Head of Data Product Management

Company profile

Our client is a big e-commerce company which is undergoing a significant transformation, elevating data to a core foundation for innovation, operational excellence, and future growth. They are moving towards a "data-as-a-product" model, emphasizing clear ownership, lifecycle management, and embedded governance.

To drive this evolution, we're seeking a visionary Head of Data Product Management. This senior leadership role will be instrumental in defining and executing the data product strategy, ensuring data assets are reliable, reusable, and governed. You'll lead a dedicated team, championing best practices and fostering a culture where trusted data empowers faster, smarter decisions.

If you're a strategic change leader passionate about bridging business, technology, and data governance, and ready to build a world-class data product discipline, we want to hear from you!

Job profile

You will report to the director of data, analytics and AI, and will manage multiple data product managers (with expected growth in span of management).

• Strategic Ownership of Data Products: Take full ownership of the enterprise data product strategy, continuously evolving it to align with the company's DA&AI and overall product direction.
• Cultivate and Lead Data Product Talent: Build, support, and scale a high-performing team of Data Product Managers responsible for a portfolio of domain and cross-domain data products.
• Uphold Data Product Excellence: Define and implement robust standards for data product quality, accessibility, lifecycle management, security, and regulatory compliance.
• Strategic Prioritization for Reusability: Drive the strategic prioritization of high-value, reusable data products, thereby reducing duplication and enhancing efficiency across domains.
• Embed Data Product Mindset: Proactively embed data product management best practices—including vision setting, roadmapping, defining contracts, ensuring adoption, and managing lifecycles—across all Tech & Data teams.
• Key Advisor on Data & AI: Act as a critical senior strategic partner to the Director of Data, Analytics & AI and other leaders, offering insights and guidance on data and AI enablement.
• Orchestrate Stakeholder Alignment: Ensure effective and productive collaboration with essential teams including Data Platform & Engineering, Data Stewards, Enterprise Architecture, and Product Management.
• Drive Organizational Evolution: Spearhead change management initiatives and foster capability development within the dynamic data product organization.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in product leadership roles, preferably within complex organizations.
• A combination of data and product management experience.
• Proven experience leading data-as-a-product initiatives or large-scale data product transformations within complex organizations.
• Ability to blend strategic vision with practical execution and demonstrate strong people leadership.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguous environments and shaping new operating models.
• Possess a robust product mindset specifically applied to data, platforms, and analytics.
• Deep understanding of data governance, compliance, and quality, with the ability to integrate them effectively without hindering team progress.
• Skilled in executive-level influence and aligning stakeholders across diverse domains and disciplines.
• Demonstrated strategic thinking capability, with the ability to differentiate between critical priorities and secondary matters.
• Experience within a tech-driven organization is a plus.

Offer

A great temp-to-perm position in Utrecht with hybrid working possible. The salary range for this role is between €10.000 - €11.000 gpm based on 40h per week. Start date is asap, initially till the end of 2026. After that, you will receive a direct contract with the client.

How we'll proceed. Within four working days we will let you know if you qualify for the position. We will schedule an introductory interview, either digitally or in-person. During this interview we will inform you as fully as possible about the vacancy, the company and the following steps in the procedure. After consulting with you, we will introduce you to our client and then continue to guide you through the application process. The Independent Recruiters Group has a large team of specialized recruiters. Each recruiter has a strong focus on their own area of expertise. This makes them the ideal sparring partner for both the candidate and the client.