Job Description

Job Category: Sainsburys Tech
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Job Title: Senior Product Manager - Search (12-Month Fixed Term)
Location: London
About Us:
At Argos, Sainsbury's, Tu, and Habitat, we are committed to delivering exceptional digital experiences to our customers. Our search functionality is a key component of our strategy to enhance customer engagement and streamline their shopping journey. We are looking for a talented Senior Product Manager with a strong data science background to join our team on a 12-month fixed-term basis to lead and inspire our product management team.
Role Overview:
As the Senior Product Manager for Search, you will be responsible for overseeing the development and execution of our search product strategy across Argos, Sainsbury's, Tu, and Habitat. You will work closely with data scientists and engineers to ensure that our search functionality continues to meet the needs of our customers and drives business growth. This role requires a strategic thinker with strong leadership skills and a passion for creating innovative digital solutions.
Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute the product strategy for search, aligning with the company's overall goals and objectives.
• Work closely with other product managers to foster a collaborative and high-performance culture.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineering, design, marketing, and customer support, to deliver high-quality search features and enhancements.
• Conduct market research and analyze customer feedback to identify opportunities for product improvements and new features.
• Define and prioritize the product roadmap, ensuring timely delivery of key initiatives.
• Monitor and analyze key performance metrics to measure the success of the search functionality and make data-driven decisions.
• Communicate product vision, strategy, and progress to stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and best practices to ensure our search functionality remains competitive and innovative.

What We Are Looking For:

• Proven experience in product management, with a track record of successfully leading and delivering digital products.
• Strong leadership and people management skills, with experience managing and developing a team of product managers.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and make informed decisions.
• Passion for digital innovation and a deep understanding of search algorithms and data science.
• Experience in data science, with the ability to leverage data to drive product decisions and improvements.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities effectively.

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunity to work with a talented and passionate team.
• A dynamic and inclusive work environment that encourages innovation and growth.
• The chance to make a significant impact on the future of our search functionality and our customers' shopping experience.

Responsibilities: 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.
Qualifications:
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 20% of salary, depending on how we perform.
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, interest free car loan of up to 10k, 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. 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).