Senior Manager, Technology Product Management, Data

Senior Manager, Technology Product Management, Data – £78,000 - £82,000 – Perm

Join us and be part of a mission-driven, independent publisher. You’ll work with a diverse group of people who share a passion for empowering researchers, educators, and institutions to shape the future.

Senior Manager, Technology Product Management, Data – £78,000 - £82,000 – Perm

Join us and be part of a mission-driven, independent publisher. You’ll work with a diverse group of people who share a passion for empowering researchers, educators, and institutions to shape the future.

About Sage:

Sage is a global academic publisher of books, journals, and library resources with a growing range of technologies to enable discovery, access, and engagement. Believing that research and education are critical in shaping society, Sara Miller McCune founded Sage in 1965. Today, we are controlled by a group of trustees charged with maintaining our independence and mission indefinitely.

Our guaranteed independence means we’re free to:

• Do more– supporting an equitable academic future, furthering disciplines that drive social change, and helping social and behavioural science make an impact
• Work together– building lasting relationships, championing diverse perspectives, and co-creating resources to transform teaching and learning
• Think long-term– experimenting, taking risks, and investing in new ideas

About our Team:

Our Technology Product Management team plays a central role in delivering scalable, innovative, and business-focused technology solutions. Within the Data & BI function, the team is tasked with developing and advancing our enterprise data and analytics capabilities. This effort supports improved decision-making, operational excellence, and long-term organisational growth. We work closely with Engineering, Architecture, Infrastructure, Quality Assurance, Delivery Management, and business leaders across various functions.

Together, we deliver data platforms, analytics products, and modern data solutions that provide measurable value. We encourage a collaborative, inclusive environment where curiosity, innovation, and continuous improvement thrive, and diverse perspectives enable us to tackle complex challenges.

Could you be our new Senior Manager, Technology Product Management, Data? Are you?

• An experienced people leader to manage, coach, and develop Product Managers, to create an engaged, collaborative, and high-performing teams?
• A strategic Product Management professional with a proven track record of delivering software products, data solutions, or technology platforms that have generated measurable business impact?
• Skilled at defining and delivering multi-year product strategies and roadmaps across complex product portfolios, while balancing immediate delivery needs with long-term outcomes?
• Experienced in enterprise data and analytics environments, including data platforms, data warehousing or lakehouse technologies, data pipelines, BI tools, and analytics solutions?
• Knowledgeable in data governance, data quality, and data modelling, with experience establishing standards and consistent ways of working that support trusted, high-quality data?
• Someone who has successfully led large-scale data or technology transformation programmes, such as platform modernisation, replatforming, data migration, or enterprise analytics transformation?
• A confident communicator who can translate complex technical concepts into clear business outcomes and build trusted relationships with senior leaders and executive stakeholders?
• Passionate about innovation, product excellence, and continuous improvement, with strong commercial awareness and the ability to make informed investment and prioritisation decisions?

Your new role:

As Senior Manager,…