Job Description
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PACKAGE DESCRIPTION
Job Reference: 20912
Band: F
Salary: £110,000 - £120,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience, plus London Weighting Allowance of £5,319 plus 25% bonus
The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Location: Office Base is London: (This is a hybrid role and the successful candidate will balance office working with home working)
ABOUT BBC STUDIOS
BBC Studios is a world-renowned content studio and channels & streaming business, powered by British creativity, with a reach that touches audiences in every corner of the globe.
We work with outstanding creative talent who are responsible for platform-defining shows from Strictly Come Dancing to Bluey, Prehistoric Planet to Planet Earth III.
The range and quality of our content is unsurpassed, creating critical and commercial successes and global phenomena.
From BAFTAs to RTS Awards, BBC Studios is Britain's most awarded production company and the only producer with three of the top ten shows on IMDB; we're the home of bbc.com, the widest-read English language news website in the world; and the UK's largest distributor of British content.
ABOUT STUDIOS PRODUCT GROUP
Studios Product Group is a growing function dedicated to crafting and delivering exceptional, customer-centric products. Our collective drive fuels growth and operational excellence at BBC Studios. United in our commitment to quality, we relentlessly strive to surpass customer expectations, adapt to and lead change, and help shape the future of our business.
Our portfolio is diverse and fully focused on supporting our global business, whether that be direct to consumer offerings or tools that support our teams internally. Our products include a number of marquee brands including BBC.COM, Top Gear and Bluey.
THE ROLE
We are looking for a strategic, outcome focused Head of Product to elevate and align our product management capabilities across a diverse portfolio of products spanning Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) and Business-to-Business (B2B) markets. This role requires a deep understanding of product operating models and experience transitioning teams from feature-led development to an outcome-driven approach.
The Head of Product will balance shaping how we serve and simplify experiences for our B2B customers with identifying opportunities for cross-product commonality in our D2C products. They will also help drive the evolution of our product organisation, embedding a culture of customer and business outcome delivery rather than output focus.
This is an influential leadership role with significant autonomy to shape the product function and its processes to meet business objectives effectively.
Role Responsibility:
Strategic Leadership:
* Collaborate with business stakeholders to define and embed a product operating model that aligns strategy, execution, and outcomes.
* Shape the B2B portfolio by enabling the team to deliver automation, process simplification, and operational maturity to better serve customers, users and business stakeholders.
* Identify and champion opportunities for commonality and shared components within the D2C space, fostering efficiencies without disrupting go-to-market strategies.
* Lead the transition from a feature-driven to an outcome-driven approach, ensuring product teams prioritise business and customer impact over output.
Team Leadership & Coaching:
* Lead a team of direct reports, mentoring and growing the Product team, ensuring they thrive in a high-performing, customer-centric environment.
* Tailor coaching to varying levels of product management experience, helping team members develop their skills in defining and measuring success based on outcomes rather than deliverables.
* Instill a mindset shift within the team, guiding them to think in terms of business value, customer needs, and measurable success over feature completion.
Portfolio Optimisation:
* Evaluate the portfolio holistically, identifying synergies, gaps, and opportunities to scale capabilities effectively.
* Partner with teams to deliver coherent, value-driven outcomes, addressing the unique needs of individual products while aligning with overall business goals.
* Implement frameworks that track progress towards business and customer objectives, ensuring product teams are equipped to measure and iterate based on impact.
Stakeholder Engagement:
* Build strong relationships, acting as a trusted advisor for product-led decision-making.
* Facilitate collaboration between business leaders, product teams, and other functional areas to align product success with organisational goals.
* Advocate for and communicate the shift towards an outcome-driven approach, ensuring stakeholders understand and support the evolution of product management within the organisation.
Functional Autonomy:
* Shape and refine product management processes, frameworks, and best practices to ensure efficiency, scalability, and suitable autonomy to evolve the function.
* Establish impact-driven metrics to track product management effectiveness and continuously improve delivery outcomes.
* Embed structured ways of working that promote experimentation, learning, and adaptation in line with business objectives.
KEY CRITERIA
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA
* Proven experience leading a product organisation through a transition from feature-led delivery to an outcome-driven approach.
* Experience designing and implementing product operating models that enable strategic alignment and execution across complex portfolios.
* In-depth understanding and experience of product management principles, including product discovery, roadmap development, and value-driven delivery.
* Experience managing a team to foster a high-performing, customer-centric culture and tailoring coaching approaches to meet individual team needs.
* Ability to evaluate and optimise diverse product portfolios, balancing individual product needs with opportunities for scalability and shared solutions.
* Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills, with the ability to act as a trusted advisor to the stakeholder network.
* Expertise in defining and leveraging metrics to measure the success of product outcomes, drive continuous improvement, and demonstrate business value.
DESIRABLE CRITERIA
* Experience in advancing product management practices and frameworks within a multifaceted organisational environment.
* Experience fostering collaboration across departments to align product outcomes with broader business objectives.
* Expertise in influencing and shaping product strategy in alignment with organisational goals.
* Strong change management experience to support teams and stakeholders in adopting an outcome-based approach.
LIFE AT BBC STUDIOS
We don't focus simply on what we do - we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you've read about our values and behaviours here.
The BBC is committed to building a culturally diverse workforce, that represents the audiences we serve, and encourages applications from candidates from any background, especially people from diverse communities. Equity of opportunity is important to us, and we endeavour to make our processes equal, fair and meritocratic for everybody. More information on our D&I plan can be found here.
BBC Studios puts sustainability at the heart of everything we do both onscreen and offscreen, including delivering against the BBC Group's science-based Net Zero targets. More information on sustainability at BBC Studios can be found here.
We are proud to share that we are a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and if you require any reasonable adjustments in order to apply please contact us on reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk.
WHAT YOU WILL GAIN FROM WORKING AT BBC STUDIOS
* We offer a competitive salary package
* Flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance
* 26 days holiday (plus an additional day which is a Corporation Day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days
* A defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more
* Excellent career progression - access to courses, webinars, workshops and the opportunity to work in different areas of the organisation
NEXT STEPS
We appreciate your interest in this position and understand how important this opportunity is to you. Due to the high volume of interest we may need to close the application period earlier than anticipated. This step is necessary to ensure we can provide a high level of attention and service to all applicants. Thank you for your understanding.
Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.
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