I have a history of delivering value to customers within my field of expertise and demonstrate a clear specialism that differentiates me as a subject matter expert. As an individual contributor this remains a hands-on role from a delivery perspective. I am accountable for evolving and driving the product vision & strategy for my product, partnering with business stakeholders to set the future direction as part of the wider business strategy. I will be writing user stories, creating backlogs and setting priorities. I will demonstrate proficiency in understanding future trends in my area and be able to explain these to senior stakeholders.

You will be responsible for:

Evolving and driving the product vision, strategy, and the long-term roadmap
Proactively partner with peers and senior stakeholders to set the future direction of my product as part of the wider business strategy
Understanding key user personas, customers & stakeholders for the product and their pain points.
The performance/ adoption of the product and work towards achieving the Outcomes and Key Results (OKRs)
Prioritising work and decisively resolve trade-offs with peers and senior leaders
Effectively documenting and explaining new requirements to the engineering team using user stories with acceptance criteria and help the team in breaking down complex work into smaller, deliverable chunks of value that can be delivered faster.
Steering sprint/ release planning sessions by working with the engineering counterparts to plan sprints/ releases that deliver maximum business value in least effort
Driving the acceptance and adoption of ideas and improvements with product teams and engineering stakeholders
Prioritising, coordinating and communicating the resolution of live product issues independently
Providing leadership and direction to cross functional team (s) on short-term tasks/ near-term priorities
Be the subject matter expert for X building on my history of delivering value to customers within this product area

Key people and teams I work with inside and outside of Tesco:

Members of the broader Product team (Product Managers, Designers, Analysts, and Researchers)
Security Engineers & Security Analysts and other partners within the Cyber Security team
Engineers & Data Scientists and other partners in Technology
Business stakeholders across Tesco

People, budgets and other resources I am accountable for in my job:

Budget paper for my Product
Representing my Product in any internal/external sessions as the recognised domain expert in Tesco

You will need:

Operational skills relevant for the role:

Cyber Security Concepts & Fundamentals
UX/UI
Research Skills
Customer Empathy
Experimentation & Validation
Enterprise Technology Design
Creating Product Vision & Strategy
Market Research
Data Engineering
Prioritisation
Building a Roadmap
Communicating and Managing a Long-term Product Roadmap
Core Technology
Development Lifecycle
Product Methodologies
Retail Technology Awareness
Communication & Influencing
Data Analytics & Insights
Strategic Thinking & Problem Solving
Finance & Procurement
Curiosity & Learning
Embracing and Enabling Change

Relevant experience:

I have applied UX/UI disciplines and principles to the products I work on, making sure I design a product that is intuitive and easy to interact with for the customer
I appraise and analyse the results of customer research and use the results to influence product outcomes and strategic goals.
I know how diverse personas or customer groups perceive, understand and
experience my product in different ways
I write hypothesis statements and work directly with optimisation managers and/or engineers to set up and execute experiments
I know how large technology systems should interact with each other and track health metrics (uptime, SLOs, response time, etc)
I am involved in setting the vision and strategy for my product area and develop and baseline my product's OKRs
I engage with and am actively involved in market research, leveraging insights to shape the vision and strategic direction of the product in line with business and
Technology goals, the Cyber Security strategy, and customer expectations.
I am skilled in using various data types in different situations and know when to use quantitative and/or qualitative data
I understand large scale data platforms and how they can increase the scalability, availability, performance, and security of my organisations data
I understand the Product Management lifecycle, product delivery process and the importance of an Agile mindset to discover, design, define, develop and deliver small increments of the most important opportunities that will drive growth and value for my product
I understand the importance of using data to prioritise and adopting a consistent approach to prioritisation
I know how to use relevant tools to produce and update roadmaps for my product
I understand the importance of a product roadmap in creating buy-in from stakeholders and other teams
I understand my business, including the key commercial drivers, business metrics and performance indicators, and can play a part in the deci

What's in it for you:

We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we give our wonderful colleagues bags of benefits. Including wellbeing services, an award-winning pension scheme and much, much more, our colleague reward package keeps on giving. And helps make every day a little better for you and your family. These include but are not limited to:

Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
Buy holiday salary sacrifice scheme (for salaried roles)
Private medical insurance
Retirement savings plan - save between 4% and 7.5% and Tesco will match your contribution
Life Assurance - 5 x contractual pay
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
The right to request flexible working from your first day with us
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
A Colleague Clubcard for you & a family member (after 3 months of service), giving you access to lots of discounts in-store & online
Great colleague deals and discounts, saving you money on everyday purchases, eating out and utility bills for the home
Access to our colleague networks providing a space for colleagues to come together from a range of backgrounds. For more information about our colleague networks please click here
Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and award-winning training, to help you achieve the job and career you want

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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 a big business with diverse working patterns and many business areas which means that we can find something that works for you. Everyone is welcome at Tesco.

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