Senior Product Manager, Notifications

BBC Studios Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media organization is seeking a Product Manager to enhance their notifications platform. This role involves developing the product strategy, leading collaborative teams, and ensuring data-driven decisions impact audience experiences positively. Candidates should have notable product management experience, strong communication skills, and the ability to work in a multidisciplinary setting. Offering a competitive salary and flexible work arrangements, this position provides the opportunity to make a significant impact on how audiences engage with content.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible working hours

25 days annual leave

Defined pensions scheme

Discounted health care

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience as a product manager in a multidisciplinary squad.
• Proven experience shaping product strategy and roadmaps in a complex digital environment.
• Ability to work collaboratively with engineering, product analytics, and design teams.

Responsibilities

• Champion the product vision, translating BBC-wide strategic priorities into actionable product roadmaps.
• Lead the product lifecycle focusing on scalable, user-centric capabilities.
• Define and measure success, focusing on engagement and audience experience.

Skills

Product management experience

Strong communication skills

Collaborative skills

Data-driven decision making

Job description

London, GBR, W1A 1AA
| Salford, GBR, M50 2HQ

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: Product Group – Marketing Technology
LOCATION: Salford or London, hybrid
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: Up to £78,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

Notifications are one of the most powerful ways we connect audiences with the BBC’s content — in the moments that matter most. As Product Manager, you’ll lead the strategy and evolution of the BBC’s centralised notifications platform, enabling teams across News, Sport, iPlayer, Sounds, Children’s, Weather and more to reach millions with timely, relevant and trusted updates. You’ll use experimentation, insight and cross-discipline collaboration to create data-driven, audience-first capabilities that make every interaction meaningful. Your work will help ensure our products feel connected, personal and effortless — supporting the BBC’s public mission while advancing our digital transformation.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

It’s a great time to join the Notifications team, as we define and shape how the BBC powers personalised experiences through shared services reaching audiences across all products. We’re a cross-functional, data-driven group that thrives on craft and curiosity — bringing together engineers, designers, analysts, marketers and editorial partners to experiment, learn and deliver responsibly at scale. You’ll join a collaborative, mission-led environment where good design, robust technology and clear strategy combine to make a tangible difference in how people experience the BBC every day.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT

• Product Evolution: Champion the product vision, translating BBC-wide strategic priorities into actionable product roadmaps.
• Drive Scalable Product Design: Lead the product lifecycle with a focus on building scalable, user-centric capabilities that grow with the organisation and adapt to emerging technology.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with engineering, UX, analytics, data science, marketing and editorial stakeholders to gather requirements, assess value, and prioritise initiatives that align with organisational goals.
• Product Leadership: Leverage your product skills to make data-informed decisions, evaluate trade-offs, and communicate effectively across multi-disciplinary teams.
• Outcome Driven: Define and measure success, focusing on engagement, retention, and the meaningful impact of notifications on audience experience.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• Demonstrable experience as a product manager in a multidisciplinary squad.
• Proven experience shaping product strategy and roadmaps in a complex digital environment.
• Ability to work collaboratively with engineering, product analytics, and design teams.
• Examples of strong communication skills, demonstrating the ability to influence at all levels.
• Demonstrable experience examples of managing competing priorities and delivering to agreed outcomes.
• Understanding of platform architecture and data-driven decision making with a strong experimenting mindset.

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED:

• Familiarity with notifications and similar customer-facing communication channels and workflows.
• Experience in public service or mission-driven organisations.
• Understanding of ethical considerations in customers’ data, privacy and AI.
• Knowledge of BBC products and services.
• Experience working in a highly regulated environment.

If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

Disclaimer

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

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.

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.

Information at a Glance

This is your BBC

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Life at BBC

• Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pensions scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
• Excellent career and professional development.
• Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer.
• A values-based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.

Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis or on an orchestra conditions contract.

Learn more about life at the BBC and our values in our candidate pack.

Candidate pack

You belong

We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual’s unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

Find out more about diversity, inclusion and belonging in our strategy below.

Disability confident

We are a disability confident employer. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process, or to carry out this role, please contact us via email and we’d be happy to discuss: [e-mail]

BBC Group and Public Services, Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, United Kingdom, W1A 1AA. BBC Studios Distribution Limited, company no: 01420028, registered address: 1 Television Centre, 101 Wood Lane, London, United Kingdom W12 7FA.