Data Product Manager

The Guardian; London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Product Manager to join their Data team. This role involves translating business needs into data requirements, managing the product lifecycle, and ensuring compliance with data governance practices. The ideal candidate will thrive in a collaborative environment, working closely with analysts and data scientists to deliver impactful data products. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to a leading media organization that values diversity and inclusion, while also providing excellent career development opportunities and a supportive workplace culture.

Benefits

30 days annual leave

Generous pension scheme

Private healthcare

Life cover

Income protection

Dental insurance

Volunteering days

Corporate gym membership

Cycle to work scheme

Free yoga and pilates classes

Qualifications

• Experience in product management, particularly with data products.
• Ability to translate stakeholder needs into successful products.
• Strong communication skills to engage with diverse teams.

Responsibilities

• Define a roadmap for the Data team and shape goals.
• Build and deliver data products, including dashboards.
• Manage existing data products and respond to feedback.

Skills

Product Management

Data Analysis

Stakeholder Management

Problem Solving

Interpersonal Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Professional Qualifications

Tools

SQL

Tableau

Looker

BigQuery

Alation

DBT

Fivetran

Airflow

Job description

Join our team at the Guardian and be a part of a diverse and inclusive global organisation that delivers fearless, investigative journalism, and holds power to account. Our team of award-winning journalists, cutting-edge commercial professionals, and industry-leading digital experts are committed to making a difference and represent a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives. We offer a challenging and exciting environment for career development, with a focus on training, growth and fostering an inclusive culture.

We are now looking for a Product Manager to join the Guardian's Data team. In this role you'll work with key stakeholders to translate their unique business needs into data requirements. You'll work with data governance and data & analytics engineers to create data products and manage through the product lifecycle.

We see data as an asset that is critical for informing our business and driving performance. Data supports all areas of operations: informing our editors choices; supporting advertising revenue; and supporting our reader revenue teams to acquire more supporters and increase revenue per supporter.

About the Role

• Deliver value to your stakeholders by defining a roadmap for the Data team, shaping the team's goals and strategies, documenting solutions, running training and demos of products
• Help specify, build and deliver data products, including new data warehouse assets, dashboards and visualisations, enabling our internal team of data scientists and analysts
• Manage existing data products, responding to change requests and feedback in an environment of continuous improvement
• Ensure new assets are built according to the Guardian's data governance practices, defining data product ownership and ensuring data privacy
• Support and drive the team in a highly collaborative environment, prioritising the right work, facilitating the decision making process and escalating where required

About You

• Demonstrated experience in product management, ideally with experience working with data products and an understanding of data platforms (e.g. data warehouse/data lake) using cloud based technologies
• Proven experience of understanding stakeholder goals and turning them into successful products and product performance metrics.
• Has the drive and energy to keep up with a diverse set of stakeholders and can speak their language, including Analysts, Data Scientists and BI Teams
• Enjoys the detail and problem solving whilst being able to communicate the bigger picture with strong interpersonal and influencing skills
• Knowledge of data analysis would be beneficial, (e.g. SQL, Tableau, Looker), as well as knowledge of data tooling (e.g. BigQuery, Alation, DBT, Fivetran, Airflow)

We're operating in a hybrid working model with a mix of office based and remote based work. The data team come into our London office 3 days a week

We value and respect all differences (seen and unseen) in all people. We aspire to have inclusive working experiences and an environment that reflects the audience we serve, where our people have equal access to career development opportunities, their voices are heard and can contribute to our future. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. Many of our staff work flexibly and we will consider all requests for flexible working arrangements.

How to Apply

To apply, please upload your latest CV and a cover letter which outlines why you'd love to take on this role, and why you're a great match for what we're looking for.

We appreciate the time taken to prepare each application we receive. We do not use AI-assisted technology to review applications; every application is reviewed by a member of our recruitment team.

The closing date for applications is Wednesday 14th May.

All roles at the Guardian are open for everybody to apply. It is important to us that you feel supported and comfortable throughout your recruitment process, in order to perform your best. Please let us know if there are any changes we could make to help your application, this includes providing documents in accessible formats or personalising the process to better support your needs. Please contact Anna on [e-mail] to discuss further so we can work with you to support you through your application.

Benefits and Policies at the Guardian

You'll have 30 days of annual leave per year (plus bank holidays) with the option to purchase an additional 5 days. Our pension scheme is generous; if you contribute 5% then we will contribute 8-12% (depending on your age). We believe in giving back, which is why employees are given 2 volunteering days annually and the option of payroll giving. Season ticket loans are also available.

You are entitled to private healthcare, life cover, income protection, and eye tests. You can also opt in to dental insurance.

We have enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave policies in place. We also support our employees by offering an IVF, menopause, baby loss, and trans equality policy.

Culture and Wellbeing

We want everyone to feel like they belong at the Guardian and we champion diversity of thought. Our various employee forums provide a platform to use their voice to foster an inclusive workplace. We became the first major media organisation to achieve B Corp status.

We offer tools to help you prioritise your wellbeing including access to our employee benefits platform which provides tailored support for health and wellbeing. In addition, we also offer free yoga and pilates classes. These run alongside our corporate gym membership and cycle to work scheme.

Our canteen has views overlooking the Regents Canal and caters for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Learning and Development

We encourage personal and professional growth. Employees have access to a broad range of tools and solutions, and we are happy to support the pursuit of professional qualifications through vocational courses and apprenticeships.