Senior Data Platform & Products Manager

About us

At Exchange for Change, we are building something the UK has never had before. Working across England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, we are designing and delivering a Deposit Return Scheme from the ground up, creating a system that helps reduce litter and waste by encouraging people to return their empty drinks bottles and cans for recycling.

We are industry led, and driven by purpose. A national movement with a clear mission. No bottle unreturned. No can left behind.

This is not just another job. This is a rare opportunity to do meaningful work, shape a landmark national programme, and help deliver lasting positive impact for people, businesses and the planet alike.

As Senior Data Platform & Products Manager, reporting to the Head of Data, AI & Insights, you will define the vision, roadmap and evolution of Exchange for Change's enterprise data platform and data products.

Working closely with Technology, delivery partners and business stakeholders, you will ensure Exchange for Change has the data foundations and reusable products needed to operate the Deposit Return Scheme, from participant onboarding and data exchange through to operational reporting, financial reconciliation, analytics, AI and automation.

You will establish Exchange for Change's approach to data products, ensuring trusted data is organised and managed as a reusable business asset rather than repeatedly recreated for individual reports, analyses or applications. Working from business priorities and use cases, you will help identify the data products Exchange for Change needs, define their consumers and requirements, and manage their evolution over time.

Acting as the bridge between business, Data, Product and Technology, you will translate business needs into platform and product capabilities, prioritise delivery, shape technical decisions and ensure Exchange for Change retains clear ownership of what is built and why.

You will also help turn opportunities for AI and automation into scalable capabilities, working with business teams, BI & Analytics, Product, Technology and specialist partners to determine where new technology can create meaningful value.

This is a greenfield opportunity to build for both Day One and what comes next, balancing launch requirements with the long-term ambition to make data, analytics, AI and automation fundamental to how Exchange for Change operates.

You’ll be based at our Milton Keynes office (30min from Euston) with the option to work from home 2/3 days per week.

• Own Exchange for Change's data platform and data product strategy and roadmap, aligned to business priorities and the wider Data & AI Strategy.

• Translate priority business use cases into the data products, platform capabilities and technical requirements needed to enable them.

• Establish Exchange for Change's data product approach and lifecycle, including how products are identified, prioritised, owned, delivered, measured and evolved.

• Own the platform and data product portfolio/backlog, balancing Day One requirements with longer-term value and scalability.

• Partner with Technology, Architecture and engineering partners to shape technical solutions and ensure Exchange for Change retains clear ownership and design authority.

• Ensure the platform supports trusted data exchange, integration, governance, reporting, analytics, AI and automationas the scheme evolves.

• Shape opportunities for AI-enabled products and operational automation, translating promising use cases into scalable capabilities with the right internal and external specialists.

• Work closely with BI & Analytics to ensure the data products and platform capabilities required for reporting, insight, prediction and optimisation are available and reusable.

• Work closely with Data Governance to embed ownership, quality, definitions, access and controls into data products and platform design.

• Connect Data with Product, Technology and business teams, ensuring data products and AI-enabled capabilities fit coherently into Exchange for Change's wider product and technology ecosystem.

• Manage delivery partners effectively, ensuring technical delivery remains focused on business outcomes, capability transfer and long-term value for Exchange for Change

• Exchange for Change launches with a
  secure, resilient and scalable data platform
  that supports the critical information and data needs of the scheme from Day One.

• Exchange for Change has a clear portfolio of
  trusted,…