Exec Product Manager - Data Sourcing

The Bbc; Salford; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading broadcasting corporation seeks an Executive Product Manager to guide the Data Sourcing team responsible for ingesting and sourcing data into its platform. This role includes defining the product vision, ensuring scalability and reliability, and driving usability across teams. Ideal candidates should have a proven track record in product management, technical literacy in data platforms, and excellent communication skills. The competitive salary can reach up to £100,000 based on experience and skills.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in product management across multiple squads.
• Demonstrated success delivering complex technical products in data environments.
• Strong technical literacy with modern data platforms and event-driven architectures.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver the vision for the BBC's streaming data platform.
• Work with engineering leads for platform scalability and reliability.
• Drive adoption and usability of the platform across internal teams.

Skills

Product management

Technical literacy in data platforms

Strong communication skills

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

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 - Data Sourcing, you'll lead the PM team responsible for sourcing and ingesting data into this platform. The Data Sourcing team manage real‑time streaming data ingestion from our digital products and processing of third‑party data. The data sourcing team is key in ensuring we can capture and utilise trusted data from our BBC products.

Key Responsibilities And Impact

• Define and deliver the vision and roadmap for the BBC's emerging streaming 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.

Required Qualifications

• Proven experience in product management, delivering both strategy and execution across multiple squads.
• Track record of line‑managing product managers or coaching product craft at a senior level.
• Demonstrated success delivering complex technical products in data or platform environments.
• Examples of operating independently and making decisions in ambiguous, fast‑paced settings.
• Strong technical literacy with modern data platforms, event‑driven architectures, and streaming pipelines.
• Experience defining and measuring product impact using data, even in complex environments.
• Skilled communicator with examples of tailoring messaging across audiences and writing compelling product narratives.

Desired But Not Required

• Hands‑on experience with Agile delivery practices and iterative product development.
• Proven experience navigating data governance and compliance in complex organisations.
• Demonstrated success working in cross‑functional leadership teams within empowered product models.
• Experience applying evidence‑led approaches to shape decisions and drive measurable outcomes.
• Practical use of prioritisation frameworks (e.g. Impact vs Effort, Kano, ICE) to balance strategic and tactical delivery.
• Experience with data platform modernisation and working with emerging technologies.
• Direct experience with AWS or other cloud platforms (e.g. GCP, Azure), within organisations with a strong product culture.

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.

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.