Senior Manager, Technology Product Management, Data

Sage Pub; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 78,000 - 82,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave (plus bank hols)

Hybrid working up to 2 days in office

Life assurance

Income protection

Private medical cover

Tuition scheme

Snacks and beverages

Healthy lifestyle reimbursement

Company loans

Job summary

Sage Pub is seeking a Senior Manager, Technology Product Management, Data to lead the data and analytics product portfolio. You will shape strategy, grow a team of Product Managers, and collaborate with Technology and business partners to deliver modern data platforms and analytics solutions that drive business value.

You will define the long-term roadmap, ensure alignment with priorities, and monitor success metrics while promoting an inclusive, high-performing culture across the team.

Qualifications

• Experience leading Product Managers and high-performing teams.
• Track record delivering software products, data solutions or tech platforms with measurable impact.
• Ability to define multi-year product strategies and roadmaps across complex portfolios.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the long-term vision, strategy, and roadmap for our enterprise data and analytics product portfolio.
• Lead, develop, and encourage a high-performing team of Product Managers, crafting an inclusive culture.
• Coordinate the delivery of complex, cross-functional initiatives across multiple products and teams.
• Partner with senior collaborators to build priorities, secure investment, and ensure data products deliver value.
• Lead the updating of data platforms and analytics functions to foster growth and innovation.
• Establish portfolio-level success measures using data and insight to inform decisions.
• Champion product management and Agile guidelines for continuous improvement.
• Identify emerging risks and opportunities, adapting strategy to support resilience.

Skills

People leadership

Product strategy

Enterprise data

Stakeholder management

Agile methods

Job description

Senior Manager, Technology Product Management, Data – £78,000 - £82,000 – Perm

Join us and be part of a mission-driven, independent publisher. You’ll work with a diverse group of people who share a passion for empowering researchers, educators, and institutions to shape the future.

About Sage:

Sage is a global academic publisher of books, journals, and library resources with a growing range of technologies to enable discovery, access, and engagement. Believing that research and education are critical in shaping society, Sara Miller McCune founded Sage in 1965. Today, we are controlled by a group of trustees charged with maintaining our independence and mission indefinitely.

Our guaranteed independence means we’re free to:

• Do more – supporting an equitable academic future, furthering disciplines that drive social change, and helping social and behavioural science make an impact
• Work together – building lasting relationships, championing diverse perspectives, and co-creating resources to transform teaching and learning

• Think long-term – experimenting, taking risks, and investing in new ideas

About our Team:

Our Technology Product Management team plays a central role in delivering scalable, innovative, and business-focused technology solutions. Within the Data & BI function, the team is tasked with developing and advancing our enterprise data and analytics capabilities. This effort supports improved decision-making, operational excellence, and long-term organisational growth. We work closely with Engineering, Architecture, Infrastructure, Quality Assurance, Delivery Management, and business leaders across various functions. Together, we deliver data platforms, analytics products, and modern data solutions that provide measurable value. We encourage a collaborative, inclusive environment where curiosity, innovation, and continuous improvement thrive, and diverse perspectives enable us to tackle complex challenges.

Could you be our new Senior Manager, Technology Product Management, Data? Are you?

• An experienced people leader to manage, coach, and develop Product Managers, to create an engaged, collaborative, and high-performing teams?
• A strategic Product Management professional with a proven track record of delivering software products, data solutions, or technology platforms that have generated measurable business impact?
• Skilled at defining and delivering multi-year product strategies and roadmaps across complex product portfolios, while balancing immediate delivery needs with long-term outcomes?
• Experienced in enterprise data and analytics environments, including data platforms, data warehousing or lakehouse technologies, data pipelines, BI tools, and analytics solutions?
• Knowledgeable in data governance, data quality, and data modelling, with experience establishing standards and consistent ways of working that support trusted, high-quality data?
• Someone who has successfully led large-scale data or technology transformation programmes, such as platform modernisation, replatforming, data migration, or enterprise analytics transformation?
• A confident communicator who can translate complex technical concepts into clear business outcomes and build trusted relationships with senior leaders and executive stakeholders?
• Passionate about innovation, product excellence, and continuous improvement, with strong commercial awareness and the ability to make informed investment and prioritisation decisions?

Your new role:

As Senior Manager, Technology Product Management, Data, you will provide strategic leadership across our data and analytics product portfolio. You will ensure our platforms, products, and capabilities meet current business needs and future organisational goals. You will lead and grow a team of Product Managers while guiding the vision, strategy, and modernisation of enterprise data platforms and analytics solutions. Collaborating with senior partners across Technology and the wider business, you will influence strategic direction, develop investment choices, and deliver groundbreaking results that reinforce our data-driven culture.

• Define and lead the long-term vision, strategy, and roadmap for our enterprise data and analytics product portfolio, ensuring alignment with organisational priorities and business goals.
• Lead, develop, and encourage a high-performing team of Product Managers, crafting an inclusive culture where people can thrive, grow, and do their best work.
• Coordinate the delivery of complex, cross-functional initiatives, balancing short-term priorities with long-term strategic outcomes across multiple products and teams.
• Partner with senior business and technology collaborators to build priorities, secure investment, and ensure data products deliver meaningful business value.
• Lead the advancement and updating of enterprise data platforms, analytics functions, and data services to foster future growth and innovation.
• Establish and monitor portfolio-level success measures, including benchmarks and important metrics, using data and insight to inform priorities and decision-making.
• Champion product management and Agile guidelines, encouraging continuous improvement and helping teams deliver value effectively and sustainably.
• Identify emerging risks, technology trends, and opportunities, proactively adapting strategy and plans to support organisational resilience and long-term success.

Overview of Benefits

• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) with 2 additional floating personal days.
• Hybrid working up to 2 days per week in office and a home working allowance.
• Life assurance, income protection, and travel insurance.
• Private medical cover and access to the company doctor.
• Tuition scheme and support for pursuing professional qualifications, including access to Sage books and journals.
• Variety of snacks and beverages available in the office.
• Healthy lifestyle reimbursement and anniversary trips.
• Access to Company loans (season ticket loan, rental deposit loan, cycle loan).

We’re a Disability Confident Employer (Level 1). If you’d like to apply under this scheme, please let us know in your application.

We’re committed to making our recruitment process accessible and inclusive. If you’d like to request reasonable adjustments, please email [e-mail]. Please note we only accept applications via email if an adjustment has been agreed.

Closing date for applications: Monday 16th November.
Note we have several Technology roles live at the moment. Please refrain from applying to all.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

At Sage, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and to sustaining a culture that celebrates diversity, encourages authenticity, and builds a deep sense of belonging. We encourage applications from all members of society irrespective of age, disability, sex or gender identity, sexual orientation, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, or belief as crafting value through diversity is what makes us strong.