Group Product Manager
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: Holborn Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1N 2HT
Contract type: Fixed-Term Assignment
Business area: Sainsbury's Tech
Closing date: 05 May 2025
Requisition ID: 302159
Job Title: Group Product Manager - Argos shopping experiences (12-Month Fixed Term)
Location: Flexible (one day a week from the London office)
About Us: At Argos, we are dedicated to delivering exceptional digital experiences to our customers. Our front end shopping experiences are a key component of our strategy to enhance customer engagement and streamline their shopping journey. We are looking for a talented Group Product Manager to join our team on a 12-month fixed-term basis to lead and inspire our product management team.
Role Overview: As the Group Product Manager for Argos shopping experiences, you will be responsible for overseeing the development and execution of our experiences across the homepage, listers, PDPs and SEO. You will line manage a Product Manager and Associate Product Manager, ensuring that our experiences continue to meet the needs of our customers and drives business growth. This role requires a strategic thinker with strong leadership skills and a passion for creating innovative digital solutions. This role also covers our experiences on Tu.co.uk and Habitat.co.uk as we operate off a shared technology platform.
Please note this is a 12-Month Fixed Term Contract.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and execute the product strategy for across our Argos top of funnel, aligning with the company's overall goals and objectives.
- Lead, mentor, and manage a team of product managers, including a Product Manager and an Associate Product Manager, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams, including engineering, design, marketing, and customer support, to deliver high-quality product features and enhancements.
- Conduct market research and analyse customer feedback to identify opportunities for product improvements and new features.
- Define and prioritise the product roadmap, ensuring timely delivery of key initiatives.
- Monitor and analyze key performance metrics to measure the success of our experiences and make data-driven decisions.
- Communicate product vision, strategy, and progress to stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.
- Stay up-to-date with industry trends and best practices to ensure we remain competitive and innovative.
What we’re looking for:
- Proven experience in product management, with a track record of successfully leading and delivering customer facing products.
- Understanding of SEO and the levers to improve ranking (ideal).
- Strong leadership and people management skills, experience managing and developing product managers.
- Experience with AI / agentic tooling preferable to rapidly prototype (eg Cursor, V0, Windsurfer)
- Passion for technology, and the ability to be a thought leader when working with our Engineering teams
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, ability to influence and stakeholders at all levels.
- Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and make informed decisions.
- Passion for digital innovation and a deep understanding of front end experiences
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities effectively.
What We Offer:
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- Opportunity to work with a talented and passionate team.
- A dynamic and inclusive work environment that encourages innovation and growth.
- The chance to make a significant impact on the future of the Argos and our customers' shopping experience.
How to Apply: If you are a strategic thinker with a passion for digital products and a proven track record in product management, we would love to hear from you.
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 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, 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 www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).
