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Closing Date: 22-Apr-2024

We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. Think about the scale it takes for us to feed the nation. The level of data, transactions and variety it involves. Then you’ll realise that ours is a modern software engineering environment because it has to be. We’ve made serious investment into a Tech Academy and into setting standards and principles. We iterate, learn, experiment and push ways of working such as Agile, Scrum and XP. So you can look forward to awesome opportunities in everything from AI to reusable tech.
Why join us?
Embarking on a journey with us as Head of Product for Digital Merchandising Tools offers a prospect that is as challenging as it is rewarding. You'll find yourself at the heart of a forward-thinking, data-driven retail landscape with an unparalleled commitment to innovation and customer experience. Our organisation presents you with a unique canvas to shape and enhance the decision-making prowess of a leading brand. Surrounded by a dedicated community of experts, you will play a pivotal role in driving data product advancements across multiple channels, supported by our sophisticated cloud data platform. With a significant budget to steer and a robust team to lead, you have the resources to make a marked impact, all the while developing professionally within a learning-rich and highly collaborative environment. Here, your vision, leadership, and passion for breakthrough product development are not just welcomed but celebrated as essential to our continued success and to the everyday lives of our customers.
What you'll do?
As Head of Product, you will spearhead our pursuit of smarter decision-making powered by data. You'll oversee cross-functional analytics and data science squads to develop and deliver impactful data products that drive tangible business value. Your realm extends to our extensive retail network and entails close collaboration with our data platform team who are the architects of our corporate cloud data platform, providing reliable data at scale and speed. Your leadership will be instrumental in refining our data analytic practise, ensuring cohesive product visions, and fostering the harmonisation of common methodologies across teams. With commercial acumen and a creative problem-solving ethos, you'll also be building strong ties across divisions, shaping the medium to long-term product roadmaps and strategies, directing legacy system decommissioning, and nurturing talent within your team. Your effort will not only maintain the conceptual integrity across our portfolio of data products but also be the force that drives their continuous enhancement to fulfil the strategic objectives of our dynamic, data-rich environment.
Who you are?
You bring to the team a comprehensive understanding of retail business intricacies and the vital role technology plays in enhancing product value. Your experience is marked by a proven track record of agile delivery, paired with an intimate grasp of technical product development principles. You have a well-honed commercial acumen and a customer-centric approach to product management, underpinned by a strong belief in data-driven decision-making. Your ability to navigate complex commercial landscapes with finesse, paired with your talent for fostering strong and compelling team dynamics and an inherent technical curiosity, makes you the visionary force capable of steering cross-functional squads to deliver industry-leading data products.
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We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer, so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new - whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them:

Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to get 10% off at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks. This increases to 15% off at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 65% of salary, depending on how we perform (in cash and shares).
Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy additional holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, pay advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. You'll also receive a company car cash allowance unless you are going to travel 10,000 business miles in your role, then you'll be able to choose a car. And if you ever need it there is also an employee assistance programme, you will also be eligible for private healthcare too.

Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave. 

Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).