Data Product Manager

Reed Talent Solutions; Bedford; Hybrid; GBP 51,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Pension scheme

Interest-free season ticket loan

Cycle to work

Eye tests & flu jabs

Life assurance

Give as you earn

Employee assistance programme

Wellbeing schemes

Volunteer days

Recognition scheme

Discounts portal

Job summary

Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) is seeking a Data Product Manager for data products that underpin the Pensions Dashboards and related services. Based in Bedford, the role combines product leadership with governance, data analytics and stakeholder engagement to deliver trusted data products for internal and external stakeholders.

You will define user needs, shape roadmaps, prioritise delivery, and ensure reporting and monitoring capabilities are robust and compliant with regulatory

Qualifications

• Experience delivering data products and governance in a regulatory context.
• Strong collaboration with BI, analytics and engineering teams.
• Proven ability to shape roadmaps and prioritise backlogs.

Responsibilities

• Lead iterative development of data products aligned with user needs and goals.
• Collaborate with BI analysts, UI/UX designers, delivery managers and engineers.
• Engage diverse stakeholders and translate needs into product outcomes.
• Governance and compliance considerations early in the lifecycle.
• Maintain roadmaps and backlogs to deliver value across pensions dashboards.

Skills

Product management

Data products

Agile

Stakeholder engagement

Governance & compliance

Job description

Product Manager - Data Products £57000 per annum Bedford Permanent Hybrid Working Join us at the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) as a Data Product Manager. This role offers an opportunity to make a significant impact by shaping, delivering and continuously improving data products that support the National Pensions Connection Service, the Pensions Dashboard and MoneyHelper Pensions Dashboard programmes. You will be responsible for helping turn complex service, reporting, analytics and performance needs into trusted data products that enable informed decision-making across the pensions dashboards ecosystem, delivering value for internal users and key external stakeholders including senior leaders, regulators, government departments, delivery partners and dashboard providers. You will lead the product direction for data products that provide a single, trusted and authoritative view of service performance. Working closely with Data Engineering, BI, Product, Operations and external suppliers, you will define user needs, shape roadmaps and backlogs, prioritise delivery, and ensure reporting, analytics and monitoring capabilities are robust, scalable and aligned to organisational and regulatory requirements. A key aspect of the role will be applying strong product management discipline to data and insight capabilities: ensuring products are evidence-led, user-centred, governed appropriately and designed to support service performance, continuous improvement, regulatory reporting and benefits realisation across a piece of national digital infrastructure.

The role

Role Overview The Data Product Manager will report directly to the Lead Data Product Manager within the Technology & Change directorate within the Data and Analytics team. In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Product Development: Lead iterative development of data products aligned with user needs and organisational goals.
• Collaboration: Work closely with BI analysts, UI/UX designers, delivery managers, and engineers to enhance usability and accessibility.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders, including those with varying levels of technical understanding.
• Adaptability: Be comfortable working with ambiguity and evolving requirements in a fast-paced environment.
• Governance & Compliance: Address legal, privacy, and governance issues early in the product lifecycle.
• Evidence-Based Decisions: Use product usage data and evidence to guide prioritisation and lifecycle decisions.
• External Value: Ensure products are accessible and valuable to external bodies including government and regulators.
• Product Management: Maintain roadmaps and backlogs; translate user needs into product outcomes.
• Community Contribution: Actively contribute to the wider product community at MaPS.

Key accountabilities

To excel in this role, you will need to demonstrate:

• Product management – experience managing data products or services such as business intelligence dashboards.
• Agile and Lean practices – applying Agile principles and tools to support delivery.
• Applying user-centred insights – using stakeholder insights to improve product outcomes.
• Creating value for money – identifying opportunities for reuse and efficiency.
• Life cycle management – understanding product lifecycle phases.
• Managing product outcomes – identifying priority outcomes and using baseline data.
• Stakeholder relationship management – building consensus and improving relationships using evidence.
• Strategic ownership – aligning decisions with organisational strategy.

Skills & experience

About Us The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) is based in Bedford, in a recently renovated modern office. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to become an integral part of a dynamic organisation, working to help people across the UK. At the heart of the Money and Pensions Service are our values – caring, connecting, and transforming, which are the foundation of our success. They permeate every area of our work and define all our business relationships and the way we work with each other. We’re not only looking for the best people to come and work for us, but we need people who align themselves with our values:

• Caring We care about our colleagues and the people whose lives we are here to transform.
• Connecting We will transform lives through our ability to make positive connections.
• Transforming We are committed to transforming lives and making a positive societal impact.

Our Inclusive Working Environment By fostering our values, we are immensely proud of the inclusive working environment that we have created. The diversity of our people is a strength that we embrace and wish to build upon, so we are committed to attracting people of all backgrounds. We work hard to ensure that we have a progressive approach to inclusion, equity, and belonging. We really do want our colleagues to “bring their whole selves to work.” Our colleague and ally networks encompass LGBTQ+, neurodiversity, women’s health, men’s health, ethnicity, and diversity.

What We Offer

• Generous Annual Leave – 30 days plus Bank Holidays
• Pension scheme – contributions matched 2 to 1 (employer contribution up to 10% of your salary)
• Interest-free loan for season tickets for buses and trains
• Cycle to work Scheme
• Subsidised eye tests & flu jabs
• Life assurance scheme
• Give as you earn scheme
• Employee assistance programme (EAP)
• PAM Assist and PAM Life scheme (Wellbeing)
• Enhanced family and sick pay
• Paid volunteering (2 days a year)
• Recognition Scheme
• Discounts portal to numerous retailers

Flexible Working At MaPS, we take pride in our flexible approach to work. As standard, we work on a hybrid basis with a minimum of 2 days in the office per month. Hybrid working is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and our headquarters in Bedford will be your contractual place of work. The number of days that anyone will be able to work at home will be determined primarily by business needs, but personal and other relevant circumstances will also be considered. If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working, including whether a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for you, will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post.

Job Reference: MaPS Close Date: 27/10/2026