Senior Data Product Manager – EPH Digital Products

Jobtailor; Oxford; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Elsevier in Oxford is seeking a Senior Product Manager to own a defined area of the Enterprise Product Hub, focusing on digital product data attributes and lifecycle for publishing across A&G, Health and Corporate Markets.

You will collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into specs, drive AI-assisted delivery, coach analysts, and shape the roadmap with measurable outcomes. The role builds cross-functional partnerships and ensures data governance and onboarding.

Qualifications

• Clear, well-constrained requirements and specifications are essential.
• Interest in AI-assisted delivery methods.
• Experience owning a product or workstream end-to-end.
• Ability to prioritise under ambiguity.
• Evidence of coaching junior or mid-level analysts.

Responsibilities

• Own a defined area of the Enterprise Product Hub, focusing on digital product data attributes.
• Lead greenfield build of a digital product lifecycle solution for publishing digital data across markets.
• Engage stakeholders to elicit requirements and translate them into actionable specs.
• Capture business value and prioritise work by outcomes and benefits.
• Make prioritisation and scope decisions across maintenance, programme delivery, and roadmap trade-offs.
• Build relationships across business and engineering teams; drive adoption and documentation.
• Shape roadmap priorities, success metrics and long-term planning.
• Represent EPH in cross-team decisions.

Skills

Requirements Writing

Data Governance

Stakeholder Management

Coaching and Development

Adaptability

Curiosity

Leadership

Tools

MDM Platform

Job description

• Own a defined area of the Enterprise Product Hub product estate, focused on digital product data attributes
• Lead the greenfield build of a digital product lifecycle solution for publishing digital product data across A&G, Health and Corporate Markets
• Engage direct and indirect stakeholders to elicit requirements and translate them into actionable specifications from concept through live release
• Capture and articulate business value and prioritise work based on outcomes and benefit to Elsevier
• Make prioritisation and scope decisions across maintenance, programme delivery and longer-term roadmap trade-offs
• Build relationships across business and engineering teams
• Manage internal consumers through adoption, training, guidance and documentation
• Write clear, testable requirements supporting Spec-Driven Development and AI-assisted delivery
• Coach and develop junior and mid-level analysts, support onboarding and contribute to recruitment
• Shape roadmap priorities, success measures and long-term planning
• Contribute to data governance, system onboarding, and data and data-flow documentation
• Represent EPH's position in cross-team decisions

Requirements

• Experience writing clear, well-constrained requirements and specifications
• Genuine interest in adapting practice to AI-assisted delivery methods
• Track record of operating independently and owning a product or workstream end-to-end
• Ability to make prioritisation and scope decisions under ambiguity
• Curiosity and sound judgement
• Ability to work effectively from incomplete information and adapt to changing priorities
• Proven senior stakeholder management experience across business and engineering teams in complex, multi-stakeholder environments
• Deep knowledge of data management practices, ideally encompassing master data management (MDM), data governance and metadata management
• Practical experience with an MDM platform is advantageous
• Demonstrated experience coaching and developing junior or mid-level analysts
• Product management or product owner experience, or familiarity with academic publishing or large federated enterprise MDM environments, would be beneficial

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in product management and data governance, with a strong focus on writing clear requirements and specifications. Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage stakeholder relationships in complex environments.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Product Management Experience
• Data Management Practices
• Stakeholder Management
• Specification Writing
• Coaching and Development

Hard Skills

• Requirements Writing
• Data Governance
• Master Data Management (MDM)
• Metadata Management
• AI-Assisted Delivery Methods

Soft Skills

• Curiosity
• Sound Judgement
• Adaptability

Industry Keywords

• Digital Product Lifecycle
• Enterprise Product Hub
• Academic Publishing
• Federated Enterprise MDM

Tools & Technologies

• MDM Platform