Data Product Owner

Job Description:

Data Product Owner

Location: Flexible / Hybrid
Permanent | Full Time

Salary £45,000 - £52,000 depending on experience level.

Be at the heart of helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives.

At Bupa, our purpose is simple: helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. As a Data Product Owner, you will play a key role in shaping and delivering data products that drive insight-led decision making across our commercial, clinical, and operational teams.

Working closely with Data Business Partners, stakeholders, analysts, and engineers, you will define the vision, roadmap, and delivery of trusted data products that enable better business outcomes and enhance the experience of our customers and colleagues.

How you'll help us make health happen

As a Data Product Owner, you will:

• Define and own the vision, roadmap, and backlog for data products across Commercial and Clinical & Operational domains.
• Collaborate with Data Business Partners and stakeholders to translate business priorities into actionable data solutions.
• Lead the end-to-end delivery of dashboards, reports, and data models alongside analysts and data engineers.
• Ensure data products are governed, documented, and aligned to data quality and compliance standards.
• Monitor product performance, adoption, and impact, driving continuous improvement through feedback and analytics.
• Champion user-centred design principles to create intuitive and valuable data products.
• Manage and develop a small team of analysts, providing coaching and direction to support successful delivery.
• Act as the bridge between business and technical teams, ensuring alignment on priorities, objectives, and timelines.
• Support adoption and engagement through training, communication, and change management activities.

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role

Essential:

• Strong understanding of data modelling, data governance, and data lifecycle management.
• Experience defining product roadmaps, backlogs, and user stories.
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams, including business stakeholders, analysts, and engineers.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Experience working within Agile delivery environments and tools such as Azure DevOps or Jira.
• Experience leading, mentoring, or coaching team members.
• Knowledge of data visualisation tools such as Power BI or Tableau.

Desirable:

• Previous experience in Product Ownership or Product Management within Data, Analytics, or Business Intelligence environments.
• Experience within healthcare, clinical, or operational settings.
• Familiarity with cloud data platforms such as Snowflake.
• Relevant certifications such as Certified Scrum Product Owner, BCS Data Management, or equivalent.

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of health and wellbeing, from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and offer a range of family-friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role, you will receive the following benefits and more:

• Equivalent to 25 days holiday per year, increasing with length of service, with the option to buy or sell leave
• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
• Enhanced pension scheme and life insurance
• Annual bonus scheme
• Support with travel costs through a season ticket loan or Cycle2Work scheme
• Access to a range of other benefits and online discounts

Why Bupa?

We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose: helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We encourage diversity and welcome applications from people with a variety of backgrounds and experiences.

Please note that this role may close early should a sufficient number of applications be received.

Time Type:

Full time

Job Area:

IT

Locations:

Angel Court, London, Bupa Place