Product Manager - Data & Access Controls

Product Manager - Data & Access Controls

Fixed Term - Full Time

Cardiff, GB, CF10 1FT

Job Closing Date: 28/04/2025

THE ROLE

Job Reference: 22973
Band: D
Salary: £47,000- £55,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.
Contract type: 18 month FTC (Fixed Term Contract)
Location: Cardiff (Central Square), Hybrid (1 day per week in the office)
Closing Date: Monday 28th April 2025 at 23:59

The Data & Access Control Product Manager is responsible for implementing & delivering the product strategy for the systems used by the team, primarily SAP GRC Access & Process Controls. The post holder is responsible for assessing SAP product developments and how they meet the BBC requirements. You will be working with our outsourced BPO provider to ensure the systems are operating effectively and defining the changes and fixes to be built and delivered to stakeholders.

The role also includes upholding the data governance framework supporting the master data held in the SAP Finance systems for both Studios (S4) and Public Service (ECC) systems.

The role works with key BBC business, external and technical stakeholders to design, deliver & run the required product, measure its success, lead the prioritisation process and the creation and maintenance of the future roadmap.

Main Responsibilities

1. Identifying and delivering system controls relating to access risks, privileged access, segregation of duties utilising the SAP GRC tools.
2. Raise and/or assess change requests and deliver role related builds and changes in all SAP systems including ECC, S4, SAP HR, BW, BPC & GRC.
3. Assessing data requests and new data requirements and approving data changes in all SAP systems, ensuring compliance with BBC and statutory policies.
4. Provide system expertise, technical support and knowledge to business, service delivery and change/project teams ensuring dependencies and relationships between all associated systems are understood, maintained and communicated effectively to relevant stakeholders.
5. Responsible for determining data archiving strategies and execution in response to business and statutory obligations.
6. Continuous improvement of the product, identifying and prioritising enhancements and automation opportunities, communicating them to the business as required.
7. Work with stakeholders, key technical staff and within governance groups to understand business needs and drivers, and confirm objectives and priorities.
8. Develop relationships with pan-BBC and external stakeholders, delivery partners and suppliers as well as with colleagues and senior internal stakeholders.

Are you the right candidate?

1. Ability to investigate & solve complex problems.
2. Ability to influence and persuade colleagues and senior stakeholders and build business relationships.
3. Proven experience of working collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams with a delivery focus in both project and operational environments.
4. Highly-developed written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and persuade through credibility, integrity and professionalism.
5. To manage a range of diverse tasks and deliver high quality work in a challenging and ever-changing environment, with a strong focus on results and deadlines.
6. Ability to present in a professional and business-like manner to internal and external customers.
7. An understanding of system internal controls, SAP-related segregation of duties and fraud and risk management requirements in a complex organisation.
8. An understanding of Data Protection legislation and how it impacts access controls.
9. Experience of working with SAP ECC & S4 systems and/or SAP GRC systems.

About the BBC

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

DISCLAIMER

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.