Product Delivery Lead - Data & Analytics Services

The Role & Key Responsibilities

Job Title : Product Delivery Lead - Data & Analytics

Location : Peterborough (Hybrid)

Are you an experienced Product Delivery Lead with a passion for delivering innovative data and analytics solutions that create real business value? Do you thrive in fast-paced, Agile environments, bringing together cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality products that support business transformation?

Our Data & Analytics Services team is looking for a Product Delivery Lead to drive the successful end-to-end delivery of our data and analytics products. Working closely with the Product Manager and technical specialists, you'll lead delivery across data engineering, business intelligence, AI, data science and architecture teams, ensuring solutions are delivered on time, within budget, and aligned to business priorities while continuously improving the way we deliver value.

What you'll be doing

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of data and analytics products, translating product priorities into clear delivery plans that maximise business value.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across data engineering, business intelligence, AI, data science and architecture to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Manage delivery plans, budgets, risks, dependencies and resources, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget and to a high standard.
• Work closely with the Product Manager to ensure delivery aligns with product strategy, customer priorities and business objectives.
• Champion Agile delivery practices, driving continuous improvement, consistency and increased delivery maturity across the Data & Analytics function.
• Ensure solutions meet agreed standards for data quality, security, privacy, governance and enterprise architecture.
• Build strong relationships with business stakeholders, suppliers and delivery partners, providing clear communication, progress updates and delivery reporting.
• Identify opportunities to improve delivery processes, documentation and ways of working to enhance efficiency and customer outcomes.

What you'll bring

• Proven experience leading the successful delivery of data and analytics products within complex, cross-functional environments.
• Strong understanding of Agile delivery methodologies and product-led delivery approaches.
• Experience working with modern data platforms such as Microsoft Fabric , alongside tools such as Power BI , ServiceNow , Jira and/or Azure DevOps .
• Good understanding of data platforms, analytics, reporting solutions and enterprise data architectures.
• Demonstrated experience managing delivery risks, budgets, dependencies and competing priorities.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical audiences, including senior stakeholders.
• Experience working collaboratively with third-party suppliers and external delivery partners.
• A proactive, customer-focused mindset with the ability to take ownership, influence others and drive continuous improvement within a fast-paced environment.

Location

Hybrid, a mix of office and homeworking. This role will be based at our Peterborough offices on the Lynchwood Business Park. The office has recently been renovated and along with a modern work environment has great public transport links, free onsite parking, free drink facilities, free lunch option each day and a great team culture.

About The Company

Associated British Foods Business Technology Services are co ntinually reviewing our benefits to ensure our staff feel rewarded…

Associated British Foods is a global giant when it comes to the world of food processing and retail. Our ingredients division is the world’s second-largest producer of both sugar and baker’s yeast and our grocery brands occupy leading positions across the globe meaning that, in the UK, nine out of ten households use our brands.

Associated British Foods Business Technology Services (BTS) was first established in 2008 to deliver a centralised IT infrastructure and service to our fellow ABF businesses. We have now grown and operate in over 185 locations spread across 23 countries supported by a fantastic team of nearly 200. Our customers are at the heart of everything we do and we’re looking for people who are eager to join us in supporting and delivering this vision.

We want you to be a part of our future and to support you, so below are a handful of some of our benefits that are offered to our employees.

• AB Foods BTS match up to 10% pension (contributory)
• Up to 10% Bonus
• Opportunity to buy up to 5 days holiday per calendar year
• Discounts on ABF products such as Twinings, Silverspoon, Pataks and Ryvita
• 24/7 free and confidential access to an Employee Assistance Programme to support you as and when necessary
• Free lunch option available every day
• Access to a staff shop with discounted ABF brand products

We’re looking for dedicated and conscientious people who embrace and live our values. If you are an individual who thrives in a collaborative, trusting and pioneering work environment, ABF could be the right company for you.

All recruitment activities into our ABF BTS team are supported by our AB Agri business.

Making your application

Ready to apply? Great! Simply register your details and upload your CV via our careers website – it usually takes just a few minutes. Please do not delay making your application. In the event of a high candidate response to this vacancy we may close the application period before the date shown and without notice.

So that we can support you to perform at your best, please let us know of any adjustments that may be required throughout the recruitment process by emailing ***email_hidden***

As part of your application, we ask you to answer some equal opportunities questions that help us to monitor how inclusive our recruitment process is and identify areas we can improve in. This information is anonymised, separate from your application and is never seen by the hiring panel. You can choose not to answer these questions with no impact on your application.

ABF BTS recruitment is supported by our AB Agri group and we politely request no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We have a PSL and do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.