Manager Data Product (Data Science)

Hours: 37.5 per week Monday to Friday
Location: Hybrid working 3 days a week in Virgin Atlantic HQ Fleming Way Crawley West Sussex
Contract: Permanent
Closing date: 16th August 2026

In a Nutshell
Virgin Atlantic is looking for a Manager - Data Product (Data Science) to lead the strategy development and adoption of machine learning and AI products across the business.

This is a specialist product role for someone who understands data science in practice. You will need to have hands-on experience working with data science teams machine learning models statistical testing and AI solutions with the credibility to challenge technical choices shape model-led products and translate complex methods into business value.

You will own the roadmap for data science products working closely with data scientists data engineers technology teams delivery partners and senior stakeholders. The role will focus on identifying high-value opportunities defining product requirements supporting model development and deployment and ensuring that data science products are scalable well-governed and adopted by users.

We are looking for someone who can operate at the intersection of data science technology and product management. You should be comfortable discussing model performance experimentation data quality deployment considerations and user needs while also managing priorities stakeholder expectations and measurable business outcomes.

Day to Day

• Develop and manage the roadmap for machine learning AI and data science products.
• Work with data scientists and engineers to shape build test and deploy models and AI-enabled solutions.
• Translate business problems into clear product requirements for data science delivery teams.
• Use your technical understanding to support decisions around model design experimentation scalability and performance.
• Engage senior stakeholders to communicate product value progress risks and outcomes.
• Drive adoption of data science products through strong user engagement communication and support.
• Maintain product quality standards across data integrity governance usability and business impact.
• Stay close to emerging data science ML and AI techniques and identify opportunities to apply them effectively.

About You

• Strong experience in data science machine learning AI or a closely related technical field.
• Hands-on experience building developing testing or deploying data science models or AI solutions.
• Good working knowledge of ML techniques statistical testing model performance and experimentation.
• Experience with tools such as Python R SQL TensorFlow PyTorch Azure AWS or similar technologies.
• Product management experience including roadmap ownership prioritisation requirements gathering and stakeholder engagement.
• Ability to work with both technical teams and non-technical business stakeholders.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex models algorithms and insights clearly.
• Experience delivering data science products that have created measurable business value.

Ideal background

You may currently be working as a Data Science Product Manager Analytics Product Manager Machine Learning Product Owner Lead Data Scientist moving into product or a technical product manager with strong AI/ML experience.

The key requirement is that you have not only managed data products but have also had meaningful hands-on exposure to data science build model development experimentation or deployment.

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