Scientific Data Product Manager

Planet Pharma; Leeds; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pharmaceutical organization in the UK is seeking a Scientific Data Product Manager. In this role, you will spearhead the development of a scientific data marketplace, ensuring that high-quality, reusable information is readily available for research and development. You will work closely with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to define the vision, enhance data access, and promote best practices in data management and AI readiness, thus playing a pivotal role in advancing the organization's strategic initiatives.

Qualifications

• Strong expertise in scientific information and data management.
• Proven experience in product management for digital products.
• Understanding of emerging technologies in data science.

Responsibilities

• Define vision for scientific data marketplace supporting R&D.
• Promote data practices across the organization.
• Lead stewardship of external datasets.
• Drive data quality and metadata standards.
• Collaborate with AI teams for data readiness.

Skills

Information science

Metadata

Ontologies

Scientific knowledge systems

FAIR data principles

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder engagement

Collaborative leadership

Education

Relevant degree in Information Science or related field

Job description

Seeking a Scientific Data Product Manager to support strategic initiatives within their Scientific Information & Intelligence function. This role plays a key part in shaping and executing the organisation’s data marketplace strategy, enabling researchers and digital teams to seamlessly access external scientific information critical for R&D, AI adoption, and enterprise analytics.

The Opportunity

You’ll drive the evolution of a next-generation scientific data marketplace, enabling high-quality, FAIR-aligned, reusable information assets for scientific and business users. You’ll champion user-driven design, modern data architecture principles, and AI readiness to ensure the organisation can fully leverage its licensed external information assets.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Product Leadership

• Define and refine the vision for a scientific data marketplace supporting R&D and business operations.
• Promote data mesh, data-as-a-product and data contract principles across the organisation.
• Lead the stewardship of external published information datasets, ensuring high-quality, discoverable and compliant assets.
• Evaluate and propose new technologies to optimise data access, usability, and interoperability.

User Engagement & Design

• Partner with scientists and business users to understand workflows and information needs.
• Ensure seamless access to external data sources, enhancing scientific discovery and digital operations.
• Represent the data marketplace through demos, presentations, user feedback sessions and training.

Data Enablement & AI Readiness

• Drive data quality, metadata excellence, semantic enrichment and interoperability.
• Work closely with AI teams to ensure external data is ready for advanced analytics and LLM-based applications.
• Collaborate on enterprise metadata standards, data models, domain alignment and onboarding pathways.

Technical & Professional Requirements

• Strong expertise in information science, metadata, ontologies, scientific knowledge systems, and FAIR data principles.
• Proven experience in product management, ideally for scientific, data, or digital products.
• Familiarity with agile methodologies and cross-functional product delivery.
• Understanding of LLMs, agentic AI, and emerging scientific data technologies.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication, and collaborative leadership skills.
• Ability to thrive in a rapidly evolving R&D data landscape.