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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Head of Data Product Management - **Company:** Talentor - **Location:** Utrecht, Netherlands - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** €833.0 - €917.0 - **Contract:** Temporary to permanent - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, Big Data, Data Governance, Data Infrastructure, Digital Assets, Data Management, Dynamic Data - **Published:** June 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://talentor.com/job/10871-head-of-data-product-management ## About the Role Requirements Head of Data Product Management * 7+ years of experience in product leadership roles, preferably within complex organizations. * A combination of data and product management experience. * Proven experience leading data-as-a-product initiatives or large-scale data product transformations within complex organizations. * Ability to blend strategic vision with practical execution and demonstrate strong people leadership. * Comfortable operating in ambiguous environments and shaping new operating models. * Possess a robust product mindset specifically applied to data, platforms, and analytics. * Deep understanding of data governance, compliance, and quality, with the ability to integrate them effectively without hindering team progress. * Skilled in executive-level influence and aligning stakeholders across diverse domains and disciplines. * Demonstrated strategic thinking capability, with the ability to differentiate between critical priorities and secondary matters. * Experience within a tech-driven organization is a plus. ## Description Our client is a big e-commerce company which is undergoing a significant transformation, elevating data to a core foundation for innovation, operational excellence, and future growth. They are moving towards a "data-as-a-product" model, emphasizing clear ownership, lifecycle management, and embedded governance. To drive this evolution, we're seeking a visionary Head of Data Product Management. This senior leadership role will be instrumental in defining and executing the data product strategy, ensuring data assets are reliable, reusable, and governed. You'll lead a dedicated team, championing best practices and fostering a culture where trusted data empowers faster, smarter decisions. If you're a strategic change leader passionate about bridging business, technology, and data governance, and ready to build a world-class data product discipline, we want to hear from you!, You will report to the director of data, analytics and AI, and will manage multiple data product managers (with expected growth in span of management). * Strategic Ownership of Data Products: Take full ownership of the enterprise data product strategy, continuously evolving it to align with the company's DA&AI and overall product direction. * Cultivate and Lead Data Product Talent: Build, support, and scale a high-performing team of Data Product Managers responsible for a portfolio of domain and cross-domain data products. * Uphold Data Product Excellence: Define and implement robust standards for data product quality, accessibility, lifecycle management, security, and regulatory compliance. * Strategic Prioritization for Reusability: Drive the strategic prioritization of high-value, reusable data products, thereby reducing duplication and enhancing efficiency across domains. * Embed Data Product Mindset: Proactively embed data product management best practices-including vision setting, roadmapping, defining contracts, ensuring adoption, and managing lifecycles-across all Tech & Data teams. * Key Advisor on Data & AI: Act as a critical senior strategic partner to the Director of Data, Analytics & AI and other leaders, offering insights and guidance on data and AI enablement. * Orchestrate Stakeholder Alignment: Ensure effective and productive collaboration with essential teams including Data Platform & Engineering, Data Stewards, Enterprise Architecture, and Product Management. * Drive Organizational Evolution: Spearhead change management initiatives and foster capability development within the dynamic data product organization. ## Related Videos - [Data Science in Retail](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/586-data-science-in-retail) - [HR Tech: An Essential Ingredient for Tech-Driven Business Transformation](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1482-hr-tech-an-essential-ingredient-for-tech-driven-business-transformation) - [Alibaba Big Data and Machine Learning Technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/37-alibaba-big-data-and-machine-learning-technology) - [Dynamic Entities in .NET: Building Low-Code Systems on Top of Entity Framework Core](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100218-dynamic-entities-in-net-building-low-code-systems-on-top-of-entity-framework-core) - [The Innovation Formula: Fast Prototyping, Data Analysis, and Real User Insights](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1421-the-innovation-formula-fast-prototyping-data-analysis-and-real-user-insights) - [Gut Feeling Is Dead: Talent Intelligence Drives Workforce Planning](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1798-gut-feeling-is-dead-talent-intelligence-drives-workforce-planning) ## Related Articles - [Best Companies in the Netherlands: Top 25 Companies in 2023 ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/193-best-companies-in-the-netherlands-top-25-companies-in-2023) - [Coffee with Developers - Maria Apazoglou - Making AI understandable for all in production](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/475-coffee-with-developers-maria-apazoglou-making-ai-understandable-for-all-in-production) - [The Netherlands – Europe’s powerhouse for software development?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/31-the-netherlands-europe-s-powerhouse-for-software-development) - [Software Developer Salary in The Netherlands [2023]](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/217-software-developer-salary-in-the-netherlands-2023) - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market) - [The Biggest German Tech Companies](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/424-the-biggest-german-tech-companies)