Product Manager

**Company Description**
Ready to make a difference? Experian has evolved into a global tech company and specialized in data and analytics. We're passionate about unlocking the power of data to transform lives and create opportunities for consumers, businesses and society. We're a member of the FTSE 30 and for more than 125 years we've helped economies and communities flourish - and we're not done.

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The Product Manager, Ascend Sandbox EMAP, plays a crucial role in shaping the overarching growth strategy for our data products in the region. You will be business focused, responsible for understanding the needs of customers across the important markets and implementing product strategies. This is a strategic role and we're looking for a leader with skills to provide region-wide product leadership and long-term vision.

This role will be a member of the regional product team and lead the regional productization of Ascend Sandbox. You will report into the Head of Data, Scores and Attributes Products, EMAP.

Working at Senior levels (including the Regional EMAP Leadership team) you will lead the product strategy, the P&L success and new ideas across a broad range of geographies in the region. Scores & Attributes, built using Experian's data assets is also an important strategic growth lever for EMAP and Ascend Sandbox plays a significant role in developing, testing and deploying them. This role would also be responsible for the commercial aspects of Scores & Attributes i.e. market needs assessment, business case approvals, alignment with data strategy in markets, go to market etc.

Ascend Sandbox is the main enabler for all our data and analytics products across our markets and therefore is important to the growth of the region.

**Responsibilities**:

- Overall Product Management ownership for Ascend Sandbox at a regional level
- Develop the regional product strategy and creating the product roadmap. Defining the functional and technical requirements in collaboration with the analytics teams and building use cases per market.
- Guide P&L outcomes taking accountability for top line growth (Revenue) and bottom line (EBIT)
- Build go-to-market plans in collaboration with Market based Credit bureau teams (both local products and marketing leads) and the Software teams.
- Reporting to the Operations and EMAP Leadership teams.
- Ensure and track pipeline creation following market priorities.

Revenue
- Produce revenue forecasts following business cases, in-year and future year revenue forecasts.

P&L
- Guide cost efficiency through careful planning and through efficient use of platform infrastructure and virtual resources in order to lead lower unit costs to maximize commercial flexibility in the market.
- Manage the regional budget for Ascend Sandbox and report to the leadership.

Programme Management
- Manage the programme of Product delivery through a programme office delivering to internally and externally (customer) committed dates.
- Create and own Risk management register for product development activities

**Qualifications**
- 8+ years of Product Management in a relevant field e.g. Analytics (data science) Software, Data Products, Lending Products
- Winning with data strategies - have used data assets to create innovation and growth in data and analytics products.
- Agile Product development experience.
- Innovation processes.
- Commercial Product Management experience (Profit and Loss ownership.)
- Product Life-cycle experience.
- Commercial and cost management understanding across complex platforms in multiple geographies.

Benefits/Perks:

- Great compensation package and bonus plan
- Core benefits including Experian shares discount and wellness program
- Flexible work environment, hybrid model of teleworking
- Flexible time off including volunteer time off, personal leaves and paid holidays
- Lunch tickets
- Private Health Care

**Additional Information**
Our uniqueness is that we celebrate yours. Experian's culture and people are important differentiators. We take our people agenda very seriously and focus on what matters; DEI, work/life balance, development, authenticity, collaboration, wellness, reward & recognition, volunteering... the list goes on. Experian's people first approach is award-winning; World's Best Workplaces 2024 (Fortune Top 25), Great Place To Work in 24 countries, and Glassdoor Best Places to Work 2024 to name a few. Check out Experian Life on social or our Careers Site to understand why.

Experian is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Innovation is an important part of Experian's DNA and practices, and our diverse workf