Executive Product Manager

The Bbc; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A major broadcasting corporation in Camden Town is looking for a Product Manager to lead identity and access management services. This role involves shaping the strategy and delivering innovative solutions in a mission-driven product team. Candidates should have significant experience in product management and strong leadership skills. The position offers a competitive salary and supports flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible 35-hour working week

25 days annual leave

Defined pension scheme

Discounted healthcare and gym

Qualifications

• Proven experience in product management, especially with technical products.
• Strong leadership skills, with experience managing product managers.
• Examples of strong communication for diverse audiences.
• Track record of leading complex projects on time and budget.
• Experience setting and tracking KPIs.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coach a team of product managers.
• Drive product craft quality at all development stages.
• Shape vision and strategy for product development.
• Collaborate with various stakeholders across disciplines.
• Ensure delivery of shared platform services.

Skills

Product management

Leadership skills

Communication skills

Data-driven mindset

Job description

Overview

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

You will lead the strategy and delivery of identity and access management services through the newly formed Account Platform Group. Working closely with your engineering partner, you will shape our platform first strategy, simplify and modernise our systems, and accelerate time-to-market. You will deliver best in class account experiences for millions, work with cutting edge technologies and foster innovation to drive through audience growth.

Why join the team

You will be leading a mission-driven product team at the heart of the BBC's digital transformation, and helping to shape the future of identity across one of the UK's most trusted institutions. This pivotal role will evolve the Account Platform, powering high impact experiences that enforce our public service mission, whilst supporting opportunities for commercial and audience growth.

Your key responsibilities and impact

• Leading and coaching a team of product managers, developing product craft and capability, and supporting resource planning and recruitment.
• Driving high quality product craft at all stages of the Product Development Lifecycle with an emphasis on outcomes, data informed decision making, experimentation and continuous delivery.
• Shaping the vision and strategy and driving delivery of an ambitious roadmap that balances technical innovation, business priorities, and operational excellence.
• Collaborating closely with stakeholders in engineering, architecture, data, marketing, privacy, and product peers across Platforms and Experiences.
• Ensuring the effective delivery of shared platform services that empower Experience and GTM teams to focus on delivering user-facing value
• Evaluating and introducing tools or frameworks that enhance platform capabilities and fostering a strategic approach to build or buy decisions.
• Ensuring platform services meet the highest security and compliance standards in partnership with legal, privacy and information security teams.
• Staying abreast of industry trends in accounts and identity access management, cloud computing, machine learning, and other technologies to inform future vision and strategy.

Qualifications and requirements

• Proven experience in product management, particularly with technical products such as SaaS platforms, APIs, or enterprise-level services.
• Strong leadership skills, with experience managing or mentoring product managers and helping them grow in their careers.
• Examples of using strong communication skills, including the ability to adapt style for technical or business audiences and create compelling product narratives.
• Track record of leading complex projects, such as system migrations, digital transformations, or building scalable and reusable solutions—delivered on time and within budget.
• Data-driven mindset, with experience setting and tracking key performance indicators (KPIs), running user experiments, and using insights to improve product performance.

Desirable

• Strong technical acumen and systems thinking, with experience of cloud infrastructure and data platforms.
• Good domain knowledge of authentication standards and digital identity frameworks such as OAuth, OIDC, VCs, and so on.
• Experience with marketing and privacy regulations such as GDPR and PECR, data protection and information security best practice.

Benefits

Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.

Additional information

Excellent career and professional development. Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer. A values-based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.

Equality, diversity and belonging

We belong. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential. We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity. We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We are a disability confident employer. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process, or to carry out this role, please contact us via email and we\'d be happy to discuss.