The role of a data product owner is crucial in unlocking an organization's value from its data assets, as they bridge the gap between technical and business stakeholders to develop data products that drive real business impact. Data product owners are visionary leaders who set the roadmap for data products, prioritize initiatives based on business impact, and oversee the development process from ideation to deployment. They foster communication and collaboration across various teams, act as translators, and help break down silos to ensure everyone is working towards a shared vision. The core functions of a data product owner include visionary leadership, collaborative orchestration, backlog management, testing oversight, metrics and KPIs, stakeholder communication, and data security and compliance. To excel, data product owners need to possess technical expertise, business acumen, and interpersonal skills, including being data savvy, business-oriented, excellent communicators, agile practitioners, active listeners, detail-oriented, skilled moderators, and possessing a unique blend of these qualities. Organizations can achieve data excellence with powerful tools like Acceldata's data observability platform, which provides enterprise-level multi-layer data observability for data quality, reliability, and data pipelines in cloud-native, self-serve, hybrid cloud, and multi-cloud environments.