Lead Product Manager

YouGov's Data Strategy team sits at the intersection of product innovation, data science, and commercial strategy, transforming YouGov's rich data assets into market-leading products that help organisations understand consumer attitudes and behaviour. We are a high-impact team that operates across YouGov's global network, partnering closely with engineering, data science, research, and commercial teams to bring new data products to market at scale. Our team drives the development and growth of scalable data products across YouGov's global business.

As Lead Product Manager, Data Products, you will own and evolve one of YouGov's flagship syndicated data products, BrandIndex. Reporting to the VP of Data Strategy, you will be responsible for product strategy, roadmap delivery, product performance, and commercial success. You will identify opportunities to improve data quality, expand capabilities, and create greater value for customers while ensuring the product remains competitive, scalable, and aligned to business priorities.

You Will:

Product Lifecycle Management

• Own the full product lifecycle, from discovery and validation through to launch, optimisation, and retirement.

• Define product requirements, success measures, and go-to-market plans for new product initiatives.

• Monitor product performance and KPIs, using customer, usage, and commercial data to drive prioritisation and continuous improvement.

• Partner with commercial teams to ensure effective product positioning, packaging, and adoption.

Product Strategy & Roadmap

• Develop and maintain the product roadmap, translating strategic priorities into clear deliverables and measurable outcomes.

• Identify growth opportunities, market trends, and customer needs to inform product development and investment decisions.

• Build business cases and recommendations to support prioritisation and portfolio decisions.

• Act as the product owner for BrandIndex, making informed decisions on product design, methodology, and evolution.

Stakeholder Engagement & Delivery

• Build strong relationships across product, engineering, data science, research, marketing, and commercial teams.

• Lead cross-functional delivery, balancing business needs, technical constraints, and customer requirements.

• Communicate product strategy, priorities, risks, and trade-offs to stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership.

• Serve as a subject matter expert on BrandIndex across the organisation.

Customer & Market Intelligence

• Gather and synthesise customer, market, and competitive insights to identify product opportunities and improvements.

• Maintain awareness of developments in market research, consumer insights, data products, and emerging technologies.

• Ensure customer needs remain central to product decisions and roadmap priorities.

Technical Knowledge & Expertise

• Strong product management experience within data, analytics, SaaS, or technology-led environments.

• Excellent understanding of product strategy, roadmap planning, prioritisation, and product lifecycle management.

• Ability to work effectively with engineering, data science, research, and commercial stakeholders to deliver scalable solutions.

• Strong analytical skills, with experience using customer, product, and commercial data to support decision-making.

• Experience within market research, consumer insights, media measurement, or adjacent sectors is advantageous.

• Understanding of data privacy, governance, and regulatory considerations relevant to data products.

Behavioural Skills & Competencies

• Strategic thinker with a strong balance of commercial awareness and execution focus.

• Effective influencer, able to build alignment across stakeholders and functions.

• Excellent communicator, capable of simplifying complex concepts for diverse audiences.

• Comfortable managing ambiguity and driving progress in fast-moving environments.

• Collaborative, customer-focused, and outcome-oriented.

You Have:

• 7-10+ years' experience in product management, including several years operating at a senior or lead level within data products, analytics, or technology businesses.

• Proven track record of delivering product roadmaps from concept through launch and ongoing enhancement.

• Experience working with global, cross-functional teams and influencing senior stakeholders.

• Experience in market research, consumer insights, media measurement, adtech, or related data environments is advantageous.

• Degree-level education in Business, Social Science, Data Science, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline; an MBA or advanced technical qualification is advantageous.

• Recognised internally as a subject matter expert in their field, with a track record of providing thought leadership that has shaped product direction.

This is a fully remote vacancy based in the UK

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Understanding diversity of opinion requires diversity of background. Although our global panel of millions of people worldwide powers our research, our biggest asset is our people. If our research is to be truly representative of what the world thinks, we need people from all walks of life to be part of the team to bring their perspective to the work we do.

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