Senior Product Manager

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JOB DETAILS   JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: 10 Month Attachment / Fixed-term, Full-time
DEPARTMENT:
Product Group - Data Platform

LOCATION:

London, hybrid
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE:
Up to £75,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application - though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.
PURPOSE OF

THE ROLE  The BBC Data Platform underpins how data flows across the organisation. It powers our analytics, personalisation, and insights for products such as iPlayer, Sounds, and News.
We are currently undertaking a major transformation programme to modernise our Data Platform, including how data ingestion and real-time processing work across the BBC, and how data is accessed by our data professionals. The goal is to empower our users to self serve their data needs, in a safe way, providing the right level of governance, delivering reliable, real-time data at scale and open up new opportunities for analytics, personalisation, and experimentation.
As Senior Product Manager, you'll lead the strategy, roadmap, and delivery for this platform. You'll shape its capabilities and ensure it meets the needs of our internal users as it evolves.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM  This is an opportunity to shape the BBC's future data platform, working on large-scale real-time systems with modern cloud technologies. You'll collaborate with talented engineering, data, and product teams on a high-profile transformation programme with real impact across the organisation.
YOUR

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

• Define and deliver the vision and roadmap for the BBC's Enterprise Data Platform.

• Work with engineering leads to ensure the platform is scalable, reliable, and cost-efficient as it evolves.

• Translate organisational needs into clear product outcomes for analytics, personalisation, experimentation, and data transformation use cases.

• Drive adoption and usability of the platform across the BBC's internal teams.

• Ensure the platform meets requirements for data quality, governance, and security.

• Bring external insights and industry best practices into the BBC's data platform strategy.
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• Proven track record of delivering complex technical products in data or platform environments, while working effectively across multidisciplinary teams - collaborating, aligning priorities, and ensuring shared outcomes across engineering, data, and product stakeholders.

• Examples of taking ownership, decision making and working independently in ambiguous settings.

• Strong technical literacy with modern data platforms, event-driven architectures, and streaming data pipelines.

• Skilled at stakeholder management, able to communicate technical topics in business-friendly language with experience balancing user needs, stakeholder priorities and technical constraints.

• Metric driven mindset, with a focus on measurable outcomes and using data to inform product decisions.

• Experience with AWS or other cloud platforms such as Google Cloud Platform or Azure
DESIRABLE:

• Experience working on platforms that operate at large scale, processing millions or billions of events daily.

• Experience of Agile delivery practices and iterative product development.

• Experience with Kafka or other event streaming technologies.

• Familiarity with data governance and compliance requirements in complex organisations.

• Comfortable with approaches that prioritise learning quickly and shaping decisions through evidence and measurable outcomes.

• Knowledge of prioritisation frameworks such as Impact vs Effort, Kano, or ICE to balance strategic and tactical delivery.

• Understanding of data platform modernisation approaches and emerging technologies.
If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we'd love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Contracts of Employment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.
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