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Data Product Owner

Robert Half
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Yesterday
£55,000 – £65,000 pa

Salary

£55,000 – £65,000 pa

Job Type
Permanent
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Mid
Education
Degree
Posted
2 Jun 2026 (Yesterday)

Benefits

10% on target bonus Excellent benefits
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Robert Half has partnered with a business in Birmingham to recruit for a permanent Data Product Owner to join a growing Data team. This is a newly created role, paying up to £60,000 with company bonus, excellent benefits and hybrid working. This is a business facing role requiring the candidate to be in the officeat least 2 days a week.

The Role

You will be responsible for owning and advancing all Data Products, joining a Product team that is at an early stage of maturity, where you will be the first dedicated Product Owner

You will define and execute the product strategy across data products, analytics and insight tooling - working from the group up to establish what good looks like.

Key Responsibilities

  • Define and own data product vision, strategy and roadmap
  • Identify and scope data analytics products that address business needs
  • Translate complex operational requirements into clearly defined product outcomes
  • Own and maintain data product backlog, ensuring stories are well defined
  • Drive end to end delivery of data products - data pipelines, datasets, dashboards, self-service analytics tools

About You

  • Proven experience as a Product Owner or Product Manager who can link product delivery to business value
  • Good understanding of modern product discovery and delivery practices
  • Must have experience in Data Analytics and managing data related products
  • Good understanding of BI or analytics tools.

On Offer

  • Salary up to £60,000
  • Hybrid working
  • On target bonus of up to 10%

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