Group Product Manager - Data Sourcing

JOB BAND: E
CONTRACT TYPE: 12 month fixed term contract
DEPARTMENT:
Product - Platform

LOCATION:

Newcastle with hybrid working.
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE:
Up to £100,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

The BBC Data Platform is the foundation that enables teams across the organisation to capture, process, govern, and utilise data. It powers our analytics, personalisation, and insights for products such as iPlayer, Sounds, and News.

We’re in the middle of a major transformation to modernise how we ingest, process, and serve data in real time. Our ambition is to build an enterprise data platform that provides reliable, real‑time data at scale and open up new opportunities for analytics, personalisation, and experimentation.

As Executive/Group Product Manager - Data Sourcing, you'll lead the PM team responsible for sourcing and ingesting data into this platform. The Data Sourcing team manage real‑time streaming data ingestion from our digital products and processing of third‑party data. The data sourcing team is key in ensuring we can capture and utilise trusted data from our BBC products.

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.

• Define and deliver the vision and roadmap for the BBC’s emerging streaming 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.

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

• Proven experience in product management, delivering both strategy and execution across multiple squads.
• Track record of line‑managing product managers or coaching product craft at a senior level.
• Demonstrated success delivering complex technical products in data or platform environments.
• Examples of operating independently and making decisions in ambiguous, fast‑paced settings.
• Strong technical literacy with modern data platforms, event‑driven architectures, and streaming pipelines.
• Experience defining and measuring product impact using data, even in complex environments.
• Skilled communicator with examples of tailoring messaging across audiences and writing compelling product narratives.

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED

• Hands‑on experience with Agile delivery practices and iterative product development.
• Proven experience navigating data governance and compliance in complex organisations.
• Demonstrated success working in cross‑functional leadership teams within empowered product models.
• Experience applying evidence‑led approaches to shape decisions and drive measurable outcomes.
• Practical use of prioritisation frameworks (e.g. Impact vs Effort, Kano, ICE) to balance strategic and tactical delivery.
• Experience with data platform modernisation and working with emerging technologies.
• Direct experience with AWS or other cloud platforms (e.g. GCP, Azure), within organisations with a strong product culture.

If you can bring some of these skills and experiences, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

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