Technical Product Lead

Whitbread PLC; Houghton Regis; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare (BUPA)

Pension 10% matched

Discounts: Premier Inn & Restaurant

Annual incentive bonus up to 20%

Job summary

Whitbread PLC in the United Kingdom is seeking a Product Lead within the Data & Analytics team to shape data products that drive business performance. The role bridges business needs and technical delivery to ensure measurable value, compliance and faster decision-making.

You will define data strategies, roadmaps and collaborate with Data Science, Engineering and BI to maximise value from tools like Power BI and Databricks, while coaching engineers and supporting stakeholder needs.

Qualifications

• Strong project management and programme management capabilities.
• Experience coordinating and delivering technical projects/programmes.
• Strong stakeholder management experience.
• Ability to develop business cases, identify opportunities and translate complex concepts into data-driven recommendations.
• Experience managing backlogs and delivering priorities through agile ways of working.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and operation of data products enabling Whitbread teams to make data-driven decisions.
• Define data strategies and build roadmaps aligned with business and data priorities.
• Drive adoption and effectiveness of data products while improving data quality and reporting accuracy.
• Collaborate with Data Science, Engineering and BI teams to maximise value from shared tools.
• Provide technical leadership and coaching to engineers and developers where required.

Skills

Project management

Programme management

Stakeholder management

Agile methodologies

Tools

Power BI

Databricks

Job description

At Whitbread, we're investing in the future of data and analytics to help drive smarter decisions, operational excellence and business performance. We're looking for aProduct Lead to join our Data & Analytics team and play a pivotal role in shaping and evolving the data products that support teams across the business.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a commercially minded data professional who can bridge the gap between business needs and technical delivery, ensuring our data products deliver measurable value, support compliance and help stakeholders make better decisions faster

Role: Product Lead

Contract Type: Full time, Permanent

Location: Whitbread Court, Dunstable

Salary: £55k-£60k depending on experience

Why You’ll Love It Here

• Healthcare: Family BUPA healthcare
• 10% matched pension
• Discounts: Up to 60% discount on Premier Inn stays and 25% discount on our Restaurant brand
• Annual Incentive of up to 20% Bonus

Check out all our benefits here: https://www.whitbreadcareers.com/about-us/benefits/

What you’ll be doing:

As a Product Lead, you'll support the development and operation of data products that enable teams across Whitbread to make data-driven decisions that improve efficiency, compliance and performance. Working closely with senior stakeholders, Heads of Department and delivery teams, you'll help define data strategies, identify opportunities for improvement and build product roadmaps that align with both business and data priorities.

You'll drive the adoption and effectiveness of data products by ensuring they continue to evolve in line with stakeholder needs, while identifying opportunities to improve data quality, reporting accuracy and business outcomes.

You'll collaborate with colleagues across Data & Analytics, including Data Science, Engineering and BI teams, championing best practice and helping maximise value from shared tools such as Power BI and Databricks. You'll also provide technical leadership, coaching and support to engineers and developers where required, helping build capability across the wider team.

What you’ll need:

• Strong project management and programme management prioritisation capabilities.
• Experience coordinating and delivering technical projects/programmes.
• Strong stakeholder management experience.
• Ability to develop business cases, identify opportunities and translate complex concepts into compelling data-driven recommendations.
• Experience managing backlogs and delivering priorities through agile ways of working.

Be part of our Technology Team at Whitbread

Through collaboration, passion and hiring the smartest minds, our Technology team builds products and services that are used by 38,000 of us at Whitbread and millions of guests. Everything from an eCommerce website that handles £2 billion in transactions per year, applications that are scalable across our 1,200 hotel and restaurants, devices that enable our teams and guests to have a seamless experience, all whilst keeping data secure. Together we’re building the hotel of the future.