Location
Leicester | United Kingdom
Job description
We are looking for a Lead Product Owner to join our growing eCommerce team!
The NEXT websites are pretty good (at least we think so) but we’re always striving to make them even better. This role is for someone who shares our vision and who has the enthusiasm and drive to help us move things forward.
Working within the eCommerce Development team, you will be responsible for leading a digital product area, collaborative working with a mixture of both systems and business teams. You will lead a team of product owners to deliver NEXT’s eCommerce Digital vision, tracking key project success KPIs and continual analysis of features delivered and their impact to the customer experience.
We can offer hybrid working, with part of the week working at Next Head Office in Enderby, Leicestershire and part of the week working remotely.
About the role
- Fundamentally, you will be supporting the Head of Product / Product Channel Manager in taking ownership of a stream delivering multiple projects, detailing delivery plans, capturing key project milestones and dependencies
- Working closely with both business and technology teams to coordinate a phased approach, delivering value at pace and learnings early on in the project lifecycle.
- Communicate with internal stakeholders to understand the needs of the business and translate into detailed requirements, considering potential risks attached to suggestions you have made.
- Shape project success criteria and KPIs, alongside written documentation to support your work and present to stakeholders when necessary.
- Understanding customer needs through feedback and analysis, ensuring that data is at the heart of all decisions.
- Implement key Agile / SCRUM ceremonies, representing your project and be the key driver in enabling the development teams to progress.
About you
- Hands-on experience of product ownership within retail, having worked in the digital / ecommerce sector.
- Thought leader in digital space, with the ability to lead and motivate a team.
- Can quickly and accurately identify any issues or risks associated with a project as well as implementing a solution.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to talk to and present to a range of audiences.
- A passion for creating solutions with a positive attitude to change.
- Excellent analytical skills and an informed, evidence-based approach to defining success supported by analytical data
- Experience of working in Agile environments and working with Agile / SCRUM methodologies.
- Highly motivated and hardworking with a professional attitude, who is able to work under pressure in a fast paced environment.
- Google for business / Mircrosoft Office proficient.
- Not essential: experience using Agile tools such as TFS / JIRA or similar
- 25% off a huge selection of Next, Lipsy & Victoria's Secret products
- Company performance based bonus
- Sharesave scheme
- On-site Nursery available; OFSTED outstanding in all areas
- 10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty
- Early VIP access to sale stock
- Access to fantastic discounts at our Staff Shops
- Restaurants with great food at amazing prices
- Access a 24/7 digital GP and other free health and wellbeing services
- Free on-site parking
We aim to support all candidates during the application process and are happy to provide workplace adjustments when necessary. Should you need support with your application due to a disability or long-term condition, feel free to get in touch with us by email [email protected] (please include 'Workplace Adjustments' in the subject line), or call us on 0116 284 2486 and leave a voicemail.
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