Technical Product Manager

Location: London

PermanentFull time

As a Technical Product Manager, you will be driving success of our Cloud based Enterprise Data Platform running on Azure and Microsoft Azure data Technologies. You will take accountability for the overall success and performance of the product. The role demands a focus on data management to interact with customers and guarantee the delivery of data-related requests. It will play a critical part in encouraging positive relationships with our clients and ensuring seamless communication between them and the data team.

Flexible Working Options

This role is open to flexible working patterns, these may include:

• Job share
• Flexible start and end time to each day
• Part time
• Ability to adapt calendar as needed, this could be to fit in the school run, gym, or appointments
• A 50% in-office attendance requirement can be spread across the month to accommodate diverse working patterns, such as the flexibility to purchase a weekly train ticket for certain weeks
• Compressed hours (subject to approval and policy within the team)
• Working from abroad policy (subject to approval and policy within the team)

Opportunities in Leeds

We're excited to be growing our presence in Leeds, a city we've been connected to for nearly 200 years! Our modern, accessible office in the City Centre offers a supportive, flexible working environment. The majority of roles, including this one, are now available in Leeds, giving you the chance to build a meaningful career outside of London while contributing to our mission from a dynamic and growing location. You'll work collaboratively with London-based colleagues in a hybrid model, with regular opportunities to travel into the London office to meet and connect together in person.

Want to learn more? Discover what makes our Leeds office such a dynamic place to work by visiting our Leeds page for more details.

A Day in the Role

Start your day with a team stand-up, aligning on priorities and removing blockers to keep delivery on track. You'll work closely with stakeholders to understand data-driven needs and translate them into clear, actionable plans. Partnering with engineers and architects, you'll help design and deliver scalable technical solutions that meet real business challenges.

You'll collaborate across teams and locations, contribute to strategic conversations, and play a key role in evolving our data management practices. If you're passionate about solving complex problems, driving innovation, and making a measurable impact-this is the role for you

Role Requirements

The successful candidate will be self-motivated with a desire to learn new skills and embrace new technologies in a constantly evolving environment. They will demonstrate thoroughness and attention to detail with a focus on achieving goals. Candidates should demonstrate proficiency in prioritising, meeting tight deadlines, and delivering high-quality solutions.

Minimum Criteria

We're looking for someone who has the following key skills and experience:

• Extensive experience in Data Product development on Azure Cloud stack including Databricks, Data Factory, Purview, PowerBI and APIM.
• Strong technical background, with an understanding of data management and data-related technologies, with an ability to drive engineering and architecture discussions.
• An in-depth understanding of the customer's experience, identifying and filling technical product gaps slowing down market success, whilst generating new ideas to grow adoption, improve customer experience, and quality of the products we deliver
• Understanding of consumption patterns and user journeys in the context of product usage.
• Demonstrable experience contributing to the development and implementation of data management strategy for the platform and ensuring that the platform is in line with the company's goals and objectives.
• Experience managing the cost-effectiveness of data platforms, ensuring that resources are used optimally to meet client needs.

Essential Criteria

We are interested in hearing from candidates who have the following capabilities:

• Experience establishing consensus on product visions both internally and with key external partners
• Demonstrable experience building and maintaining strong relationships with clients to ensure a positive customer experience,
• Extensive experience identifying potential opportunities for additional services or products
• Experience motivating and fostering product teams and collaborators to champion product vision, goals, strategy, and technical solution approaches taken
• Ability to manage cross-functional teams to ensure that delivery of business value to customers and business is always a priority.
• Establishing important metrics for measuring business impact with the ability to analyse and apply them in decision-making processes
• Providing Technical Growth Support for Data and Platform engineers to enable the technical growth of data platforms, including the implementation of new technologies and solutions.
• Analysing key data to identify issues and discover opportunities to improve the product
• Successful execution of data management strategies
• Delivery Management: Ensuring the timely delivery of requests from clients and the quality of the output.

Desirable Criteria

It would also be beneficial, but not necessary, to have some of the following:

• Experience working with Banking and Financial Services
• Basic understanding of Docker, Kubernetes, and Deployments to the cloud
• Ability to write application code and automated tests in alignment with team-adopted practices, fields, and quality guidelines
• Experience in unlocking commercial value from data

How this role fits into the wider Bank

This role is central to the Bank's data strategy, supporting the delivery of secure, scalable, and innovative data solutions that underpin our mission. As part of the Technology Directorate, you'll help shape the future of data management at the Bank, ensuring our platforms enable colleagues to deliver on the Bank's objectives.

Our Approach to Inclusion

The Bank values diversity, equity and inclusion. We play a key role in maintaining monetary and financial stability, and to do that effectively, we believe we need a workforce that reflects the society we serve.

At the Bank of England, we want all colleagues to feel valued and respected, so we're working hard to build an inclusive culture which supports people from all backgrounds and communities to be at their best at work. We celebrate all forms of diversity, including (but not limited to) age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation and socioeconomic status. We believe that it's by drawing on different perspectives and experiences that we'll continue to make the best decisions for the public.

We welcome applications from individuals who work flexibly, including job shares and part time working patterns. We've also partnered with external organisations to support us in making adjustments for candidates and employees in the recruitment process where they're needed.

For most roles where work can be carried out at home, we aim for colleagues to spend half of their time in the office, with a minimum of 40% per month. Subject to that minimum requirement, individuals and managers should work together to find what works best for them, their team and stakeholders.

Finally, we're proud to be a member of the Disability Confident Scheme . If you wish to apply under this scheme, you should check the box in the 'Candidate Personal Information' under the 'Disability Confident Scheme' section of the application.

Salary and Benefits Information

We encourage flexible working, part time working and job share arrangements. Part time salary and benefits will be on a pro-rated basis as appropriate.

We offer a salary as follows:

Leeds circa £80,320 - £90,360.

In addition, we also offer a comprehensive benefits package as detailed below:

• Currently a non-contributory, career average pension giving you a guaranteed retirement benefit of 1/80th of your annual salary for every year worked. There is the option to increase your pension (to 1/65th) or decrease (to 1/105th) in exchange for salary through our flexible benefits programme each year. The Bank has the discretion to vary standard accrual rates and dial up and dial down rates at any time and to withdraw dial up and dial down options at any time.
• A discretionary performance award based on a current award pool.
• An 8% benefits allowance with the option to take as salary or purchase a wide range of flexible benefits.
• 26 days' annual leave with option to buy up to 12 additional days through flexible benefits.
• Private medical insurance and income protection.

National Security Vetting Process

Employment in this role will be subject to the National Security Vetting clearance process (and typically can take between 6 to 12 weeks post offer) and the passing of additional Bank security checks in accordance with the Bank policy. Further information regarding the vetting and security clearance requirements for the role will be provided to the successful applicant, and information about how the Bank processes personal data for these purposes, is set out in the Bank's Privacy Notice .

The Bank of England welcomes applications from all candidates, but as a UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) approved sponsor, we have a responsibility to comply with the Immigration Rules and guidance. As such, our ability to employ individuals who require sponsorship for immigration purposes is limited. The Bank cannot guarantee that you and / or the role you are applying for will be eligible for sponsorship and that any application made to UKVI will be successful. Eligibility will therefore be considered on a case by case basis.

The Application Process

Important: Please ensure that you complete the 'work history' section and answer ALL the application questions fully. All candidate applications are anonymised to ensure that our hiring managers will not be able to see your personal information, including your CV, when reviewing your application details at the screening stage. It's therefore really important that you fill out the work history and application form questions, as your answers will form a critical part of the initial selection process.

This role closes on 3 December 2025.

The assessment process will comprise of two interview stages.

Please apply online, ensuring that you complete your work history and answer ALL the application questions fully and in detail as your application will not be considered if all mandatory questions are not fully completed.