and integration specifications

Acceptance criteria and test scenarios

Act as a bridge between business and technology teams to ensure Customer 360 solutions deliver measurable business outcomes

Support Agile delivery ceremonies including backlog refinement, sprint planning, and reviews

Essential Skills & Experience Proven experience as a Business Analyst within technology led or data driven transformation programmes

Strong background in customer data, analytics, or Customer 360 initiatives

Aviation industry experience (airline, airport, loyalty, or travel technology) is critical

Hands on data analysis capability, with the ability to:

Interpret data models, schemas, and data feeds

Understand integration patterns and APIs

Work effectively with data engineers and analytics teams

Prior experience as a Data Analyst or in a data heavy BA role is a strong advantage

Experience with customer communications, CRM, marketing automation, or loyalty platforms

Exposure to Adobe Journey Optimizer and/or Amadeus platform

Strong understanding of Agile delivery methodologies

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage senior stakeholders

Desirable Experience Customer personalization, segmentation, or real time decisioning use cases

Working in large, complex, multi-vendor environments

Key Competencies Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset

Data driven thinking with attention to detail

Ability to work across business and technical teams

Comfortable operating in ambiguity and fast paced transformation environments

Customer centric mindset aligned to premium brand experience

About Cognizant

Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, bridging the gap between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, drive tangible outcomes and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at cognizant.ai or @cognizant.

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