Head of Proposition
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: London Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1M 6HA
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Argos
Closing date: 11 May 2026
Requisition ID: 400058753
About the team
The Argos Propositions team sits within Argos Commercial & Digital and plays a critical role in shaping how Argos delivers value to customers and the business. The team is responsible for developing and enabling the More Argos, More Often strategy, working across GM brands and channels to turn strategic thinking into tangible commercial and customer outcomes.
Recognised internally as a centre of talent, the team offers a highly collaborative environment where strategic rigour, curiosity and delivery discipline come together. It is a great landing spot for internal development and for external candidates looking to translate strategic expertise into real-world retail impact.
More about the role
As Head of Propositions, you will lead and develop a team of Proposition Planning Managers, taking ownership of the strategy and commercial development of Argos product services and propositions. Working closely with the Argos Commercial senior leadership team, you will define and prioritise a clear pipeline of initiatives that deliver against short-, medium- and long-term commercial ambitions.
Day to day, this role blends strategic thinking with hands-on delivery. You will frame complex commercial questions, develop hypothesis-led business plans, and translate insight into actionable prioritisation frameworks and delivery roadmaps. You will lead multi-million-pound programmes, shape cross-functional workstreams, and act as a trusted commercial voice across the business—ensuring propositions are delivered right-first-time and generate measurable customer and commercial value.
More about you
You bring experience operating in large, multi-channel organisations and are comfortable navigating ambiguity to drive clarity and momentum. You are commercially minded, analytically rigorous and able to connect customer insight, data and strategy to practical execution.
You are an inclusive and credible leader who builds high-performing teams and effective cross-functional relationships. You influence confidently at senior level, balance competing demands with judgement, and are prepared to make priority calls and challenge where needed to focus effort on the most impactful opportunities.
Essential criteria
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Proven experience leading and delivering strategic commercial change within a large, multi-channel organisation
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Demonstrable ability to develop and execute hypothesis-led business plans and prioritisation frameworks
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Proven leadership experience managing and developing high-performing teams
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Demonstrable experience influencing senior stakeholders and delivering outcomes through cross-functional collaboration
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Ability to analyse commercial and customer data to generate clear, structured insights that drive decision-making
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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 65% of salary, depending on how we perform (in cash and shares). 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, 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. You'll also receive a company car cash allowance unless you are going to travel 10,000 business miles in your role, then you'll be able to choose a car. 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).
