Director of Data Products
London · 3+ years experience · Full-time · Hybrid · Posted Oct 7, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 3+ years experience
- Employment
- Full-time
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Location
- London
About the role
- The Director of Data Products will own the platform, tools, and self-serve data layer to ensure data is accessible and actionable for the entire organization.
- This leadership role involves managing a team of analytics engineers and developers while driving the strategy for how data and AI are leveraged across the business.
- The position reports to the VP of Data & Insight and holds a seat in company-wide planning and governance forums.
Responsibilities
- Manage the platform, products, and self-serve layer used by approximately 800 employees.
- Define and execute the direction for data tooling and infrastructure.
- Curate the semantic layer to cover core business concepts, data, and metrics.
- Embed governance, including quality, definitions, stewardship, and access control, into the data platform.
- Lead the Data & Insight operational planning process, including scoping and resourcing quarterly projects.
- Represent the Data & Insight team in company-wide planning and governance forums.
- Establish standards, playbooks, and best practices for scoping, handoffs, and documentation.
- Manage a team of 8 analytics engineers and developers, including 1:1s, development, and hiring.
- Foster a high-performance team culture focused on accountability and continuous improvement.
- Track and improve operational metrics such as project velocity and self-serve adoption.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in data, analytics, or technical operations.
- 3+ years of experience managing and developing technical teams such as analytics engineers or BI developers.
- Evidenced use of AI to make a measurable difference in organizational data usage or team operations.
- Track record of making data genuinely self-serve in a complex or scaling organization.
- Experience with governance, including quality, definitions, stewardship, and access control.
- Experience owning operational planning for a data team, including capacity and prioritization.
- Ability to build credibility with senior stakeholders and translate complex plans for diverse audiences.
- Strong organizational and detail-oriented skills with the ability to work in ambiguity.
Benefits
- 27 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays
- 1 life event day
- 2 volunteer days
- 2 company-wide wellbeing days
- Private medical insurance with Bupa
- Medical cashback scheme
- Life insurance
- Gym membership and wellness resources through Wellhub
- Mental health support through Spill
- Work-from-anywhere scheme for up to 10 days per year
Workplace
- Hybrid work offering with collaboration in the office three days per week.
Skills
- Technical Operations
- AI
- Asana
- Jira
- Claude
- APIs
- MCPs
