Senior Data Product Manager – Updated job at Nationwide, United Kingdom Full Time NEW

Technical Data Product Manager (Developer Experience)

Job Description

The Role We are looking for a Technical Product Manager to lead our high-scale backend ecosystems. In this role, you will treat internal engineers as your customers, ensuring technical processes are efficient, scalable, and well-documented. You will be the bridge between a robust data backbone and the developers who build upon it.

Core Responsibilities

• Identify system bottlenecks and guide the platform’s technical roadmap.

• Prioritize long-term system health (reliability and latency) alongside immediate business needs.

• Influence senior leadership to align cross-functional engineering goals.

• Develop and maintain a deep understanding of the Supply Data landscape (inventory, legal details, sanctions screening).

• Ensure data powering the business is accurate, consistent, and fit for purpose.

• Manage the data lifecycle: understand how data is created, transformed, distributed, and consumed.

• Make informed decisions regarding data integrity, ownership boundaries, and data model evolution.

Key Requirements

• Experience: 5+ years in Technical Product Management with a specific focus on Backend or DevEx.

• Technical Depth: Deep understanding of distributed systems, RESTful API design, and event-driven architecture.

• Communication: Proven ability to bridge the gap between complex business goals and engineering constraints.

• Strategy: Experience aligning roadmaps across multiple global business units.

• Mindset: Data-driven and analytical, with the ability to thrive in ambiguous environments.

Working Environment

• Hours: 37.5 per week.

• Flexibility: Hybrid working from our Manchester Campus with occasional travel

Randstad Technologies is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.