Head of Data Products & Insights

Vodafone; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Vodafone VOIS is seeking a Data Products & Insights Lead to own a portfolio spanning data products, analytics, Data Science and AI outcomes within Digital Engineering, Digital & IT. Based flexibly in Newbury or Paddington, you will lead a multi-disciplinary team that turns trusted Data Platform capabilities into measurable customer, commercial and operational value.

You will be accountable for portfolio strategy, prioritisation, adoption, and lifecycle, with leadership of 5+ Senior Engineers and

Qualifications

• Significant leadership experience across data products, analytics, Data Engineering, Data Science or AI.
• Demonstrable ownership of product roadmaps, prioritisation, adoption and outcomes beyond project completion.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary technical specialists and delivery partners.
• Strong understanding of data products, management information, experimentation, model governance and production operations.

Responsibilities

• Own the Data Products & Insights strategy, roadmap and prioritised backlog, aligning investment and delivery with Product, Commercial, Operations and customer outcomes.
• Lead the discovery and qualification of use cases, clearly defining users, decisions, value hypotheses, success measures and minimum viable products before delivery begins.
• Own the adoption and full lifecycle of data products, management information, insight services and AI/ML capabilities, including production support and retirement.
• Lead a multi-disciplinary team spanning Data Engineering, Data Science and ML/AI Engineering, maintaining clear responsibilities and effective collaboration.
• Ensure product engineering uses approved platform services, contracts and architecture.
• Ensure Data Science and AI solutions are valid, governed, measurable and ready for reliable production operation.

Skills

Data products leadership

Product roadmaps ownership

Cross-functional leadership

Data analytics

AI governance

Tools

Google Cloud Platform

Data contracts

Job description

Vodafone VOIS is seeking a Data Products & Insights Lead to own a portfolio spanning data products, analytics, Data Science and AI outcomes within Digital Engineering, Digital & IT. Based flexibly in Newbury or Paddington, you will lead a multi-disciplinary team that turns trusted Data Platform capabilities into measurable customer, commercial and operational value.

You will be accountable for portfolio strategy, prioritisation, adoption, and lifecycle, with leadership of 5+ Senior Engineers and