Data Product Manager - Central Functions
Role Overview
As a Data Product Manager, you will shape and deliver the data strategy for Halfords' Central functions, supporting a major multi-year ERP transformation programme.
You will partner closely with Finance and People team leaders and stakeholders, acting as the bridge between business priorities and data delivery.
The role focuses on driving long-term value, owning the data roadmap and prioritising outcomes that support operational performance, financial decision-making and strategic planning.
Success requires strong stakeholder leadership, commercial awareness and data expertise, alongside patience and resilience in a complex transformation environment.
Key Skills for This Role
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About Halfords
Halfords is building the future of motoring and cycling and seeks people who want to shape what comes next.
Technology at Halfords is modernising foundations, sharpening delivery, and connecting every technology decision to real commercial and customer outcomes.
The company looks for trusted advisors who take end-to-end accountability for outcomes and balance pace with long-term architectural integrity.
About The Role
As a Data Product Manager, you will shape and deliver the data strategy for Halfords' Central functions, supporting a major multi-year ERP transformation programme.
You will partner closely with Finance and People team leaders and stakeholders, acting as the bridge between business priorities and data delivery.
The role focuses on driving long-term value, owning the data roadmap and prioritising outcomes that support operational performance, financial decision-making and strategic planning.
Success requires strong stakeholder leadership, commercial awareness and data expertise, alongside patience and resilience in a complex transformation environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the data roadmap for our Central functions (Finance & People), ensuring priorities align with business objectives and the wider ERP transformation programme.
- Partner closely with Finance and People leaders to understand current and future requirements, translating these into clear product priorities and delivery plans.
- Act as the primary data partner for the Finance and People functions, building trusted relationships and influencing stakeholders at all levels, including executive leadership.
- Lead the definition and delivery of reporting, analytics and data products that improve insight, control and decision-making.
- Work collaboratively across Data, Technology and Central teams to coordinate delivery, manage dependencies and ensure successful implementation.
- Provide business ownership and direction for data initiatives, ensuring investment decisions are linked to measurable commercial outcomes.
- Champion adoption of new reporting capabilities and ways of working, helping stakeholders maximise value from data and technology investments.
- Support governance, prioritisation and change management activities across the ERP transformation programme.
- Identify opportunities to improve reporting processes through automation, standardisation and enhanced use of data.
About You
- Experience operating in a senior data, product, transformation or technology partnering role, with significant exposure to Finance functions.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence, challenge and gain buy-in across complex organisational environments.
- Demonstrable experience working within large-scale, multi-year business or technology transformation programmes.
- Strong executive presence, comfortable operating in senior forums and communicating with clarity and confidence.
- Experience developing and managing data roadmaps, balancing strategic objectives with delivery priorities across multi-year programmes.
- Commercially minded, with the ability to articulate the business value of data, reporting and technology investments.
- Patient, resilient and comfortable working through ambiguity and long-term transformation challenges.
- Experience of ERP transformation, migration or upgrade programmes would be highly desirable.
- Knowledge of SAP reporting capabilities and ERP reporting environments would be advantageous.
- Understanding of modern data, BI and analytics platforms, with sufficient technical knowledge to engage effectively with delivery teams and architects.
Reward & Benefits
- A fair and competitive salary evaluated against market data, car allowance, annual discretionary bonus scheme, pension, life assurance, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and enhanced family leave.
- Commitment to ongoing personal and professional development.
- Hybrid working with a blend of working in the Support Centre and from home.
- Access to a wealth of employee discounts across the Halfords suite of products and services.
- Wellbeing and inclusion resources and active Colleague Networks supporting inclusion initiatives.
Workplace
- Halfords operates a hybrid working policy; this position will be based 3 days per week at the support centre in Redditch, West Midlands.
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