£65,000 - £70,000 depending on experience
Location: Sunderland
Updated: October 14, 2025
Direct Reports: Business Information & Automation Manager, Development Manager
Purpose of the Role
To act as the central translator between business requirements and technical delivery, ensuring that all changes are well-defined, aligned, functional, tested, and documented. The Head of Product & Delivery owns the roadmap, manages dependencies across systems, and provides leadership to BI, development, data, and operations functions. This role ensures that firefighting is balanced with long-term improvement and that delivery teams understand both the what and the why.
Key Responsibilities
* Product Ownership & Requirements: Gather, clarify, and challenge business requirements. Translate business requests into Jira stories with triggers, logic, exceptions, scheduling, and tracking. Provide documentation, acceptance criteria, and context so the team can deliver effectively. QA outputs across BI, development, and data before release.
* Roadmap & Delivery Oversight: Own the product/delivery roadmap, balancing short-term fixes with long-term changes. Prioritise based on business impact, risk, and dependencies. Coordinate cross-functional delivery across BI, development, data, and operations. Sprint / backlog management. Report progress, risks, and dependencies to senior leadership.
* Leadership & Team Management: Lead and coach managers and analysts across BI, development, data/finance, and systems. Ensure the team understands the context and value of business requests. Act as escalation point and ensure delivery quality.
* Strategic Planning & Change: Identify opportunities for system replacement, adoption or upgrades. Drive continuous improvement across systems and processes. Balance firefighting with long-term planning.
Core Skills & Competencies
* Product ownership and business analysis.
* QA and process testing.
* Leadership of cross-functional technical teams.
* Strong translator between business and technical teams.
* Roadmap and delivery management in high-change environments.
Tools & Platforms
Zoho CRM, Zoho Flow, Zoho Analytics, SQL, Brevo, Jira, Confluence, GitHub, AWS, S3, Microsoft 365 suite.
Benefits & Perks
* Generous holiday package: Take advantage of 23 days of holiday (including bank holidays) to recharge and rejuvenate. We even offer extra time off during the festive season with performance and role-dependent opportunities for time off in December. Maximise your time away while enjoying a non-absence day off bonus which increases your holiday allowance.
* Culture perks and self-development fund: At GEAB, we foster a vibrant work culture. Our jam-packed culture calendar brings exciting events like monthly office themes and food trucks to keep the energy high. Plus, we invest in your personal and professional growth with our Better Yourself development fund.
* Fun and celebrations: We know how to have a good time! Enjoy summer and Christmas events where you can connect with colleagues, unwind, and create lasting memories.
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