Job Description

About the role

Our vision here at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home, out shopping, on the move, anywhere in the world.


We want our customers to be inspired and whatever they are looking for, we're finding bigger and better ways to provide it.


Everything is underpinned by our continuous drive for the best tools and technology to deliver our vision. We're driving innovation and transforming our Technology to become the world's leading retailer.


We need people who share our ambition to deliver for our customers; Passionate and confident people willing to take the initiative and drive us forwards. In return we offer excitement, a great team, an excellent benefit package, and significant career development opportunities.


Joining us means playing a part in defining; building and launching an ambitious roadmap of digital products that could affect the lives of millions of people over the years to come.


If that sounds exciting then we'd love to hear from you.


The position will be based at our Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire campus, with options to work from our London Office in Farringdon.

About Commercial Product

To transform how we Buy and Manage Products for Customers. Change is underway here at Tesco and the Commercial Product team sits at its heart.


Supporting the business to define how our colleagues work with each other and with our partners, ensuring processes across Buy and Manage are simple, standard and effective; we are accountable for the creation of world leading technology Products which embed this best practice alongside world class data science.


Together we are empowering our colleagues to deliver relevant, timely, loved, innovative and compliant products to our customers however they choose to shop with us.


Joining our team of Product, Programme and Change Managers you will have the opportunity to contribute in a very real way to Tesco's success.

You will be responsible for

Reporting to the Head of Product Management for Product Lifecycle, you lead a team of talented Product Managers, and are accountable for a set of complex and company strategic UIs and services within the Product portfolio and would drive product strategy, roadmap and execution for them. You will own the vision & strategy for the exciting Quality area which is the heart of our Magnetic Value pillar. You will be working with the Quality business, Online team and Marketplace and F&F propositions.


A master practitioner of Product Management, you are responsible for ensuring that your team contains the product management resources and skills required to ensure you can successfully execute the strategy and roadmap for your portfolio of products.


Have accountability for a complex set of UIs and APIs that involve multiple internal/external stakeholders, and drive product strategy, roadmap and execution for that by leading a team of talented Product Managers.
Understand your business stakeholders and their pain points really well and steer your team in the right direction by putting the best team members in the most value generating products/ business priorities.
Set clear goals and KPIs for your team members and periodically review all the KPIs owned by the team spanning across multiple products and provide feedback on improving those.
Handle conflicting priorities well, communicate clearly and understand how to drive a high level of focus and excellence with a strong, talented and opinionated team.
Identify and remove impediments faced by the team by working with your Head of Product and other stakeholders and proactively flag any risks or delays in your commitments.
Contribute in capability and capacity planning to Product Management for your own Product area to ensure capacity to drive work.
Build and nurture a great team of Product Managers for your Product, based on the business needs, strategic priorities assigned, and level of focus required.
Carry out people routines for direct reports and develop talented people.
Identify and remove impediments to ensure your team is successful in delivering the committed deliverables.
Motivate the team by ensuring they have fulfilling roles, proper rewards and recognition strategies.
Conduct fair performance appraisals and provide constructive feedback for your team.
Collaborate with Head of Product to understand future demand and direction of your product.
Be responsible for achieving or exceeding agreed product KPIs improvements

You will need

Carrying out product management of both UIs and APIs and have a clear understanding of managing domain boundaries between related APIs.
Have proven success in leading a team of highly talented and opinionated product managers and taken multiple ideas from conception to go-live, through standard software product development lifecycle and got measurable success across defined KPIs.
Experienced in capacity planning, forecasting and working with senior stakeholders to understand future demands and align allocation/ hiring.
Knowledge of underlying business processes and systems. Efficient in stakeholder management and has ability to steer the team in the right direction by putting best team members in the most value generating Products/ Business priorities Knowledge and experience of product management best practice and methodologies and strong technical experience.
Extensive experience with both UX/UI and transactional APIs and service-oriented architecture. Technically competent to influence and understand the solution context and approach (legacy, tactical, strategic) and aid engineering in estimating the complexity of work being requested.
Understands the impact technical debt is causing and the value Tech upgrades can bring in, and can hold the objective conversations with your technology counterparts to prioritize it during any sprint.


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Whats in it for you?

We're all about the little helps. That's why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you - both in and out of work. Click Here to find out more!

Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays) Private medical insurance 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years' service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 4 weeks fully paid paternity leave Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing

About Us

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is 'Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day'. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We're proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we're committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click here.

We're a big business and we can offer a range of diverse full-time & part-time working patterns across our many business areas, which means that we can find something that works for you. We work in a more blended pattern - combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. If you are applying internally, please speak to the Hiring Manager about how this can work for you - Everyone is welcome at Tesco.