Product Manager - Retail, Commerce

Experis - ManpowerGroup; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A multinational high-street retailer is seeking a Product Manager to lead product development in London. The role involves managing product capabilities, backlog prioritisation, and collaboration with various teams. Candidates should have experience in Commerce/Retail, particularly in API-based products, and proven success in Agile environments. This position offers a contract for 3 months with potential for extension.

Qualifications

• Experienced Product Manager, ideally in Commerce/Retail.
• Excellent technical understanding, especially in API products.
• Proven delivery in Agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead product development and collaborate with teams.
• Prioritise the backlog and optimise existing features.
• Communicate product roadmap to teams.

Skills

API-based product development

Agile software delivery

Commerce/Retail experience

Methodical and analytical

Problem solving skills

Job description

Product Manager - Retail, Commerce

The location of the role is Paddington, London (hybrid working). The duration of the contract is 3 months (likely long term extension). The pay rate on offer is £550 - £600 per day (via Umbrella agency - inside IR35).

The client is a multinational high-street retailer.

Role Summary

Lead the product development for a domain team, where you will be building transformational capabilities to be used across all of the business.

Key accountabilities of the role

• Demonstrate a good level of understanding of both the software development process, and the full technology stack understanding how your product interacts with other product teams and all areas of the business.
• Work collaboratively, particularly with the wider product team, technology delivery, and engineering.
• Accountable for the prioritisation of a backlog of work balancing requirements, optimising existing features, removing technical debt, and identifying quick wins vs pivotal initiatives.
• Contribute to each quarterly prioritisation process and building, refining the product roadmap, communicating it to wider teams and partners on a periodic basis.
• Lead the business readiness for your features, collaborating closely with all parties involved to clearly communicate what will be released and when.
• Assume shared accountability for the operational health of your product, reporting on agreed performance metrics.
• Working with the Senior Product Manager to build upon the future Pricing vision and product strategy.
• Management of day-to-day questions, with the ability to troubleshoot issues.

Key skills and experience

• Experienced Product Manager, ideally with industry experience in Commerce/Retail (service related industries like travel, etc. also suitable)
• Excellent technical understanding, ideally experienced in building and launching various API-based products and services
• Proven successful delivery in an Agile software environment to deliver customer-led outcomes
• Nice to have - Pricing & Promotions lifecycle experience from creation to execution
• Methodical and analytical
• Excellent problem solving skills