Lead Product Manager – Data & Reporting (Retail)
Location: Leeds (Hybrid)
Employment Type: Permanent
Role Overview
We are seeking a Lead Product Manager to drive the development and evolution of a data-driven reporting portal within a retail environment. This role will play a critical part in shaping how data is delivered, consumed, and leveraged by both internal business users and external supplier partners.
As a senior product leader, you will define the vision, strategy, and roadmap for reporting and insights capabilities, ensuring the platform delivers meaningful, actionable intelligence that supports data-driven decision-making across the organisation.
Key Responsibilities
Product Strategy & Vision
- Own and define the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for the reporting portal.
- Bring clarity to the future direction of reporting, analytics, and data capabilities.
- Align the product roadmap with broader business goals and the enterprise data strategy.
- Identify opportunities to enhance value through data insights and reporting innovation.
Data & Reporting Leadership
- Champion a data-first approach, ensuring reporting and insights are central to product development.
- Work closely with data teams to define metrics, KPIs, and reporting frameworks.
- Drive improvements in how data is structured, visualised, and delivered to users.
- Ensure reporting outputs are intuitive, scalable, and aligned with user needs.
Product Delivery & Execution
- Lead cross-functional teams (engineering, data, UX, stakeholders) to deliver product enhancements.
- Manage the end-to-end product lifecycle from discovery through to delivery and optimisation.
- Prioritise backlog based on business value, user needs, and data insights.
- Ensure high-quality delivery of embedded reports within the platform.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Act as the primary point of contact for key stakeholders across commercial, operations, and supplier-facing teams.
- Collaborate with external suppliers to understand their reporting needs and improve platform usability.
- Communicate product vision, roadmap, and progress effectively at all levels.
User Experience & Insights
- Drive improvements in how users access and interact with reporting within the portal.
- Leverage user feedback, analytics, and behavioural data to continuously refine the experience.
- Ensure insights are easily accessible and support data-driven decision-making.
Key Skills & Experience
Essential
- Proven experience as a Product Manager / Lead Product Manager in a data-heavy or reporting-focused environment.
- Strong understanding of:
- Data analytics and reporting tools
- Data-driven decision-making principles
- Metrics, KPI frameworks, and dashboards
- Experience delivering data platforms, reporting portals, or insight-driven products.
- Ability to define and execute product strategy and roadmaps.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
Desirable
- Experience within the retail sector (highly preferred).
- Familiarity with supplier / partner-facing platforms.
- Knowledge of data architecture, BI tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau), and data pipelines.
- Experience working in agile product environments.
Personal Attributes
- Strategic thinker with strong analytical capability
- Highly data-driven and outcome-oriented
- Strong leadership presence with the ability to influence senior stakeholders
- Passion for improving user experience through data and insights
- Comfortable operating in ambiguity and shaping direction
What Success Looks Like
- Clear, well-defined data and reporting strategy aligned to business objectives
- Improved accessibility and usability of reporting for all users
- Increased adoption and engagement with the reporting portal
- Measurable business impact driven by better data insights and decision-making