Product Manager

About the role

AboutTechnology Change

Together we are
empowering our colleagues to deliver relevant, timely, loved, innovative andcompliant products to our customers however they choose to shop with us. Ourrole as Technology Change is to transform how we Buy and Manage Products forCustomers and seismic change is underway here at Tesco. Supporting the businessto define how our colleagues work with each other and with our partners,ensuring processes across Buy and Manage are simple, standard and effective; weare accountable for the creation of world leading technology Products which embedthis best practice alongside world class data science. Joining our team ofProduct, Programme and Change Managers you will have the opportunity tocontribute in a very real way to Tesco’s success.

About the Role

We have an opportunity to join Tesco as the Range API Product Manager, within
the Space, Range and Merchandising team where our mission is to ensurecustomers can get what they want, when they want and how they want, whetherthat is in their local store or online, in the UK or elsewhere.

The products we range is at the absolute core of Tesco,
and in Technology, we have ambitions to transform the Buying process to enablethe best decisions to be made simply and easily, using data science. The rangeAPI is essential to that, ensuring that what we range meets legal and internalcompliance standards and enabling products to be fulfilled by supply chain and soldthrough our tills by providing a simple, secure and accurate source of rangedata in a global and omnichannel environment.

Reporting to the Lead Product Manager, you will be
responsible for the future direction of the Range API, solving problems,encouraging your team and developing new features through quality, scalable,performant and maintainable technical solutions. The solutions that you will beresponsible for will have a global reach, impacting millions of customers. AsProduct Manager, you will make priority calls regularly; balancing strategicgoals with BAU needs and requirements that support wider Tesco programmes andteams, across the UK, ROI and Central Europe regions, and supporting allchannels.

It is an exciting time to join the team, as our broader transformation
programme begins. You will have a central role to play in shaping the strategyand helping to realise our ambitions across space, range and merchandising. Weare looking for an ambitious individual who can demonstrate a passion forsolving problems, working collaboratively, and communicating with confidence, inwhat is a critical and complex area.

You will be responsible for

Job Role & Responsibilities • Contribute to the product vision, strategy and long-term roadmap for the product and execute it well by constantly managing the stakeholder’s expectations and considering dependencies across multiple teams.• Accountable for the performance of the product and achieving the Outcomes and Key Results (OKRs), relentlessly measuring, and communicating value to stakeholders.• Work alongside research, analytics, and engineering teams to design and develop solutions that enable real business needs to be solved.• Understands product discovery and can establish minimum viable product (MVP) for any new product/feature, collaborating with other product managers and engineering teams to validate the MVP.• Present your product and its capabilities/outcomes to other teams, linking the API work to business value. • Effectively document and explain new requirements to engineering teams using user stories and acceptance criteria and help the team in breaking down a complex piece of work into smaller, deliverable chunks of value that can be delivered faster.• Steer sprint planning sessions by working with the engineering counterparts to plan sprints/ releases that deliver maximum business value in least effort.• Prioritise, co-ordinate and communicate the resolution of live product issues.

You will need

Must have • Knowledge and experience of product management best practice and methodologies and strong technical experience• 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• The ability to build strong working relationships with peers, stakeholders, and teams across the business. Able to leverage these relationships to build consensus, drive change, and deliver value• Proven track record of owning a product roadmap and executing on product backlogs to achieve Outcomes & Key Results• Carrying out product management of APIs, or complex data structures, and have a clear understanding of managing domain boundaries between related services.

Whats in it for you?

At Tesco, we are committed to providing the best for you.  As a result, our colleagues enjoy a unique, differentiated, market- competitive reward package, based on the current industry practices, for all the work they put into serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day.  Our Tesco Rewards framework consists of pillars - Fixed Pay, Incentives, and Benefits.   Total Rewards offered at Tesco is determined by four principles -simple, fair, competitive, and sustainable.  

Salary

- Your fixed pay is the guaranteed pay as per your contract of employment.  

Leave & Time-off

- Colleagues are entitled to 30 days of leave (18 days of Earned Leave, 12 days of Casual/Sick Leave) and 10 national and festival holidays, as per the company’s policy.  

Making Retirement Tension-FreeSalary

- In addition to Statutory retirement beneets, Tesco enables colleagues to participate in voluntary programmes like NPS and VPF.  

Health is Wealth

- Tesco promotes programmes that support a culture of health and wellness including insurance for colleagues and their family. Our medical insurance provides coverage for dependents including parents or in-laws.  

Mental Wellbeing

- We offer mental health support through self-help tools, community groups, ally networks, face-to-face counselling, and more for both colleagues and dependents.   

Financial Wellbeing

- Through our financial literacy partner, we offer one-to-one financial coaching at discounted rates, as well as salary advances on earned wages upon request.   

Save As You Earn (SAYE)

- Our SAYE programme allows colleagues to transition from being employees to Tesco shareholders through a structured 3-year savings plan.   

Physical Wellbeing

- Our green campus promotes physical wellbeing with facilities that include a cricket pitch, football field, badminton and volleyball courts, along with indoor games, encouraging a healthier lifestyle. 

About Us

Tesco in Bengaluru is a multi-disciplinary team serving our customers, communities, and planet a little better every day across markets. Our goal is to create a sustainable competitive advantage for Tesco by standardising processes, delivering cost savings, enabling agility through technological solutions, and empowering our colleagues to do even more for our customers. With cross-functional expertise, a wide network of teams, and strong governance, we reduce complexity, thereby offering high-quality services for our customers.  Tesco in Bengaluru, established in 2004 to enable standardisation and build centralised capabilities and competencies, makes the experience better for our millions of customers worldwide and simpler for over 3,30,000 colleagues  

Tesco Technology

 Today, our Technology team consists of over 5,000 experts spread across the UK, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and India. In India, our Technology division includes teams dedicated to Engineering, Product, Programme, Service Desk and Operations, Systems Engineering, Security & Capability, Data Science, and other roles.  At Tesco, our retail platform comprises a wide array of capabilities, value propositions, and products, essential for crafting exceptional retail experiences for our customers and colleagues across all channels and markets. This platform encompasses all aspects of our operations - from identifying and authenticating customers, managing products, pricing, promoting, enabling customers to discover products, facilitating payment, and ensuring delivery. By developing a comprehensive Retail Platform, we ensure that as customer touchpoints and devices evolve, we can consistently deliver seamless experiences. This adaptability allows us to respond flexibly without the need to overhaul our technology, thanks to the creation of capabilities we have built.