Product Manager - Supplier & Partner Services

Main Responsibilities

Whilst specific responsibilities will be dependent upon the changing needs of the Tesco business, the following provides an overview of the role’s key responsibilities and measures;

• Help to determine the product strategy for this area by working with other Product Managers, the Lead and Head of Product for Partner and Supplier Services to deliver the product vision.
• Understand key user personas, customers & stakeholders for your product and their pain points really well
• Effectively document and explain new requirements to the engineering team using user stories, personas, and acceptance tests and help the team in breaking down a complex piece of work/ epic into smaller, deliverable chunks of value that can be delivered faster
• Steer sprint/ release planning sessions by working with my engineering counterparts to plan sprints/ releases that deliver maximum business value in least effort
• Am accountable for the performance/ adoption of my product and work towards increasing it
• Work alongside research, design, analytics and engineering teams to discover new opportunities and design and develop solutions to solve real user needs.
• Provide leadership and direction to cross functional team (s) on short-term tasks/ near-term priorities
• Provide support and coaching to junior Product Managers as well as peers
• Relentlessly measure and communicate value created to all stakeholders, all the time.
• Prioritise coordinate and communicate the resolution of live product issues independently

Skills relevant for the job

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• A methodical/ analytical approach and great problem-solving skills
• Use good prioritisation techniques to refine and groom your backlog
• Attitude and the aptitude to learn new product area/domain quickly
• Great presentation and persuasion skills
• Team player who could work collaboratively with other members of the team
• Empathy and good listening skills to understand the needs/ pain points of your customers/ stakeholders
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies, writing effective user stories/ acceptance criteria
• Understanding of User Research/ Design Thinking concepts
• Numerate and confident handling data.

Experience relevant for this job

• A/B tests and/or other quantitative optimisation techniques
• Knowledge and experience of product management best practice and methodologies and strong technical acumen
• Experience of User Research/ Design Thinking concepts and applied those for your product work.
• Good knowledge in the use of Tools & Techniques for Backlog prioritisation, managing dependencies and for gaining insights using available data points.
• Broad knowledge and understanding of the technologies relevant to product management.
• Knowledge and experience of current software development methodologies and processes.