Data Product Manager - Outside IR35

Forward Role Recruitment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Forward Role Recruitment is seeking a contract Data Product Manager to join a Global Data & Analytics team. You will own data products from business conversations through to shipped outcomes, working with data engineering, analytics and the wider business.

This role requires hands-on Snowflake experience, the ability to shape architecture and data modelling decisions, and a track record of delivering end-to-end outcomes with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Own data products from business conversations to shipped outcomes.
• Experience with Snowflake and data governance is preferred.
• Ability to drive prioritisation and delivery across teams.
• Strong communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of governed, self-serve data products.
• Identify data capabilities with stakeholders to improve decisions.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to transform data into trusted products.
• Push toward accountable, outcome-focused ways of working.

Skills

Data product ownership

Stakeholder management

Snowflake

End-to-end delivery

Job description

Contract Data Product Manager (Outside IR35)

The role

Our client, a fast-paced and genuinely exciting brand, is looking for a contract Data Product Manager to join their Global Data & Analytics team. You'll be taking ownership of data products from business conversation through to shipped outcome, working across data engineering, analytics and the wider business.

This isn't a requirements-gathering seat. You'll be expected to own outcomes end to end, shape how the team prioritises and delivers, and bring enough technical fluency to influence architecture and data modelling decisions alongside engineering.

What you'll be doing

• Leading the development of governed, self-serve data products that replace manual reporting and manual Excel-based processes
• Working directly with stakeholders to identify the data and capabilities needed to improve business decision-making
• Leading cross-functional teams to curate, transform and consolidate data into discoverable, trusted products
• Shifting the team's ways of working from reactive request-taking toward accountable outcome ownership
• Partnering with engineering on architecture, data modelling and tooling trade-offs
• Communicating clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, translating business problems into scoped, deliverable outcomes

What we're looking for

• FMCG or retail background - you'll have a background working in dynamic, innovation led environments
• Hands‑on experience with Snowflake, ideally building governed, self‑serve data products rather than just reporting on top of them
• Confidence owning outcomes independently, not just documenting requirements for someone else to deliver
• Strong stakeholder management - ability to work across a wide range of stakeholders

This role requires an immediate start. Initial 3 month contract, likely to extend.