MPI requires a Head of Product (data platform) for our client based in London

Rate: £690.00 Umbrella per day

Duration: aprox. 4 months

Hybrid: 2 days per week in the office

Working Hours: Monday - Friday, 9am-5pm, 35 hours per week

Interview process: remote, via TEAMs, most likely 1 stage, but 2nd stage possible

Key responsibilities:

* Defines, develops and communicates innovative strategy and plan that delivers on business goals for a full-scale product/service/platform. Aligns strategy with editorial teams. Leads technology decisions that create a robust technical foundation

* Leads the process that achieves product definition, engineering delivery, excellence and refines as necessary. Embeds process across teams. Prioritises within product to address delivery escalations and negotiates priorities with other product teams. Defines delivery priorities within an 18-month window.

* Works across organisations and divisions to build product plans, address issues and manage stakeholders' expectations. Acts as official product lead for a product.

* Engages with the industry through conferences, panels and standards boards to influence and align strategy with product goals. Builds close relationships with partners to define roadmap and escalation management. Keeps informed of industry trends.

* Leads processes, plans and best practice. Recognised as the product expert and key influencer in product category.

* Manages a team of line managers which may include product management, development, testing, and user experience to define roadmaps and deliver product.

* Supports senior individuals to achieve their potential.

* Builds a high performing team. Achieves organisational goals while meeting assigned budget.

* Anticipates future budget and adjusts it as needed to achieve business goals.

* Manages external spend targets for the product

Essential

* Experience building internal platforms and shared services—not just end-user features.

* Proven experience owning and scaling event-driven data platforms

* Strong technical fluency and ability to partner deeply with engineering/architecture on platform architecture and data infrastructure.

* Experience in large-scale, matrixed organisations operating and delivering against high-volume, mission-critical data systems

* Adept at balancing technical depth with product strategy and long-term platform vision.

* Significant Experience of managing and developing products and services - including defining product roadmaps, product development, product life-cycle management, managing stakeholders , implementing long-term plans and applying market/audience/industry knowledge (where appropriate).

* Experience of writing and evaluating product specifications, proposals and reports.

* Experience of managing multi-disciplinary teams within an agile environment and an in-depth knowledge of agile delivery principles, quality software engineering processes and practices.

* Ability to plan and forecast product budget and deliver within that budget.

* Significant experience of appropriate technologies relevant to delivery of product/service/platform and selection of appropriate technology for task.

* Ability to understand and prioritise the needs of the product's users - either audience members, editorial or development teams.

* Experience of managing a large team (c.20-60) to deliver a large, high profile, strategic product/service/platform for a large new media organisation