Product Manager - Analytics

About the role

We know life looks a little different for each of us. That's why at Tesco, we always welcome chats about flexible working. Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life-changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. So, talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

The Analytics Capabilities team is a team of Data Analysts and Product Managers. It is responsible for defining, prioritising and delivering the self-serve analytics strategy, event streaming and optimisation capability, methods and components for enabling real-time, data-driven decision-making and customer data insight across all of Tesco's businesses.

It accelerates the self-serve delivery of ad-hoc insight from customer data and enhances the value of our analysis to the business and customers. It connects the customer analytics and insight innovation needs of Tesco's businesses to our core data platform, tools and services.

You will be responsible for

• Formulate the vision, strategy and roadmap for building analytics capabilities across the data & analytics portfolio, and work with others in aligning the strategic priorities, dependencies and roadmap across the data & analytics product portfolio.
• Plan and coordinate Analytical Products that have dependencies on multiple product and engineering teams.
• Lead discovery work around a minimum viable product (MVP) for any new Analytical Products, collaborating with analysts and engineering teams to prototype and validate a MVP.
• Ensuring data quality and integrity by working with the data supply and demand team.
• Help the team in breaking down a complex piece of work/ epic into smaller, deliverable chunks of value that can be delivered faster.
• Provide leadership and direction to cross-functional team(s) on short-term tasks/near-term priorities.
• Empower teams across Tesco to use Analytics environment to get the most of performance reviews and business insights.

You will need

• Understands engineering and infrastructure best practices and practicalities to help resolve delivery challenges.
• Knowledge of using Analytics systems and databases such as Teradata, Hadoop and other SQL or NoSQL technologies.
• Knowledge of using business intelligence and visualisation tools.
• Expertise in using Tools & Techniques for Backlog prioritisation, managing dependencies and gaining insights using available data points.
• Broad knowledge and understanding of the technologies relevant to data platforms.
• Experience creating outputs for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong decision making and prioritisation skills, especially when multiple trade-offs are involved and faster decisions are required.
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies, writing effective user stories/ acceptance criteria.

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.
• 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

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 proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we're committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.

We're a big business and we can offer a range of diverse full-time & part-time working patterns across our many business areas, which means that we can find something that works for you. We work in a more blended pattern - combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate.