Exec Product Manager – Core Data Platform

BBC; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media organization is seeking an Executive Product Manager for its Core Data Platform. This role involves defining and delivering the vision and roadmap for the Enterprise Data Platform while working with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate will possess strong product management expertise, a background in data environments, and effective stakeholder management skills. You'll play a key role in shaping data strategies and drive significant transformation across the organization while enjoying a hybrid working arrangement.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Opportunity to shape a major platform

Collaboration with talented teams

Qualifications

• Proven product management expertise with a strong track record.
• High level of autonomy and decision-making ability in fast-changing settings.
• Demonstrated success in delivering complex technical products.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver the vision and roadmap for the data platform.
• Work with engineering leads for platform scalability and reliability.
• Drive adoption and usability of the platform across teams.

Skills

Product management expertise

Technical literacy in data platforms

Stakeholder management skills

Decision-making ability

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

JOB DETAILS(ref 29131)

JOB BAND: E

CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time

DEPARTMENT: Product - Platform

LOCATION: London or Salford with hybrid working

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: Up to £100,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

We’re happy to discuss flexible working. If you’d like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there’s no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

The BBC Data Platform is the foundation that enables teams across the organisation to capture, process, govern, and utilise data. It powers our analytics, personalisation, and insights for products such as iPlayer, Sounds, and News.

We’re in the middle of a major transformation to modernise how we ingest, process, and serve data in real time. Our ambition is to build an enterprise data platform that provides reliable, real-time data at scale and open up new opportunities for analytics, personalisation, and experimentation.

As Executive Product Manager – Core Data Platform, you’ll lead the PM team and be accountable for the strategy, roadmap, and outcomes for this platform. You’ll set the direction for the platform’s core capabilities, working closely with engineering and key stakeholders to ensure the platform is adopted, trusted, and measurably improving how the BBC uses data.

The BBC Data Platform is the foundation that enables teams across the organisation to capture, process, govern, and activate data – powering analytics, personalisation, and insight generation across BBC products and services.

This role is for a product leader who thrives in complex platform environments: someone who can balance long-term architecture and foundations with near-term value, translate organisational needs into clear product outcomes, and drive alignment across teams with a compelling product narrative.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

This is an opportunity to shape the BBC’s future data platform, working on large-scale real-time systems with modern cloud technologies. You’ll collaborate with talented engineering, data, and product teams on a high-profile transformation programme with real impact across the organisation.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT

• Define and deliver the vision and roadmap for the BBC’s Enterprise Data Platform.
• Work with engineering leads to ensure the platform is scalable, reliable, and cost-efficient as it evolves.
• Translate organisational needs into clear product outcomes for analytics, personalisation, experimentation, and data transformation use cases.
• Drive adoption and usability of the platform across the BBC’s internal teams.
• Ensure the platform meets requirements for data quality, governance, and security.
• Bring external insights and industry best practices into the BBC’s data platform strategy.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• Proven product management expertise, with a strong track record in both strategy and execution across multiple squads.
• Experience line-managing product managers or extensive coaching and development of product management craft.
• Demonstrated success in delivering complex technical products within data or platform environments.
• High level of autonomy and decision-making ability in ambiguous or fast-changing settings.
• Strong technical literacy in modern data platforms, event-driven architectures, and streaming data pipelines.
• Ability to define, measure, and communicate product impact using data, even in complex environments.
• Examples of communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to tailor messaging and write compelling product narratives.

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED:

• Hands‑on experience with Agile delivery practices and iterative product development.
• Familiarity with data governance and compliance in complex organisational settings.
• Proven ability to work within cross-functional leadership teams in an empowered product model.
• Comfortable with evidence‑led decision making and rapid learning approaches.
• Knowledge of prioritisation frameworks (e.g. Impact vs Effort, Kano, ICE) to balance strategic and tactical delivery.
• Understanding of data platform modernisation and emerging technologies.
• Experience with AWS or other cloud platforms (e.g. GCP, Azure), including collaboration with AWS engineering teams.

If you can bring some of these skills and experiences, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Contracts of Employment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.