Head of Data and Product

- Define and own the combined product and data strategy, ensuring alignment with business objectives, KPIs and the wider technology roadmap. - Lead, coach and develop the Product team (Product Specialists and Business Analysts) and Data team (Data Quality, Data Engineering, Data Science and BI) to deliver high-quality outcomes. - Work closely with the Project Management Office to sequence and manage data and product initiatives, safeguarding delivery timelines, dependencies, and overall business momentum. - Oversee the product backlog, ensuring items are well-defined, prioritised and progressed through to delivery in collaboration with development and operations. - Ensure the creation and maintenance of robust product documentation and knowledgebase content to support internal users and effective change management. - Establish and maintain data governance frameworks covering data quality, ownership, security and compliance across key data assets and platforms. - Lead the evolution of data platforms and reporting, delivering a centralised data and analytics capability that enables timely, accurate and actionable insight. - Connect data initiatives and product changes directly to business outcomes, ensuring benefits, KPIs and value are understood, tracked and communicated. - Foster strong relationships with senior stakeholders, clearly communicating roadmaps, priorities, risks and progress across both product and data portfolios.