Burberry Senior Manager, Data Products and Governance

About Burberry

Burberry Limited, a quintessentially British luxury fashion house, is renowned for its innovative designs and commitment to quality. As part of the global luxury conglomerate, Burberry offers a dynamic and inclusive work environment where creativity and excellence are at the forefront. The company is dedicated to fostering a culture that encourages diversity and sustainability, making it a leader in the luxury industry.

Role & Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Data Products and Governance capability, line-managing five Data Product Managers and the Data Governance Manager; oversee performance, capability development, succession and resource allocation.
• Define and maintain Burberry’s data product management operating model and lifecycle, covering discovery, vision, roadmaps, prioritisation, launch, adoption, improvement and retirement.
• Ensure the enterprise data product portfolio is coherent, with each product addressing a clear business problem or opportunity and having target users, a business sponsor, measurable outcomes, a roadmap and clear ownership.
• Coach and challenge Data Product Managers to discover user needs, define product outcomes, translate needs into clear requirements and acceptance criteria, maintain healthy, prioritised backlogs and make evidence-based trade-offs.
• Lead portfolio-level demand shaping and prioritisation with Enterprise Data leadership, Data Engineering and Platforms, and Delivery, balancing strategic alignment, business value, risk, dependencies and available engineering capacity.
• Ensure Product Managers partner effectively with Delivery Managers or Scrum Masters and engineering leads; Product Management owns the what and why, while Delivery and Engineering lead execution, flow and technical implementation.
• Establish product performance and value management using measures such as adoption, usage, business outcomes, data quality, reliability and stakeholder satisfaction to guide investment, improvement, consolidation and retirement decisions.
• Partner with business leaders to build sponsorship and business ownership, resolve competing priorities and promote reusable enterprise data products and common definitions over duplicated point solutions.
• Own Burberry’s enterprise data governance framework with the Data Governance Manager, including policies, standards, ownership and stewardship roles, governance forums and operating rhythms.
• Embed governance by design across the data product lifecycle, including data quality, catalogue, business glossary, metadata, lineage, classification, access, privacy, security and regulatory requirements, in partnership with Risk and Cyber Security.
• Provide portfolio and governance reporting to Enterprise Data leadership and relevant forums, covering product roadmaps, value and adoption, data quality and governance maturity, key decisions, risks, dependencies and improvement priorities.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading data product management, digital product management or data and analytics product teams within a complex, multi-function organisation.
• Strong understanding of product management practices, including discovery, user needs, product vision, roadmaps, prioritisation, outcome definition, adoption, value measurement and lifecycle management.
• Experience operating a data product model in which Product Managers work with cross-functional engineering and delivery squads in an Agile or product-led environment.
• Strong understanding of data governance and data management, including ownership and stewardship, data quality, metadata, lineage, business glossaries, catalogue management and governance operating models.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritise a portfolio of competing data demands and make transparent trade-offs based on strategic alignment, business value, risk, dependencies and capacity.
• Strong people leadership experience, including coaching and developing Product Managers and data management or governance professionals within a matrix organisation.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders at VP or Director level, establish accountability without direct authority and translate business priorities into clear data product outcomes.
• Strong understanding of the modern data and analytics landscape, including how data products connect to data platforms, engineering, architecture, BI and visualisation, AI, privacy and security.
• Effective communicator across business and technical settings, able to simplify complex data concepts, facilitate prioritisation decisions and communicate product value and governance requirements clearly.

Skills

Culture

Burberry fosters a creative and inclusive workplace culture that values diversity and sustainability. The company is committed to being a force for good, driving industry change and championing community engagement.

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