Senior Data Product Manager – EPH Digital Products

• Own a defined area of the Enterprise Product Hub product estate, focused on digital product data attributes
• Lead the greenfield build of a digital product lifecycle solution for publishing digital product data across A&G, Health and Corporate Markets
• Engage direct and indirect stakeholders to elicit requirements and translate them into actionable specifications from concept through live release
• Capture and articulate business value and prioritise work based on outcomes and benefit to Elsevier
• Make prioritisation and scope decisions across maintenance, programme delivery and longer-term roadmap trade-offs
• Build relationships across business and engineering teams
• Manage internal consumers through adoption, training, guidance and documentation
• Write clear, testable requirements supporting Spec-Driven Development and AI-assisted delivery
• Coach and develop junior and mid-level analysts, support onboarding and contribute to recruitment
• Shape roadmap priorities, success measures and long-term planning
• Contribute to data governance, system onboarding, and data and data-flow documentation
• Represent EPH's position in cross-team decisions

• Experience writing clear, well-constrained requirements and specifications
• Genuine interest in adapting practice to AI-assisted delivery methods
• Track record of operating independently and owning a product or workstream end-to-end
• Ability to make prioritisation and scope decisions under ambiguity
• Curiosity and sound judgement
• Ability to work effectively from incomplete information and adapt to changing priorities
• Proven senior stakeholder management experience across business and engineering teams in complex, multi-stakeholder environments
• Deep knowledge of data management practices, ideally encompassing master data management (MDM), data governance and metadata management
• Practical experience with an MDM platform is advantageous
• Demonstrated experience coaching and developing junior or mid-level analysts
• Product management or product owner experience, or familiarity with academic publishing or large federated enterprise MDM environments, would be beneficial

Demonstrates expertise in product management and data governance, with a strong focus on writing clear requirements and specifications. Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage stakeholder relationships in complex environments.

• Product Management Experience
• Data Management Practices
• Stakeholder Management
• Specification Writing
• Coaching and Development

• Requirements Writing
• Data Governance
• Master Data Management (MDM)
• Metadata Management
• AI-Assisted Delivery Methods

• Curiosity
• Sound Judgement
• Adaptability

• Digital Product Lifecycle
• Enterprise Product Hub
• Academic Publishing
• Federated Enterprise MDM

• MDM Platform