Senior Product Manager - Ad Tech

• Locations Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd, London, Greater London, EC1N 2HT, GB
• Closing Date 01/20/2025, 05:00 PM
• Full Time or Part Time Full time
• Contract Type Permanent
• Advertised Salary Competitive Plus Benefits

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.

Want to solve really interesting problems at huge scale?

Want to learn from the best and be challenged to think differently every day?

Want true ownership of outcomes of a digital product where you drive success and return to the business?

Want the flexibility to work at home and in an office where it helps you meet your work and life commitments?

Read below for your next opportunity

Be part of developing a new programmatic advertising solution the like of which the market has never seen!

Nectar is the largest loyalty coalition programme in the UK so it's safe to say we know our millions of customers pretty well. We build brilliant tech on top of this rich first party data, to offer brands the chance to find their customers online with truly relevant and compelling content. All this drives sales back into our stores and therefore our bottom line - win, win.

Our advertising platform is one cornerstone of the Nectar360 digital strategy which means lots of eyes are on us - and you'll be at the helm, in partnership with your engineering manager. You'll tackle knotty strategic questions to build out a robust roadmap and backlog. This, of course means prioritising effectively, escalating challenges as necessary and being hands-on with the development, delivering innovative functionality into the hands of users.

In your role as a Senior Product Manager, you'll manage a group of related but complex products directly, guiding the vision and working actively with multiple teams to make it come to life! You'll ensure your group of products work seamlessly together, sharing efficiencies and expertise, with the ultimate customer always front of mind. You will have an infectious passion for your products, partnering with engineering to define, deliver and iterate to find creative ways to deliver awesome experiences for our customers. You're driven to build brilliant teams and bring out the best in others.

Sainsbury's product teams work across Argos, the UK's 3rd largest general merchandise retailer, Sainsbury's, the UK's 2nd largest grocery retailer, Nectar, the largest loyalty programme in the UK as well as Tu clothing, Sainsbury's Bank and Argos Financial services.

We're big and that's really exciting when you consider the volume of customers that see your work, but you'll also ship lots of value to customers, and you'll be able to learn and iterate quickly to get the best customer experience.

What we're looking for:

• You nail day-to-day product processes (agile ceremonies, user stories, prioritisation) and are as comfortable in the detail as with the bigger picture.
• Success is about balancing the customer, the tech and the commercials. We need someone who can juggle the lot, articulate a compelling vision and unite a cross-functional agile team.
• You're courageous and can fly the flag of agile delivery methodologies, coach the team and stakeholders to test and learn, fail fast and deliver outcomes iteratively.
• You're technically curious, having worked directly with engineers, architects, and third parties, building real software.
• A successful influencer, flexing your style to drive our strategy forward while always remaining true to you.
• If you have experience of AdTech then that's the icing on the cake. We'd love to hear from you.

In return you'll get:

• Colleague discount across the multi-brands - Sainsbury's, Argos and Habitat
• Pension plan
• Special offers on gym memberships, restaurants, holidays, retail vouchers and more

Last couple of bits

We've adopted a hybrid model, coming together for collaboration and to get to know each other better. We're working flexibly - have a chat with us about what you need.

If you've read this far, but are not 100% sure you're there with your experience, still get in touch. The skills you do have are often more transferrable than you think. Equally with such a large and growing tech team, it might be there's something else that could suit you better. If you'd like to find out more head to Sainsbury's DTD.

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 as 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, and 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 for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).