Senior Head of Product - fh&b (12 mo FTC)

MARKS&SPENCER; Greater London; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A major retail company in Greater London seeks a Senior Head of Product Management. In this pivotal role, you will lead the vision and delivery of an extensive digital product portfolio, collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive customer engagement and commercial performance. Ideal candidates will have substantial product management experience, strong leadership capabilities, and a data-driven approach. Enjoy perks such as discounts, a competitive bonus scheme, and a supportive work environment focused on innovation and continuous growth.

Benefits

20% colleague discount

Competitive holiday entitlement

Discretionary bonus scheme

Defined Contribution Pension Scheme

Tailored induction and training programmes

Wellbeing support including virtual GP access

Charity volunteer day

Qualifications

• Extensive product management experience across complex portfolios.
• Proven leadership and influencing skills with cross-functional teams.
• Strong commercial insight translating consumer needs into strategies.

Responsibilities

• Define the strategic vision for Fashion, Home & Beauty products.
• Drive innovation based on market insights and trends.
• Ensure product lifecycle excellence with defined success metrics.

Skills

Product strategy development

Leadership

Customer engagement

Data-driven decision making

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Summary

As Senior Head of Product Management, you will create vision, set direction, and lead delivery of an entire digital product portfolio, typically overseeing over 15-20 product teams. You will create, refine and deliver product strategies and roadmaps, establish budgets, and implement product management disciplines to create innovative, digital products that customers love and drive commercial value at scale.

This is a highly customer focussed and highly visible role influencing and directly leading multiple digital teams. You will manage several senior stakeholders across the business to drive alignment on objectives and key results, as well as partner with cross‑functional teams to create, refine and execute the product strategy in the context of company objectives.

You will play a key role in shaping the Product Management discipline to help bring about an innovative, product‑led culture that allows M&S digital products to be built at scale with high agility.

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.

• 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.

What you'll do

• Lead and define the strategic vision for a portfolio of Fashion, Home & Beauty products, translating commercial and brand strategy into clear product roadmaps and OKRs that drive customer engagement and business impact.
• Drive customer‑led innovation, leveraging market insight, trends, competitor analysis, and data to deliver compelling, differentiated solutions that enhance brand loyalty and commercial performance.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders across business, product, and technology, aligning priorities, facilitating decision‑making, and ensuring clear communication of product vision and roadmap.
• Ensure end‑to‑end product lifecycle excellence, including prioritisation, business case development, launch readiness, adoption, and ongoing optimisation with clearly defined success metrics.
• Build, inspire, and lead high‑performing product teams, embedding agile ways of working, mentoring Product Managers, and fostering a product‑led culture focused on innovation, customer experience, and brand.

Who you are

• Extensive product management experience delivering end‑to‑end strategies and launches across complex, customer‑facing portfolios, preferably in Fashion, Home or Beauty.
• Strong commercial and brand insight, with the ability to translate consumer needs, market trends, and competitive dynamics into successful product strategies.
• Proven leadership and influencing skills, with experience leading cross‑functional teams and working effectively with senior stakeholders to drive alignment and execution.
• Data‑driven decision‑making and problem‑solving expertise, with ability to define and track success metrics, optimise products, and improve engagement and performance outcomes.
• Exceptional people and leadership skills, including mentoring, team development, and fostering an agile, product‑led culture that encourages innovation and collaboration.

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.