Product Manager - Identity

Tesco Technology; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus up to 20% of base

Private medical insurance

Flexible working options

Pension scheme

Job summary

Tesco is seeking a Product Manager to own the strategy and roadmap for a core part of our Identity platform's data foundations. This is a technically focused product role, involving collaboration with engineering on migrations, large-scale data system design, and delivering reliability for tens of millions of customers across markets.

You will help modernise foundational systems, migrate away from legacy architecture, and build for scale and resilience as Tesco’s identity data needs grow.

Qualifications

• Good domain expertise in a large, complex domain.
• Knowledge and experience of product management best practice and methodologies with strong technical acumen.
• Technically capable to influence solution context and work with engineering in estimating complexity.
• Understands the impact of tech debt and can prioritise it with engineering counterparts.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Strong decision-making and prioritisation with real trade-offs.

Responsibilities

• Strong exposure to APIs and enterprise systems — you understand how large, interconnected technical estates actually work.
• Track record of building quality systems at scale, not just shipping features.
• Technical orientation and fluency — comfortable in deep engineering conversations without being an engineer.
• Curiosity for complex, ambiguous problems — energized by systems complexity.
• Experience with modernisation or migration projects — legacy to modern is core.
• Product management experience (2–3 years) in an agile environment.
• Understanding of technical debt and prioritising it with engineering counterparts.
• Excellent written and verbal communication — translate fluently between technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong decision-making and prioritization skills for fast trade-offs.

Skills

APIs & enterprise systems

Data systems at scale

Agile product management

Technical debt awareness

Stakeholder communication

Decision making

Prioritization

Engineering collaboration

User stories & acceptance criteria

Job description

Tesco's Identity platform is the authentication and access layer serving tens of millions of customer accounts across five markets — the backbone that lets every customer sign in, stay secure, and trust the systems behind every interaction with Tesco, in-store and online.

We're looking for a Product Manager to own strategy and roadmap for a core part of that platform's data foundations: the systems that master, structure, and serve the datasets underpinning identity at scale. This is a genuinely technical product role — you'll work daily with engineering on legacy-to-modern migrations, large‑scale data system design, and the quality and reliability that tens of millions of customers depend on without ever thinking about it.

You’ll be joining at a time of real technical evolution for the platform, modernising foundational systems, migrating away from legacy architecture, and building for scale and resilience as Tesco's identity data needs keep growing. So exciting times!

This role can be based from our London Farringdon or Welwyn Garden City office

About the role

Tesco's Identity platform is the authentication and access layer serving tens of millions of customer accounts across five markets — the backbone that lets every customer sign in, stay secure, and trust the systems behind every interaction with Tesco, in-store and online.

We're looking for a Product Manager to own strategy and roadmap for a core part of that platform's data foundations: the systems that master, structure, and serve the datasets underpinning identity at scale. This is a genuinely technical product role — you'll work daily with engineering on legacy‑to‑modern migrations, large‑scale data system design, and the quality and reliability that tens of millions of customers depend on without ever thinking about it.

You’ll be joining at a time of real technical evolution for the platform, modernising foundational systems, migrating away from legacy architecture, and building for scale and resilience as Tesco's identity data needs keep growing. So exciting times!

This role can be based from our London Farringdon or Welwyn Garden City office

You will be responsible for

• Strong exposure to APIs and enterprise systems — you understand how large, interconnected technical estates actually work
• A track record of building quality systems at scale, not just shipping features
• A technical orientation and fluency — comfortable holding your own in deep engineering conversations, without needing to be an engineer yourself
• Genuine curiosity for complex, ambiguous problems — the best candidates will be energised, not daunted, by systems complexity
• Experience with modernisation or migration projects — taking legacy systems to modern equivalents is a core part of this role
• Product management experience (2‑3 years) working in an agile environment
• Understanding of technical debt and the ability to hold objective, credible conversations with engineering counterparts about prioritising it
• Excellent written and verbal communication — able to translate fluently between technical and non‑technical audiences
• Strong decision‑making and prioritisation skills, especially when trade‑offs are real and decisions need to be made fast

You will need

• Good domain expertise in the relevant functional area/ a large complex domain
• Knowledge and experience of product management best practice and methodologies and strong technical acumen
• Technically competent to influence and understand the solution context and approach and aid engineering in estimating the complexity of work being requestedUnderstands the impact Tech debt is causing and the value Tech upgrades can bring in, and can hold the objective conversations with your technology counterparts to prioritise it during any sprint

  Skills Relevant for the role

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • A methodical/analytical approach and great problem‑solving skills
  • 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
  • Ownership, responsiveness and commitment towards assigned work
  • Strong decision making and prioritization skills, especially when multiple trade‑offs are involved and faster decision are required
  • Expertise of Agile methodologies, writing effective user stories/ acceptance criterions
  • Great people skills and can gain respect and trust of team members and others working with you

  Whats in it for you?

  We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you – both in and out of work.

  • Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary.
  • Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays).
  • Private medical insurance.
  • 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (12 months service required at the qualifying date) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave.
  • 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.

  The above information is a shortened summary, refer to our policies for full details

  About Us

  You might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award‑winning mobile network. Truth is, we’re all of those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind, helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. No two customers are the same, neither are our colleagues.

  At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Spend 60% of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. Whether you're just kicking off your career, juggling passions, or navigating big life events, we're here to support you. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

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  And if you're interested in joining our team but don't tick every box, don't let that hold you back from applying.