Data Product Manager

Barclays; Northampton, Knutsford; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Data Product Manager, where you will lead cross-functional teams to transform data foundations within the Business Banking domain. This role offers a unique opportunity to influence product strategy and drive meaningful change across the organization. You'll oversee the development of cloud-based data products, ensuring stakeholder needs are met while managing priorities and backlogs. With a focus on continuous improvement and collaboration, you'll help shape the future of data management in the banking sector, making a real impact in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of data concepts and product management experience.
• Proactive leadership and effective stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product owners and technical teams for product development.
• Monitor product performance and identify optimization opportunities.

Skills

Data Concepts

Product Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Leadership

Backlog Management

Tools

Jira

Job description

Join us as a Data Product Manager at Barclays, where you'll play a key role in transforming our data foundations as part of the BUK Data Foundations Program. Supporting the Business Banking domain, you'll oversee feature teams building cloud-based data products and delivering reporting solutions that enable us to move away from legacy systems like BIW. While you won’t be directly involved in technical delivery, you'll be instrumental in leading and motivating cross-functional teams, managing priorities and backlogs, allocating resources, and ensuring stakeholder needs are translated into high-value outcomes. This is a unique opportunity to help reset our data landscape and drive real change across the bank.

To be successful in this role, you will need the following:

• Strong understanding of data concepts.
• Product management experience, including workflow organisation.
• Effective stakeholder engagement and communication.
• Proactive, driven, and motivational leadership.
• Ability to manage backlogs and prioritise work across teams.

Additional valued skills include:

• Experience with Agile delivery.
• Familiarity with Jira.
• Knowledge of the Business Banking domain.

You may be assessed on key skills such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, and digital and technical expertise.

The successful candidate can be based in Northampton or Knutsford.

Purpose of the role

Collaborate with product owners and technical teams to support product development and realize the product roadmap vision.

Accountabilities

• Provide subject matter expertise to facilitate collaboration between product owners and technical teams.
• Support development and communication of the product strategy and roadmap.
• Gather and prioritize product requirements based on business value and feasibility.
• Implement assessments for continuous testing and improvement of product quality.
• Monitor product performance and identify opportunities for optimization.
• Stay updated on industry technology trends to enhance product development.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• Influence decision-making, contribute to policy, and collaborate with other divisions.
• Lead a team, set objectives, and coach employees.
• Guide complex projects, involve cross-functional expertise, and identify new directions.
• Advise on complex issues and support risk mitigation and control policies.
• Manage risks and strengthen controls related to work activities.
• Engage in complex data analysis and communicate effectively with stakeholders.

All colleagues are expected to embody Barclays' Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship, as well as the Barclays Mindset of Empower, Challenge, and Drive.