Project Manager

Women in Data®; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20% colleague discount across M&S

Competitive holiday entitlement

Discretionary bonus schemes

Defined Contribution Pension

Wellbeing support

Volunteer day

Job summary

Marks & Spencer is seeking a Data & Reporting Analytics lead reporting to the Data Analytics Manager in FHB Supply Chain & Logistics. You will drive planning, prioritisation and delivery of strategic data and transformation initiatives across the business.

You will oversee end-to-end programmes, manage backlogs, and maintain visibility of priorities, risks and resources, collaborating with stakeholders to translate business needs into actionable delivery plans.

Qualifications

• Experience translating business requirements into data-driven insights and decisions.
• Proven ability to deliver projects with technical dependencies and work with technical leads.
• Strong communication and relationship-building across functions.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain Data & Reporting Analytics backlog, prioritisation, resource allocation and delivery sequencing.
• Assess and shape new requirements, ensuring alignment to strategic objectives and team capacity.
• Support workload planning and capacity management for analytics teams, balancing demand with priorities.
• Establish governance and reporting cadence with stakeholders, with transparent progress and risks.
• Define, document and maintain detailed project plans aligned to roadmaps and implementations.

Skills

Backlog management

Data analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Delivery leadership

Transformation programs

Tools

Project governance

Job description

This section tells you all you need to know about the position and its responsibilities, outlining everything we hope to see in a successful candidate.

To stay close to our customers and colleagues, our support teams are in the office for at least three days a week as we believe that skills are developed through collaboration, and that spending time together makes us more creative and connected.

Summary

Reporting into the Data Analytics Manager in FHB Supply Chain & Logistics, this role is responsible for driving the planning, prioritisation and delivery of strategic data, analytics and transformation initiatives across the business.

The role combines delivery leadership, portfolio management and business transformation, overseeing a complex backlog of projects while maintaining visibility of priorities, dependencies, risks and resource requirements. Through strong stakeholder engagement, it supports informed decision-making and ensures alignment between business demand, team capacity and delivery commitments.

A key aspect of the role is leading end-to-end programmes that improve processes. This includes translating business challenges into actionable delivery plans and identifying opportunities to unlock efficiencies and value across the organisation.

Due to high interest, this role may close earlier than advertised. We recommend applying as soon as possible.

What You’ll do

Your key accountabilities will include

• Own and maintain the Data & Reporting Analytics backlog, ensuring effective prioritisation, resource allocation and delivery sequencing.
• Assess, challenge and shape new requirements, ensuring requests are aligned to strategic objectives, and appropriate team capacity exists before commitment.
• Support workload planning and capacity management for FHB analytics teams, balancing incoming demand against team capability and strategic priorities.
• Establish and maintain a structured governance and reporting cadence with key business stakeholders, providing transparency of progress, priorities, dependencies and risks.
• Define, document, agree and maintain detailed project plans, aligning to high level roadmaps and supporting the implementation of projects.

Who you are

Your skills and experience will include

• Experience working in a commercial or fashion environment, with the ability to translate complex business requirements into actionable, data-driven insights and decision-making.
• Previous experience of delivering projects with technical dependencies and working with technical leads.
• Proven experience of creating / agreeing good quality, well-crafted E2E plans and management of delivery roadmaps across the lifecycle.
• Excellent communication, influencing and relationship-building skills, with the ability to build strong partnerships across multiple functions, and the technical understanding needed to translate requirements, overcome blockers and keep delivery moving at pace.
• Proven experience of working within and being comfortable driving transformation in a fluid environment.

What's in it for you

Being a part of M&S is exactly that – playing your part to bring the magic of M&S to our customers every day. We’re an inclusive, dynamic, exciting, and ever evolving business built on doing the right thing and bringing exceptional quality, value, service to every customer, whenever, wherever and however they want to shop with us.

Here are some of the benefits we offer that make working for M&S just that little bit more special…

• After completing your probationary period, you’ll receive 20% colleague discount across all M&S products and many of our third-party brands for you and a member of your household.
• Competitive holiday entitlement with the potential to buy extra holiday days!
• Discretionary bonus schemes awarded based on how you achieve your personal objectives and our performance as a business.
• A generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance.
• A dedicated welcome to our teams with a tailored induction and a wide range of training programmes to develop your skills.
• Amazing perks and discounts via our M&S Choices portal to maximise your financial and personal wellbeing.
• Industry-leading parental, adoption and neonatal policies, providing support and flexibility for your family.
• Access to a fantastic range of wellbeing support for all colleagues including access to our 24/7 Virtual GP and PAM Assist to support you and your family.
• A charity volunteer day to support a charity or cause you're passionate about through a dedicated day away from work.

Everyone's welcome

We are ambitious about the future of retail. We’re disrupting, innovating and leading the industry into a more conscientious, inspiring digital era. We’re transforming how we work together and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. Marks & Spencer strives to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make change happen.

We are committed to building diverse and representative teams, where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and be at their best. We support each other and work together to win together.

If you feel you'd benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please don’t hesitate to let us know when completing your application. This information will be picked up by our team, so we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this process.

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