Lead Product Manager

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