Product Merchandising Manager Womenswear North West Flexible Working Up to £65,000 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits What's on Offer: Up to £65,000 salary Annual bonus Flexible working Excellent benefits package Significant career development opportunity The chance to shape and grow a strategically important category within a globally recognised sportswear brand A leading global sportswear brand is looking for an exceptional Product Merchandising Manager to take ownership of its Women's category and play a pivotal role in shaping future growth. This is not a retail merchandising position. We're looking for a commercially-minded product specialist with deep category expertise, a passion for women's sportswear, and a strong understanding of how branded apparel has evolved within the modern consumer landscape. This is a rare opportunity to join a high-profile brand and influence product strategy, category direction and go-to-market execution across a globally recognised business. The Opportunity: As Product Merchandising Manager for Women's, you will sit at the centre of the product creation and go-to-market process, acting as the commercial heartbeat of the category. You'll combine consumer insight, commercial analysis and product strategy to build compelling assortments, influence future product direction and ensure flawless execution across every stage of the product lifecycle. Working cross-functionally with Product, Sales, Marketing, Planning, Design and Development teams, you'll ensure the business remains consumer-led, commercially focused and ahead of market trends. This role is ideal for someone looking to take a significant step forward in their merchandising, category management or product management career within a leading branded environment. Key Responsibilities Category & Product Strategy Own and drive the Women's category strategy across multiple product areas and markets. Develop commercially relevant assortments that balance global consistency with regional and customer requirements. Identify market opportunities, consumer trends and category growth drivers to influence future product direction. Ensure the category remains fresh, relevant and competitive within the evolving women's sportswear market. Go-To-Market Leadership Lead key category milestones throughout the product creation and go-to-market process. Act as the central point of alignment between Product, Planning, Sales and Marketing teams. Ensure launch plans, timelines and product strategies are delivered accurately and on schedule. Drive executional excellence across all category touch points. Commercial Performance Partner with Key Account Managers and Sales Directors to align category strategy and business objectives. Monitor weekly sales performance and rate-of-sale metrics, translating data into actionable recommendations. Deliver seasonal forecasting and demand planning across both inline and consumer ranges. Support pricing, margin and assortment decisions to maximise category profitability and growth. Consumer & Market Insights: Maintain a deep understanding of the women's sportswear consumer and competitive landscape. Use market data, trend analysis and consumer insights to guide decision-making. Identify emerging opportunities and translate them into commercial product strategies. Champion the voice of the consumer throughout the business. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Build strong relationships across Product, Design, Development, Planning, Sales, Marketing and Visual Merchandising teams. Influence stakeholders across multiple functions and regions. Ensure clear communication, alignment and accountability throughout the product lifecycle. About You: We're looking for a commercially astute category specialist with a passion for women's product and a proven track record within branded apparel. You'll likely come from a sportswear, fashion or lifestyle brand environment and have experience working with major retailers or leading consumer brands. Essential Experience: Significant experience within Product Merchandising, Category Management, Consumer Trading, Product Management or a similar commercial product role. Strong background in branded apparel, ideally within sportswear, athleisure or lifestyle categories. Deep understanding of the women's category and the evolution of women's consumer behaviour within branded sportswear. Experience building assortments, analysing performance and influencing product strategy. Advanced commercial and analytical capability with strong numerical skills. Experience working cross-functionally within complex, fast-paced organisations. Excellent organisational skills and exceptional attention to detail. Highly Desirable: Experience with major branded retailers Experience operating within international or global markets. Degree-qualified, ideally in a discipline that promotes analytical thinking, problem-solving and strategic decision-making such as Business, Commerce, Economics, Engineering, Architecture or similar. Personal Attributes: Consumer obsessed and passionate about women's product. Commercially sharp with strong strategic thinking capability. Naturally curious and insight-driven. Confident influencing stakeholders at all levels. Highly organised with exceptional attention to detail. Comfortable operating within a fast-paced, high-visibility environment. Proactive, ambitious and eager to make a genuine impact. If you're passionate about branded apparel, obsessed with the women's category and ready to play a key role in shaping the future of a market-leading brand, we'd love to hear from you. BH36296
Jun 17, 2026
Full time
Product Merchandising Manager Womenswear North West Flexible Working Up to £65,000 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits What's on Offer: Up to £65,000 salary Annual bonus Flexible working Excellent benefits package Significant career development opportunity The chance to shape and grow a strategically important category within a globally recognised sportswear brand A leading global sportswear brand is looking for an exceptional Product Merchandising Manager to take ownership of its Women's category and play a pivotal role in shaping future growth. This is not a retail merchandising position. We're looking for a commercially-minded product specialist with deep category expertise, a passion for women's sportswear, and a strong understanding of how branded apparel has evolved within the modern consumer landscape. This is a rare opportunity to join a high-profile brand and influence product strategy, category direction and go-to-market execution across a globally recognised business. The Opportunity: As Product Merchandising Manager for Women's, you will sit at the centre of the product creation and go-to-market process, acting as the commercial heartbeat of the category. You'll combine consumer insight, commercial analysis and product strategy to build compelling assortments, influence future product direction and ensure flawless execution across every stage of the product lifecycle. Working cross-functionally with Product, Sales, Marketing, Planning, Design and Development teams, you'll ensure the business remains consumer-led, commercially focused and ahead of market trends. This role is ideal for someone looking to take a significant step forward in their merchandising, category management or product management career within a leading branded environment. Key Responsibilities Category & Product Strategy Own and drive the Women's category strategy across multiple product areas and markets. Develop commercially relevant assortments that balance global consistency with regional and customer requirements. Identify market opportunities, consumer trends and category growth drivers to influence future product direction. Ensure the category remains fresh, relevant and competitive within the evolving women's sportswear market. Go-To-Market Leadership Lead key category milestones throughout the product creation and go-to-market process. Act as the central point of alignment between Product, Planning, Sales and Marketing teams. Ensure launch plans, timelines and product strategies are delivered accurately and on schedule. Drive executional excellence across all category touch points. Commercial Performance Partner with Key Account Managers and Sales Directors to align category strategy and business objectives. Monitor weekly sales performance and rate-of-sale metrics, translating data into actionable recommendations. Deliver seasonal forecasting and demand planning across both inline and consumer ranges. Support pricing, margin and assortment decisions to maximise category profitability and growth. Consumer & Market Insights: Maintain a deep understanding of the women's sportswear consumer and competitive landscape. Use market data, trend analysis and consumer insights to guide decision-making. Identify emerging opportunities and translate them into commercial product strategies. Champion the voice of the consumer throughout the business. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Build strong relationships across Product, Design, Development, Planning, Sales, Marketing and Visual Merchandising teams. Influence stakeholders across multiple functions and regions. Ensure clear communication, alignment and accountability throughout the product lifecycle. About You: We're looking for a commercially astute category specialist with a passion for women's product and a proven track record within branded apparel. You'll likely come from a sportswear, fashion or lifestyle brand environment and have experience working with major retailers or leading consumer brands. Essential Experience: Significant experience within Product Merchandising, Category Management, Consumer Trading, Product Management or a similar commercial product role. Strong background in branded apparel, ideally within sportswear, athleisure or lifestyle categories. Deep understanding of the women's category and the evolution of women's consumer behaviour within branded sportswear. Experience building assortments, analysing performance and influencing product strategy. Advanced commercial and analytical capability with strong numerical skills. Experience working cross-functionally within complex, fast-paced organisations. Excellent organisational skills and exceptional attention to detail. Highly Desirable: Experience with major branded retailers Experience operating within international or global markets. Degree-qualified, ideally in a discipline that promotes analytical thinking, problem-solving and strategic decision-making such as Business, Commerce, Economics, Engineering, Architecture or similar. Personal Attributes: Consumer obsessed and passionate about women's product. Commercially sharp with strong strategic thinking capability. Naturally curious and insight-driven. Confident influencing stakeholders at all levels. Highly organised with exceptional attention to detail. Comfortable operating within a fast-paced, high-visibility environment. Proactive, ambitious and eager to make a genuine impact. If you're passionate about branded apparel, obsessed with the women's category and ready to play a key role in shaping the future of a market-leading brand, we'd love to hear from you. BH36296
Product Merchandising Manager Womenswear North West Flexible Working Up to £65,000 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits What's on Offer: Up to £65,000 salary Annual bonus Flexible working Excellent benefits package Significant career development opportunity The chance to shape and grow a strategically important category within a globally recognised sportswear brand A leading global sportswear brand is looking for an exceptional Product Merchandising Manager to take ownership of its Women's category and play a pivotal role in shaping future growth. This is not a retail merchandising position. We're looking for a commercially-minded product specialist with deep category expertise, a passion for women's sportswear, and a strong understanding of how branded apparel has evolved within the modern consumer landscape. This is a rare opportunity to join a high-profile brand and influence product strategy, category direction and go-to-market execution across a globally recognised business. The Opportunity: As Product Merchandising Manager for Women's, you will sit at the centre of the product creation and go-to-market process, acting as the commercial heartbeat of the category. You'll combine consumer insight, commercial analysis and product strategy to build compelling assortments, influence future product direction and ensure flawless execution across every stage of the product lifecycle. Working cross-functionally with Product, Sales, Marketing, Planning, Design and Development teams, you'll ensure the business remains consumer-led, commercially focused and ahead of market trends. This role is ideal for someone looking to take a significant step forward in their merchandising, category management or product management career within a leading branded environment. Key Responsibilities Category & Product Strategy Own and drive the Women's category strategy across multiple product areas and markets. Develop commercially relevant assortments that balance global consistency with regional and customer requirements. Identify market opportunities, consumer trends and category growth drivers to influence future product direction. Ensure the category remains fresh, relevant and competitive within the evolving women's sportswear market. Go-To-Market Leadership Lead key category milestones throughout the product creation and go-to-market process. Act as the central point of alignment between Product, Planning, Sales and Marketing teams. Ensure launch plans, timelines and product strategies are delivered accurately and on schedule. Drive executional excellence across all category touch points. Commercial Performance Partner with Key Account Managers and Sales Directors to align category strategy and business objectives. Monitor weekly sales performance and rate-of-sale metrics, translating data into actionable recommendations. Deliver seasonal forecasting and demand planning across both inline and consumer ranges. Support pricing, margin and assortment decisions to maximise category profitability and growth. Consumer & Market Insights: Maintain a deep understanding of the women's sportswear consumer and competitive landscape. Use market data, trend analysis and consumer insights to guide decision-making. Identify emerging opportunities and translate them into commercial product strategies. Champion the voice of the consumer throughout the business. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Build strong relationships across Product, Design, Development, Planning, Sales, Marketing and Visual Merchandising teams. Influence stakeholders across multiple functions and regions. Ensure clear communication, alignment and accountability throughout the product lifecycle. About You: We're looking for a commercially astute category specialist with a passion for women's product and a proven track record within branded apparel. You'll likely come from a sportswear, fashion or lifestyle brand environment and have experience working with major retailers or leading consumer brands. Essential Experience: Significant experience within Product Merchandising, Category Management, Consumer Trading, Product Management or a similar commercial product role. Strong background in branded apparel, ideally within sportswear, athleisure or lifestyle categories. Deep understanding of the women's category and the evolution of women's consumer behaviour within branded sportswear. Experience building assortments, analysing performance and influencing product strategy. Advanced commercial and analytical capability with strong numerical skills. Experience working cross-functionally within complex, fast-paced organisations. Excellent organisational skills and exceptional attention to detail. Highly Desirable: Experience with major branded retailers Experience operating within international or global markets. Degree-qualified, ideally in a discipline that promotes analytical thinking, problem-solving and strategic decision-making such as Business, Commerce, Economics, Engineering, Architecture or similar. Personal Attributes: Consumer obsessed and passionate about women's product. Commercially sharp with strong strategic thinking capability. Naturally curious and insight-driven. Confident influencing stakeholders at all levels. Highly organised with exceptional attention to detail. Comfortable operating within a fast-paced, high-visibility environment. Proactive, ambitious and eager to make a genuine impact. If you're passionate about branded apparel, obsessed with the women's category and ready to play a key role in shaping the future of a market-leading brand, we'd love to hear from you. BH36296
Jun 17, 2026
Full time
Product Merchandising Manager Womenswear North West Flexible Working Up to £65,000 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits What's on Offer: Up to £65,000 salary Annual bonus Flexible working Excellent benefits package Significant career development opportunity The chance to shape and grow a strategically important category within a globally recognised sportswear brand A leading global sportswear brand is looking for an exceptional Product Merchandising Manager to take ownership of its Women's category and play a pivotal role in shaping future growth. This is not a retail merchandising position. We're looking for a commercially-minded product specialist with deep category expertise, a passion for women's sportswear, and a strong understanding of how branded apparel has evolved within the modern consumer landscape. This is a rare opportunity to join a high-profile brand and influence product strategy, category direction and go-to-market execution across a globally recognised business. The Opportunity: As Product Merchandising Manager for Women's, you will sit at the centre of the product creation and go-to-market process, acting as the commercial heartbeat of the category. You'll combine consumer insight, commercial analysis and product strategy to build compelling assortments, influence future product direction and ensure flawless execution across every stage of the product lifecycle. Working cross-functionally with Product, Sales, Marketing, Planning, Design and Development teams, you'll ensure the business remains consumer-led, commercially focused and ahead of market trends. This role is ideal for someone looking to take a significant step forward in their merchandising, category management or product management career within a leading branded environment. Key Responsibilities Category & Product Strategy Own and drive the Women's category strategy across multiple product areas and markets. Develop commercially relevant assortments that balance global consistency with regional and customer requirements. Identify market opportunities, consumer trends and category growth drivers to influence future product direction. Ensure the category remains fresh, relevant and competitive within the evolving women's sportswear market. Go-To-Market Leadership Lead key category milestones throughout the product creation and go-to-market process. Act as the central point of alignment between Product, Planning, Sales and Marketing teams. Ensure launch plans, timelines and product strategies are delivered accurately and on schedule. Drive executional excellence across all category touch points. Commercial Performance Partner with Key Account Managers and Sales Directors to align category strategy and business objectives. Monitor weekly sales performance and rate-of-sale metrics, translating data into actionable recommendations. Deliver seasonal forecasting and demand planning across both inline and consumer ranges. Support pricing, margin and assortment decisions to maximise category profitability and growth. Consumer & Market Insights: Maintain a deep understanding of the women's sportswear consumer and competitive landscape. Use market data, trend analysis and consumer insights to guide decision-making. Identify emerging opportunities and translate them into commercial product strategies. Champion the voice of the consumer throughout the business. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Build strong relationships across Product, Design, Development, Planning, Sales, Marketing and Visual Merchandising teams. Influence stakeholders across multiple functions and regions. Ensure clear communication, alignment and accountability throughout the product lifecycle. About You: We're looking for a commercially astute category specialist with a passion for women's product and a proven track record within branded apparel. You'll likely come from a sportswear, fashion or lifestyle brand environment and have experience working with major retailers or leading consumer brands. Essential Experience: Significant experience within Product Merchandising, Category Management, Consumer Trading, Product Management or a similar commercial product role. Strong background in branded apparel, ideally within sportswear, athleisure or lifestyle categories. Deep understanding of the women's category and the evolution of women's consumer behaviour within branded sportswear. Experience building assortments, analysing performance and influencing product strategy. Advanced commercial and analytical capability with strong numerical skills. Experience working cross-functionally within complex, fast-paced organisations. Excellent organisational skills and exceptional attention to detail. Highly Desirable: Experience with major branded retailers Experience operating within international or global markets. Degree-qualified, ideally in a discipline that promotes analytical thinking, problem-solving and strategic decision-making such as Business, Commerce, Economics, Engineering, Architecture or similar. Personal Attributes: Consumer obsessed and passionate about women's product. Commercially sharp with strong strategic thinking capability. Naturally curious and insight-driven. Confident influencing stakeholders at all levels. Highly organised with exceptional attention to detail. Comfortable operating within a fast-paced, high-visibility environment. Proactive, ambitious and eager to make a genuine impact. If you're passionate about branded apparel, obsessed with the women's category and ready to play a key role in shaping the future of a market-leading brand, we'd love to hear from you. BH36296
Head of Product Development (Heritage, Gift & Licensed Products) Location: Hybrid - Melksham, Wiltshire Salary: Negotiable Job Type: Permanent, Full Time REED Marketing & Creative are pleased to be partnering with a well-established business with over 30 years' experience in the giftware sector who are evolving into a culturally curated lifestyle brand, rooted in storytelling, heritage and design. Supplying bookstores, museum stores, heritage retailers and gift shops across the UK, US and internationally, the business combines proprietary brands with licensing partnerships. As part of its next phase of growth, the company is seeking an experienced Head of Product Development to lead product strategy, deliver profitable growth and build a high-performing product function. The Role Reporting to the Sales & Marketing Director and sitting on the Senior Leadership Team, this role is accountable for the commercial success of the product portfolio. You will drive sales growth, improve gross margin and optimise return on product investment through strong strategic leadership and disciplined execution. Leading the Product Development team, you will balance creativity with commercial focus to deliver fewer, stronger and more profitable product launches. This is a commercial leadership role rather than a design-led position. Key Responsibilities Develop and execute product strategy aligned to business objectives and brand direction Own product portfolio performance, including sales, gross profit and margin delivery Create annual product roadmaps focused on revenue growth and ROI Drive SKU rationalisation, reducing underperforming lines and complexity Lead end-to-end product development from concept to launch, embedding commercial discipline Identify market opportunities through customer insight, trends and competitor analysis Manage product architecture across proprietary and licensed ranges Maximise value from licensing partnerships while strengthening owned brands Oversee product briefs, packaging and merchandising to optimise retail performance Lead value engineering and cost optimisation with overseas manufacturing partners Ensure compliance and risk management throughout development Build and develop a high-performing, commercially focused product team Collaborate cross-functionally with Sales and Marketing to align product with demand Champion the use of AI tools to improve development speed and effectiveness Experience & Skills Senior product leadership experience within giftware, consumer goods, homewares, licensing or related sectors Proven track record of delivering profitable product portfolios Strong financial and commercial acumen, including margin and ROI management Experience working with overseas manufacturers and cost optimisation Background in both proprietary and licensed product development Strong leadership and team development capability Data-driven decision making, using customer and market insight The successful candidate will be commercially driven and strategic, with strong decision-making ability. A confident leader who can balance creativity with commercial outcomes, influence stakeholders and maintain a clear focus on delivering products customers love and retailers want to buy. Interested? Apply online or contact Jo Aldred at Reed.
Jun 16, 2026
Full time
Head of Product Development (Heritage, Gift & Licensed Products) Location: Hybrid - Melksham, Wiltshire Salary: Negotiable Job Type: Permanent, Full Time REED Marketing & Creative are pleased to be partnering with a well-established business with over 30 years' experience in the giftware sector who are evolving into a culturally curated lifestyle brand, rooted in storytelling, heritage and design. Supplying bookstores, museum stores, heritage retailers and gift shops across the UK, US and internationally, the business combines proprietary brands with licensing partnerships. As part of its next phase of growth, the company is seeking an experienced Head of Product Development to lead product strategy, deliver profitable growth and build a high-performing product function. The Role Reporting to the Sales & Marketing Director and sitting on the Senior Leadership Team, this role is accountable for the commercial success of the product portfolio. You will drive sales growth, improve gross margin and optimise return on product investment through strong strategic leadership and disciplined execution. Leading the Product Development team, you will balance creativity with commercial focus to deliver fewer, stronger and more profitable product launches. This is a commercial leadership role rather than a design-led position. Key Responsibilities Develop and execute product strategy aligned to business objectives and brand direction Own product portfolio performance, including sales, gross profit and margin delivery Create annual product roadmaps focused on revenue growth and ROI Drive SKU rationalisation, reducing underperforming lines and complexity Lead end-to-end product development from concept to launch, embedding commercial discipline Identify market opportunities through customer insight, trends and competitor analysis Manage product architecture across proprietary and licensed ranges Maximise value from licensing partnerships while strengthening owned brands Oversee product briefs, packaging and merchandising to optimise retail performance Lead value engineering and cost optimisation with overseas manufacturing partners Ensure compliance and risk management throughout development Build and develop a high-performing, commercially focused product team Collaborate cross-functionally with Sales and Marketing to align product with demand Champion the use of AI tools to improve development speed and effectiveness Experience & Skills Senior product leadership experience within giftware, consumer goods, homewares, licensing or related sectors Proven track record of delivering profitable product portfolios Strong financial and commercial acumen, including margin and ROI management Experience working with overseas manufacturers and cost optimisation Background in both proprietary and licensed product development Strong leadership and team development capability Data-driven decision making, using customer and market insight The successful candidate will be commercially driven and strategic, with strong decision-making ability. A confident leader who can balance creativity with commercial outcomes, influence stakeholders and maintain a clear focus on delivering products customers love and retailers want to buy. Interested? Apply online or contact Jo Aldred at Reed.
Product Merchandising Manager Womenswear North West Flexible Working Up to £65,000 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits What's on Offer: Up to £65,000 salary Annual bonus Flexible working Excellent benefits package Significant career development opportunity The chance to shape and grow a strategically important category within a globally recognised sportswear brand A leading global sportswear brand is looking for an exceptional Product Merchandising Manager to take ownership of its Women's category and play a pivotal role in shaping future growth. This is not a retail merchandising position. We're looking for a commercially-minded product specialist with deep category expertise, a passion for women's sportswear, and a strong understanding of how branded apparel has evolved within the modern consumer landscape. This is a rare opportunity to join a high-profile brand and influence product strategy, category direction and go-to-market execution across a globally recognised business. The Opportunity: As Product Merchandising Manager for Women's, you will sit at the centre of the product creation and go-to-market process, acting as the commercial heartbeat of the category. You'll combine consumer insight, commercial analysis and product strategy to build compelling assortments, influence future product direction and ensure flawless execution across every stage of the product lifecycle. Working cross-functionally with Product, Sales, Marketing, Planning, Design and Development teams, you'll ensure the business remains consumer-led, commercially focused and ahead of market trends. This role is ideal for someone looking to take a significant step forward in their merchandising, category management or product management career within a leading branded environment. Key Responsibilities Category & Product Strategy Own and drive the Women's category strategy across multiple product areas and markets. Develop commercially relevant assortments that balance global consistency with regional and customer requirements. Identify market opportunities, consumer trends and category growth drivers to influence future product direction. Ensure the category remains fresh, relevant and competitive within the evolving women's sportswear market. Go-To-Market Leadership Lead key category milestones throughout the product creation and go-to-market process. Act as the central point of alignment between Product, Planning, Sales and Marketing teams. Ensure launch plans, timelines and product strategies are delivered accurately and on schedule. Drive executional excellence across all category touch points. Commercial Performance Partner with Key Account Managers and Sales Directors to align category strategy and business objectives. Monitor weekly sales performance and rate-of-sale metrics, translating data into actionable recommendations. Deliver seasonal forecasting and demand planning across both inline and consumer ranges. Support pricing, margin and assortment decisions to maximise category profitability and growth. Consumer & Market Insights: Maintain a deep understanding of the women's sportswear consumer and competitive landscape. Use market data, trend analysis and consumer insights to guide decision-making. Identify emerging opportunities and translate them into commercial product strategies. Champion the voice of the consumer throughout the business. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Build strong relationships across Product, Design, Development, Planning, Sales, Marketing and Visual Merchandising teams. Influence stakeholders across multiple functions and regions. Ensure clear communication, alignment and accountability throughout the product lifecycle. About You: We're looking for a commercially astute category specialist with a passion for women's product and a proven track record within branded apparel. You'll likely come from a sportswear, fashion or lifestyle brand environment and have experience working with major retailers or leading consumer brands. Essential Experience: Significant experience within Product Merchandising, Category Management, Consumer Trading, Product Management or a similar commercial product role. Strong background in branded apparel, ideally within sportswear, athleisure or lifestyle categories. Deep understanding of the women's category and the evolution of women's consumer behaviour within branded sportswear. Experience building assortments, analysing performance and influencing product strategy. Advanced commercial and analytical capability with strong numerical skills. Experience working cross-functionally within complex, fast-paced organisations. Excellent organisational skills and exceptional attention to detail. Highly Desirable: Experience with major branded retailers Experience operating within international or global markets. Degree-qualified, ideally in a discipline that promotes analytical thinking, problem-solving and strategic decision-making such as Business, Commerce, Economics, Engineering, Architecture or similar. Personal Attributes: Consumer obsessed and passionate about women's product. Commercially sharp with strong strategic thinking capability. Naturally curious and insight-driven. Confident influencing stakeholders at all levels. Highly organised with exceptional attention to detail. Comfortable operating within a fast-paced, high-visibility environment. Proactive, ambitious and eager to make a genuine impact. If you're passionate about branded apparel, obsessed with the women's category and ready to play a key role in shaping the future of a market-leading brand, we'd love to hear from you. BH36296
Jun 16, 2026
Full time
Product Merchandising Manager Womenswear North West Flexible Working Up to £65,000 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits What's on Offer: Up to £65,000 salary Annual bonus Flexible working Excellent benefits package Significant career development opportunity The chance to shape and grow a strategically important category within a globally recognised sportswear brand A leading global sportswear brand is looking for an exceptional Product Merchandising Manager to take ownership of its Women's category and play a pivotal role in shaping future growth. This is not a retail merchandising position. We're looking for a commercially-minded product specialist with deep category expertise, a passion for women's sportswear, and a strong understanding of how branded apparel has evolved within the modern consumer landscape. This is a rare opportunity to join a high-profile brand and influence product strategy, category direction and go-to-market execution across a globally recognised business. The Opportunity: As Product Merchandising Manager for Women's, you will sit at the centre of the product creation and go-to-market process, acting as the commercial heartbeat of the category. You'll combine consumer insight, commercial analysis and product strategy to build compelling assortments, influence future product direction and ensure flawless execution across every stage of the product lifecycle. Working cross-functionally with Product, Sales, Marketing, Planning, Design and Development teams, you'll ensure the business remains consumer-led, commercially focused and ahead of market trends. This role is ideal for someone looking to take a significant step forward in their merchandising, category management or product management career within a leading branded environment. Key Responsibilities Category & Product Strategy Own and drive the Women's category strategy across multiple product areas and markets. Develop commercially relevant assortments that balance global consistency with regional and customer requirements. Identify market opportunities, consumer trends and category growth drivers to influence future product direction. Ensure the category remains fresh, relevant and competitive within the evolving women's sportswear market. Go-To-Market Leadership Lead key category milestones throughout the product creation and go-to-market process. Act as the central point of alignment between Product, Planning, Sales and Marketing teams. Ensure launch plans, timelines and product strategies are delivered accurately and on schedule. Drive executional excellence across all category touch points. Commercial Performance Partner with Key Account Managers and Sales Directors to align category strategy and business objectives. Monitor weekly sales performance and rate-of-sale metrics, translating data into actionable recommendations. Deliver seasonal forecasting and demand planning across both inline and consumer ranges. Support pricing, margin and assortment decisions to maximise category profitability and growth. Consumer & Market Insights: Maintain a deep understanding of the women's sportswear consumer and competitive landscape. Use market data, trend analysis and consumer insights to guide decision-making. Identify emerging opportunities and translate them into commercial product strategies. Champion the voice of the consumer throughout the business. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Build strong relationships across Product, Design, Development, Planning, Sales, Marketing and Visual Merchandising teams. Influence stakeholders across multiple functions and regions. Ensure clear communication, alignment and accountability throughout the product lifecycle. About You: We're looking for a commercially astute category specialist with a passion for women's product and a proven track record within branded apparel. You'll likely come from a sportswear, fashion or lifestyle brand environment and have experience working with major retailers or leading consumer brands. Essential Experience: Significant experience within Product Merchandising, Category Management, Consumer Trading, Product Management or a similar commercial product role. Strong background in branded apparel, ideally within sportswear, athleisure or lifestyle categories. Deep understanding of the women's category and the evolution of women's consumer behaviour within branded sportswear. Experience building assortments, analysing performance and influencing product strategy. Advanced commercial and analytical capability with strong numerical skills. Experience working cross-functionally within complex, fast-paced organisations. Excellent organisational skills and exceptional attention to detail. Highly Desirable: Experience with major branded retailers Experience operating within international or global markets. Degree-qualified, ideally in a discipline that promotes analytical thinking, problem-solving and strategic decision-making such as Business, Commerce, Economics, Engineering, Architecture or similar. Personal Attributes: Consumer obsessed and passionate about women's product. Commercially sharp with strong strategic thinking capability. Naturally curious and insight-driven. Confident influencing stakeholders at all levels. Highly organised with exceptional attention to detail. Comfortable operating within a fast-paced, high-visibility environment. Proactive, ambitious and eager to make a genuine impact. If you're passionate about branded apparel, obsessed with the women's category and ready to play a key role in shaping the future of a market-leading brand, we'd love to hear from you. BH36296
Expert technical leadership. Modern Tech-Stack. Being Agile. Senior CRM Engineering Manager £79,000 - £84,000 (+ Benefits) Grade: M2MP Reports to: Head of Engineering Contract: Permanent Hours: Full time 35 hours per week Visa sponsorship: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship. Location: Stratford, London. Office-based with high flexibility (1-2 days per week in the office) Closing date: 22 June :55 This vacancy may close earlier if a high volume of applications is received or once a suitable candidate is found, therefore we strongly recommend that you apply early to avoid disappointment. If you require more time to apply as part of a reasonable adjustment, please contact as soon as possible. Recruitment process: Two competency-based interviews (potentially with a telephone interview) How do I apply? We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won't be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to fully complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly, and objectively. At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer. We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That's why we're looking for someone talented, someone who wants to develop their skills, someone like you. Cancer Research UK has an ambitious Engineering Strategy supported by a modern Tech Stack and a complex hybrid infrastructure spanning on premise and multi cloud environments. Our CRM and Marketing platforms sit at the heart of our Engage Strategy and are undergoing major transformation to migrate from Siebel to Salesforce (going live in May) and to modernise our marketing technologies as part of the largest change programme in the UK charity sector's history. As Senior CRM Engineering Manager, you'll play a pivotal role in leading our CRM and Marketing Engineering team and guiding the organisation through this transition. You'll oversee development and support environments, ensuring our platforms remain stable, efficient, and continuously improve. You'll collaborate closely with implementation partners and stakeholders while building a sustainable in-house capability. This will involve developing a talented engineering team through significant technical and cultural change and fostering an inclusive, high-performing culture that supports innovation. You'll also shape and deliver our CRM and Marketing Engineering Strategy, embedding DevOps and Agile practices, strengthening platform resilience, and ensuring the customer voice drives what we build. If you're an engineering leader with CRM transformation experience in hybrid and cloud environments, and you've led and motivated teams through change, we would love for you to join our mission. What will I be doing? Leading the CRM and Marketing Engineering function to deliver reliable, efficient and high-quality CRM and marketing platforms. Leading the CRM Engineering team to deliver the priorities defined by the Head of Product Portfolio and the CRM Product Manager. Ensuring the team meets organisational needs by driving fast, high quality development, maintaining reliable environments, and supporting DevOps practices. Ensuring CRM and Marketing platforms deliver an excellent user experience while maintaining data integrity. These platforms include: Migrating from Siebel to Salesforce (go-live May 2026). Marketing platforms currently include, but are not limited to: Adobe Campaign and Taxi for Email). Collaborating with the Head of Product Portfolio and the CRM and Marketing teams to deliver their priorities while ensuring strong governance, platform reliability, efficient delivery, and alignment with Engineering and Data strategies. Leading the team in transitioning from the legacy Siebel monolith to Salesforce and the future marketing platform, coaching them, maintaining morale, and developing the skills needed to ensure effective adoption of the new platforms. Collaborating with implementation partners to ensure the new platforms meet Cancer Research UK's needs, involve the team throughout delivery, and ensure effective knowledge transfer to avoid long term dependency. Defining and delivering CRM and Marketing aspects of the Engineering Strategy. This will involve: Optimising delivery by improving throughput and quality, embedding DevOps tools and practices, and applying Agile methods. Continuously improving CRM and Marketing platform availability, stability, and resilience by reducing technical debt, strengthening support processes, addressing recurring pain points, and ensuring the customer voice informs team priorities. Line Management: Line-managing and leading the CRM Engineering team (c.5 direct and c.3 indirect reports across Development, Environments and Support). Coaching the team to build the skills and capabilities needed for their career growth and transition from Siebel to Salesforce. Creating an inclusive and high-performing team culture that recognises success and retains talent within the team and wider function. Setting clear objectives and KPIs for the team, ensuring to recognise success and address under-performance. What skills will I need? Experienced engineering leader who has developed, managed, and motivated technical development and support teams in large, complex organisations. Significant experience transforming, modernising, and integrating CRM platforms in hybrid on premise and cloud/SaaS environments (ideally Siebel to Salesforce). Has a successful track record of managing and transforming the development and operation of enterprise-grade platforms. Knowledge of engineering best practices, architecture, and DevOps culture, tools and processes, and their application to CRM platform engineering. Expert knowledge of engineering best practices with experience applying different development methodologies (such as Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, and Kanban, etc.). Proven experience delivering robust incident management, disaster recovery, and high availability platforms. Strong people management and coaching skills with experience driving change and leading and motivating teams in navigating ambiguity and responding to evolving business needs. Has successfully built credible and collaborative technical and non-technical stakeholder relationships with the ability to explain complex technical issues, balance competing priorities, and influence technical decisions (including Marketing teams and senior leadership). Has some knowledge and experience of Marketing technologies and Adobe. Our organisation values are designed to guide all that we do. Bold: Act with ambition, courage and determination Credible: Act with rigour and professionalism Human: Act to have a positive impact on people Together: Act inclusively and collaboratively We're looking for people who can believe in and embody these organisation values and can use them to drive forward progress against our mission to beat cancer. If you're interested in applying and excited about working with us but are unsure if you have the right skills and experience we'd still love to hear from you. What will I gain? We create a working environment that supports your wellbeing and provide a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools. Our policies and processes enable you to improve your work-life balance, take positive steps in your career and achieve your personal wellbeing goals. You can explore our benefits by visiting our careers web page. Additional Information For more information about working with us please visit our website or contact us. For more updates on our work and careers, follow us on: LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.
Jun 13, 2026
Full time
Expert technical leadership. Modern Tech-Stack. Being Agile. Senior CRM Engineering Manager £79,000 - £84,000 (+ Benefits) Grade: M2MP Reports to: Head of Engineering Contract: Permanent Hours: Full time 35 hours per week Visa sponsorship: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship. Location: Stratford, London. Office-based with high flexibility (1-2 days per week in the office) Closing date: 22 June :55 This vacancy may close earlier if a high volume of applications is received or once a suitable candidate is found, therefore we strongly recommend that you apply early to avoid disappointment. If you require more time to apply as part of a reasonable adjustment, please contact as soon as possible. Recruitment process: Two competency-based interviews (potentially with a telephone interview) How do I apply? We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won't be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to fully complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly, and objectively. At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer. We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That's why we're looking for someone talented, someone who wants to develop their skills, someone like you. Cancer Research UK has an ambitious Engineering Strategy supported by a modern Tech Stack and a complex hybrid infrastructure spanning on premise and multi cloud environments. Our CRM and Marketing platforms sit at the heart of our Engage Strategy and are undergoing major transformation to migrate from Siebel to Salesforce (going live in May) and to modernise our marketing technologies as part of the largest change programme in the UK charity sector's history. As Senior CRM Engineering Manager, you'll play a pivotal role in leading our CRM and Marketing Engineering team and guiding the organisation through this transition. You'll oversee development and support environments, ensuring our platforms remain stable, efficient, and continuously improve. You'll collaborate closely with implementation partners and stakeholders while building a sustainable in-house capability. This will involve developing a talented engineering team through significant technical and cultural change and fostering an inclusive, high-performing culture that supports innovation. You'll also shape and deliver our CRM and Marketing Engineering Strategy, embedding DevOps and Agile practices, strengthening platform resilience, and ensuring the customer voice drives what we build. If you're an engineering leader with CRM transformation experience in hybrid and cloud environments, and you've led and motivated teams through change, we would love for you to join our mission. What will I be doing? Leading the CRM and Marketing Engineering function to deliver reliable, efficient and high-quality CRM and marketing platforms. Leading the CRM Engineering team to deliver the priorities defined by the Head of Product Portfolio and the CRM Product Manager. Ensuring the team meets organisational needs by driving fast, high quality development, maintaining reliable environments, and supporting DevOps practices. Ensuring CRM and Marketing platforms deliver an excellent user experience while maintaining data integrity. These platforms include: Migrating from Siebel to Salesforce (go-live May 2026). Marketing platforms currently include, but are not limited to: Adobe Campaign and Taxi for Email). Collaborating with the Head of Product Portfolio and the CRM and Marketing teams to deliver their priorities while ensuring strong governance, platform reliability, efficient delivery, and alignment with Engineering and Data strategies. Leading the team in transitioning from the legacy Siebel monolith to Salesforce and the future marketing platform, coaching them, maintaining morale, and developing the skills needed to ensure effective adoption of the new platforms. Collaborating with implementation partners to ensure the new platforms meet Cancer Research UK's needs, involve the team throughout delivery, and ensure effective knowledge transfer to avoid long term dependency. Defining and delivering CRM and Marketing aspects of the Engineering Strategy. This will involve: Optimising delivery by improving throughput and quality, embedding DevOps tools and practices, and applying Agile methods. Continuously improving CRM and Marketing platform availability, stability, and resilience by reducing technical debt, strengthening support processes, addressing recurring pain points, and ensuring the customer voice informs team priorities. Line Management: Line-managing and leading the CRM Engineering team (c.5 direct and c.3 indirect reports across Development, Environments and Support). Coaching the team to build the skills and capabilities needed for their career growth and transition from Siebel to Salesforce. Creating an inclusive and high-performing team culture that recognises success and retains talent within the team and wider function. Setting clear objectives and KPIs for the team, ensuring to recognise success and address under-performance. What skills will I need? Experienced engineering leader who has developed, managed, and motivated technical development and support teams in large, complex organisations. Significant experience transforming, modernising, and integrating CRM platforms in hybrid on premise and cloud/SaaS environments (ideally Siebel to Salesforce). Has a successful track record of managing and transforming the development and operation of enterprise-grade platforms. Knowledge of engineering best practices, architecture, and DevOps culture, tools and processes, and their application to CRM platform engineering. Expert knowledge of engineering best practices with experience applying different development methodologies (such as Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, and Kanban, etc.). Proven experience delivering robust incident management, disaster recovery, and high availability platforms. Strong people management and coaching skills with experience driving change and leading and motivating teams in navigating ambiguity and responding to evolving business needs. Has successfully built credible and collaborative technical and non-technical stakeholder relationships with the ability to explain complex technical issues, balance competing priorities, and influence technical decisions (including Marketing teams and senior leadership). Has some knowledge and experience of Marketing technologies and Adobe. Our organisation values are designed to guide all that we do. Bold: Act with ambition, courage and determination Credible: Act with rigour and professionalism Human: Act to have a positive impact on people Together: Act inclusively and collaboratively We're looking for people who can believe in and embody these organisation values and can use them to drive forward progress against our mission to beat cancer. If you're interested in applying and excited about working with us but are unsure if you have the right skills and experience we'd still love to hear from you. What will I gain? We create a working environment that supports your wellbeing and provide a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools. Our policies and processes enable you to improve your work-life balance, take positive steps in your career and achieve your personal wellbeing goals. You can explore our benefits by visiting our careers web page. Additional Information For more information about working with us please visit our website or contact us. For more updates on our work and careers, follow us on: LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.
Technical BA Initial 12-month FTC c. 80,000 base + bonus c. 2 days/month on-site A major UK retail and technology business is investing heavily in large-scale digital transformation and is looking to hire experienced Technical Business Analysts to support a growing portfolio of strategic programmes. This is not a traditional BA role. These positions sit closely aligned to Solution Architecture, Engineering and Technical Delivery teams, helping shape solutions, challenge design decisions and ensure successful delivery across complex enterprise environments. You'll be joining a highly agile environment supporting multiple concurrent initiatives across areas including: ePOS Marketing platforms PIM Loyalty Cloud transformation AI and data initiatives The Opportunity c. 80,000 base salary 20% bonus Private medical Standard pension scheme Hybrid working - typically 2 days per month onsite in London (project dependent) Strong likelihood of permanent conversion due to significant planned technology headcount growth and long-term investment strategy What You'll Be Doing Working closely with Solution Architects and Engineering teams on technical solution design Translating business requirements into implementation-ready technical deliverables Contributing to solution proposals, integrations and architectural discussions Identifying risks, edge cases, dependencies and functional gaps early in the lifecycle Supporting Agile delivery teams with epics, user stories and acceptance criteria Performing impact assessments, gap analysis and technical process modelling Collaborating across delivery, architecture, engineering and business stakeholders to drive successful outcomes What They're Looking For Strong Technical Business Analysis experience within enterprise environments Excellent understanding of Agile delivery methodologies and the full SDLC Experience working closely with Solution Architecture and Engineering teams Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences Experience with systems integration, technical delivery and solution analysis Ability to challenge requirements and simplify solutions where appropriate Exposure to data flows, APIs, technical processes or architecture artefacts would be highly beneficial Knowledge of SQL, programming or data query languages is advantageous This is an excellent opportunity to join a business undergoing major transformation with significant long-term investment in technology, engineering capability and platform ownership.
Jun 12, 2026
Full time
Technical BA Initial 12-month FTC c. 80,000 base + bonus c. 2 days/month on-site A major UK retail and technology business is investing heavily in large-scale digital transformation and is looking to hire experienced Technical Business Analysts to support a growing portfolio of strategic programmes. This is not a traditional BA role. These positions sit closely aligned to Solution Architecture, Engineering and Technical Delivery teams, helping shape solutions, challenge design decisions and ensure successful delivery across complex enterprise environments. You'll be joining a highly agile environment supporting multiple concurrent initiatives across areas including: ePOS Marketing platforms PIM Loyalty Cloud transformation AI and data initiatives The Opportunity c. 80,000 base salary 20% bonus Private medical Standard pension scheme Hybrid working - typically 2 days per month onsite in London (project dependent) Strong likelihood of permanent conversion due to significant planned technology headcount growth and long-term investment strategy What You'll Be Doing Working closely with Solution Architects and Engineering teams on technical solution design Translating business requirements into implementation-ready technical deliverables Contributing to solution proposals, integrations and architectural discussions Identifying risks, edge cases, dependencies and functional gaps early in the lifecycle Supporting Agile delivery teams with epics, user stories and acceptance criteria Performing impact assessments, gap analysis and technical process modelling Collaborating across delivery, architecture, engineering and business stakeholders to drive successful outcomes What They're Looking For Strong Technical Business Analysis experience within enterprise environments Excellent understanding of Agile delivery methodologies and the full SDLC Experience working closely with Solution Architecture and Engineering teams Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences Experience with systems integration, technical delivery and solution analysis Ability to challenge requirements and simplify solutions where appropriate Exposure to data flows, APIs, technical processes or architecture artefacts would be highly beneficial Knowledge of SQL, programming or data query languages is advantageous This is an excellent opportunity to join a business undergoing major transformation with significant long-term investment in technology, engineering capability and platform ownership.
Bold innovation. Modern Tech-Stack. Impacting the future. Salesforce Platform Architect £60,000 - £66,000 (+ Benefits) Grade: P3 Directorate : Chief Operating Office Reports to: Head of Architecture Contract: Permanent Hours: Full time 35 hours per week Location: Stratford, London. Office-based with high flexibility (1-2 days per week in the office) Visa sponsorship: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship. Internal closing date: 24 June :55. This vacancy may close earlier if a high volume of applications is received or once a suitable candidate is found, therefore we strongly recommend that you apply early to avoid disappointment. If you require more time to apply as part of a reasonable adjustment, please contact as soon as possible. Recruitment process: Competency-based interviews Interview date: From the week commencing 27 April/ 04 May 2026 How do I apply? We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won't be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to fully complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly, and objectively. At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer. We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That's why we're looking for someone talented, someone who wants to develop their skills, someone like you. Cancer Research UK has an ambitious Engineering Strategy supported by a modern Tech Stack and a complex hybrid infrastructure spanning on premise and multi cloud environments. Our CRM and Marketing platforms sit at the heart of our Engage Strategy and are undergoing major transformation to migrate from Siebel to Salesforce (going live this year) and to modernise our marketing technologies as part of the largest change programme in the UK charity sector's history. As a Salesforce Platform Architect, you'll play a pivotal role in safeguarding and evolving our Salesforce platform post-migration, supporting the transition from transformation into a stable, business as usual state. You'll be responsible for iterating and maintaining the Salesforce platform architecture, ensuring it remains secure, scalable, and well-integrated in line with Cancer Research UK's strategy. This will involve lower level design, development, and configuration, while shaping top level solutions and governance. This is an opportunity to collaborate closely with a cross disciplinary technology function and external partners, providing technical leadership, standards, and oversight to ensure solutions are fit for purpose, while building organisational capability through coaching, architectural guidance, and the establishment of a Salesforce Centre of Excellence. If you're a Salesforce Architect who has maintained, developed, or implemented Salesforce in a large, complex organisation, we would love for you to join our mission. What will I be doing? Defining and maintaining the Salesforce platform architecture by: Delivering end-to-end, secure, and integrated solutions aligned to Cancer Research UK's strategy. Providing technical leadership, standards and governance across teams. Ensuring solutions are fit for purpose and support the wider architecture capability through expert guidance, coaching, and architectural oversight. Defining guidelines for platform usage, customisation, and integration to ensure consistent, secure, and scalable use of Salesforce across the organisation. Ensuring the scalability, performance, and reliability of the Salesforce platform meet the charity's current and future operational and strategic needs. Designing quality, scalable, and performant Salesforce solutions to ensure all components fit together into a coherent, maintainable, and business-aligned architecture. Translating business requirements into high-level and low-level technical designs, enabling delivery teams to build effective low-code or pro-code solutions. Overseeing the implementation of new platform features, modules, and enhancements, ensuring they align with architectural standards and deliver business value. Building and guiding the creation of proofs of concept to validate solution options and accelerate innovation within delivery teams. Designing and overseeing Salesforce data integrations, ensuring data quality, integrity, and reliable information exchange across connected systems. Providing technical leadership across Engineering, Analysis, and Architecture communities to reduce technical risk, manage technical debt, and develop a Salesforce Centre of Excellence. What skills will I need? An experienced Architect who has a strong knowledge of Salesforce architecture and platform within large organisations (this can be either maintaining, developing, or implementing Salesforce). Rather than focusing on building solutions, this role has responsibility across the Salesforce platform. We're looking for someone with strong Salesforce skills and knowledge to: Deliver both lower level design, development, and technical configuration, as well as top-level solutions. Ensure partners meet organisational and Salesforce requirements and standards (e.g. attending governance workshops and challenging build approaches, use of out of the box functionality, and modular design). Strong architectural thinking with exposure to a Salesforce platform that integrates with multiple platforms/ products. Demonstrable understanding of the following Salesforce features: Accounting soft ledger, Sales Cloud, and Service Cloud. Knowledge of Findock would be advantageous, but is not essential. Proven knowledge of Salesforce security and governance best practices, with experience conducting impact assessments. A successful track record of building credible and collaborative internal and external stakeholder relationships with strong interpersonal, communication, influencing, and negotiating skills. Experience coaching others, guiding technical decisions and architectural direction to support the development of Salesforce capability across teams and third party partners. Experience delivering architecture through Agile Product teams (e.g., Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, Lean). Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills. Our organisation values are designed to guide all that we do. Bold: Act with ambition, courage and determination Credible: Act with rigour and professionalism Human: Act to have a positive impact on people Together: Act inclusively and collaboratively We're looking for people who can believe in and embody these organisation values and can use them to drive forward progress against our mission to beat cancer. If you're interested in applying and excited about working with us but are unsure if you have the right skills and experience we'd still love to hear from you. Internal eligibility criteria Internal candidates should ideally have completed their 6-month 'getting started' period before applying for other roles. You should also advise your current line manager at the point you make an internal application, or at the latest, at the point of being invited for an interview. All internal candidates applying for a secondment, must have: Completed their Getting Started period Discussed their intention to apply and gained approval to apply with their line manager Been in their substantive (home) role for at least 6 months (this is only applicable if you have previously been on secondment) If you do not confirm that you meet these requirements, we will not be able to progress your application. For information about internal learning and development at Cancer Research UK please visit Fuse. What will I gain? We create a working environment that supports your wellbeing and provide a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools. Our policies and processes enable you to improve your work-life balance, take positive steps in your career and achieve your personal wellbeing goals. You can explore our benefits by visiting our careers web page. Additional Information For more information about working with us please visit our website or contact us. For more updates on our work and careers, follow us on: LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.
Jun 12, 2026
Full time
Bold innovation. Modern Tech-Stack. Impacting the future. Salesforce Platform Architect £60,000 - £66,000 (+ Benefits) Grade: P3 Directorate : Chief Operating Office Reports to: Head of Architecture Contract: Permanent Hours: Full time 35 hours per week Location: Stratford, London. Office-based with high flexibility (1-2 days per week in the office) Visa sponsorship: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship. Internal closing date: 24 June :55. This vacancy may close earlier if a high volume of applications is received or once a suitable candidate is found, therefore we strongly recommend that you apply early to avoid disappointment. If you require more time to apply as part of a reasonable adjustment, please contact as soon as possible. Recruitment process: Competency-based interviews Interview date: From the week commencing 27 April/ 04 May 2026 How do I apply? We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won't be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to fully complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly, and objectively. At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer. We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That's why we're looking for someone talented, someone who wants to develop their skills, someone like you. Cancer Research UK has an ambitious Engineering Strategy supported by a modern Tech Stack and a complex hybrid infrastructure spanning on premise and multi cloud environments. Our CRM and Marketing platforms sit at the heart of our Engage Strategy and are undergoing major transformation to migrate from Siebel to Salesforce (going live this year) and to modernise our marketing technologies as part of the largest change programme in the UK charity sector's history. As a Salesforce Platform Architect, you'll play a pivotal role in safeguarding and evolving our Salesforce platform post-migration, supporting the transition from transformation into a stable, business as usual state. You'll be responsible for iterating and maintaining the Salesforce platform architecture, ensuring it remains secure, scalable, and well-integrated in line with Cancer Research UK's strategy. This will involve lower level design, development, and configuration, while shaping top level solutions and governance. This is an opportunity to collaborate closely with a cross disciplinary technology function and external partners, providing technical leadership, standards, and oversight to ensure solutions are fit for purpose, while building organisational capability through coaching, architectural guidance, and the establishment of a Salesforce Centre of Excellence. If you're a Salesforce Architect who has maintained, developed, or implemented Salesforce in a large, complex organisation, we would love for you to join our mission. What will I be doing? Defining and maintaining the Salesforce platform architecture by: Delivering end-to-end, secure, and integrated solutions aligned to Cancer Research UK's strategy. Providing technical leadership, standards and governance across teams. Ensuring solutions are fit for purpose and support the wider architecture capability through expert guidance, coaching, and architectural oversight. Defining guidelines for platform usage, customisation, and integration to ensure consistent, secure, and scalable use of Salesforce across the organisation. Ensuring the scalability, performance, and reliability of the Salesforce platform meet the charity's current and future operational and strategic needs. Designing quality, scalable, and performant Salesforce solutions to ensure all components fit together into a coherent, maintainable, and business-aligned architecture. Translating business requirements into high-level and low-level technical designs, enabling delivery teams to build effective low-code or pro-code solutions. Overseeing the implementation of new platform features, modules, and enhancements, ensuring they align with architectural standards and deliver business value. Building and guiding the creation of proofs of concept to validate solution options and accelerate innovation within delivery teams. Designing and overseeing Salesforce data integrations, ensuring data quality, integrity, and reliable information exchange across connected systems. Providing technical leadership across Engineering, Analysis, and Architecture communities to reduce technical risk, manage technical debt, and develop a Salesforce Centre of Excellence. What skills will I need? An experienced Architect who has a strong knowledge of Salesforce architecture and platform within large organisations (this can be either maintaining, developing, or implementing Salesforce). Rather than focusing on building solutions, this role has responsibility across the Salesforce platform. We're looking for someone with strong Salesforce skills and knowledge to: Deliver both lower level design, development, and technical configuration, as well as top-level solutions. Ensure partners meet organisational and Salesforce requirements and standards (e.g. attending governance workshops and challenging build approaches, use of out of the box functionality, and modular design). Strong architectural thinking with exposure to a Salesforce platform that integrates with multiple platforms/ products. Demonstrable understanding of the following Salesforce features: Accounting soft ledger, Sales Cloud, and Service Cloud. Knowledge of Findock would be advantageous, but is not essential. Proven knowledge of Salesforce security and governance best practices, with experience conducting impact assessments. A successful track record of building credible and collaborative internal and external stakeholder relationships with strong interpersonal, communication, influencing, and negotiating skills. Experience coaching others, guiding technical decisions and architectural direction to support the development of Salesforce capability across teams and third party partners. Experience delivering architecture through Agile Product teams (e.g., Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, Lean). Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills. Our organisation values are designed to guide all that we do. Bold: Act with ambition, courage and determination Credible: Act with rigour and professionalism Human: Act to have a positive impact on people Together: Act inclusively and collaboratively We're looking for people who can believe in and embody these organisation values and can use them to drive forward progress against our mission to beat cancer. If you're interested in applying and excited about working with us but are unsure if you have the right skills and experience we'd still love to hear from you. Internal eligibility criteria Internal candidates should ideally have completed their 6-month 'getting started' period before applying for other roles. You should also advise your current line manager at the point you make an internal application, or at the latest, at the point of being invited for an interview. All internal candidates applying for a secondment, must have: Completed their Getting Started period Discussed their intention to apply and gained approval to apply with their line manager Been in their substantive (home) role for at least 6 months (this is only applicable if you have previously been on secondment) If you do not confirm that you meet these requirements, we will not be able to progress your application. For information about internal learning and development at Cancer Research UK please visit Fuse. What will I gain? We create a working environment that supports your wellbeing and provide a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools. Our policies and processes enable you to improve your work-life balance, take positive steps in your career and achieve your personal wellbeing goals. You can explore our benefits by visiting our careers web page. Additional Information For more information about working with us please visit our website or contact us. For more updates on our work and careers, follow us on: LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.
At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life's uncertainties. And for more than 90 years our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers' evolving needs. From advocating for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws, to being an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, and, more recently, device and identity protection. Your role in the team The Architecture Compute, and Engineering organization provides a transformative platform ecosystem with a comprehensive set of capabilities that empowers end users and digital product teams to innovate seamlessly and drive growth for Allstate through the Consumer Connected Cloud mission. This ecosystem aims to provide an absolute frictionless experience for our user community. As a Lead Digital Product Manager in the ACE organization, you'll be a player/coach who drives multiple products across a platform, contributing towards defining, delivering, and managing the lifecycle of a suite of products ensuring they meet the needs of the customers and align with the company's strategic goals. You will lead and coach a team of Digital Product Managers to advance in the trade and to advance product strategy. This role requires a blend of strategic thinking, technical understanding, and business acumen. The Mainframe Lead DPM is driving several strategic initiatives aimed at modernizing and optimizing Allstate's mainframe systems. This includes enhancing cyber resiliency through safeguarded storage upgrades, immutable backups, and disaster recovery exercises, while also transitioning legacy workloads to more agile and secure platforms. The role is central to exploring next-generation capabilities such as AI, machine learning, and containerization-leveraging technologies like zCX and z/OS 3.1 to enable on-platform intelligence and scalable automation. These efforts support a broader transformation of mainframe hosting into a dynamic, data-driven ecosystem that integrates seamlessly with distributed environments and accelerates business value delivery. Key Responsibilities Product Portfolio Leadership: Manage the strategic direction of your product family (multiple products) ensuring continuous alignment to the highest priority outcomes; including vision and strategy for suite of digital products, developing & managing a strategic roadmap Market Research: Conduct market and user research to identify trends, customer needs, and competitive landscape Product Development: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and launch new digital products. Roadmap Management and Alignment: Create appropriate forum for roadmap alignment and planning in support of strategic initiatives across product portfolio and product management team Ongoing Management: Work with the Digital Product teams to optimize team ceremonies and practices to drive maturity including write & groom stories, prioritize, and manage the backlog. Performance Monitoring: Define product performance metrics & monitor product performance using analytics tools and make data-driven decisions. Stakeholder Management: Communicate product progress and updates to internal stakeholders and external partners ensuring appropriate prioritization and coordination of the work Vendor Management: Engage in strategic vendor management where necessary ensuring interactive partnership with both our external vendors and internal sourcing leaders Budget Management: Forecast ongoing total cost of ownership of your products, manage budgets including vendor contract management, hardware costs, labor costs, etc. ensuring operation effectiveness; develops strategies and adjust courses of action Customer Feedback: Gather and analyze customer feedback to continually improve the product. Impact and Influence: Drive maturity in our product management practices, influence engineering, platform consultant and architecture leadership within your product domain and across ACE Grow Talent: Grow & mature Digital Product Management practitioner skills with your team by modeling the skills & behaviors we expect within our DPM trade as well as fostering the growth of individuals on your team Essential criteria All candidates must have the legal right to work in the UK. Allstate is unable to provide sponsorship for this position. A minimum of 5 years' experience as a Digital Product Manager A minimum of 2 year's coaching and leading teams. Must have experience in one or more of the following within the last 10 years COBOL, JCL, CICS, IMS, DB2, VSAM, and z/OS fundamentals. Experience with Agile methodologies and product management tooling Experience of development processes, human centered design, UX/UI design, and digital marketing Demonstrable experience in effectively communicating complex and innovative product concepts to cross-functional development teams. Proven ability to apply data-driven decision-making to influence product direction and prioritization. Strong, proven capability in breaking down complex initiatives into incremental and iterative deliverables aligned with Agile best practices. Definite product performance metrics & monitor product performance using analytics tools and make data-driven decisions. Desirable Experience Understanding of the system behaviors, how batch and online transactions work, performance tuning, and capacity planning. Familiarity with RACF, encryption standards, and audit requirements-especially in regulated industries like Insurance or Finance Supervisory Experience: This job does have supervisory duties. Job posting end date: Friday the 3rd of October 2025 Joining our team isn't just a job - it's an opportunity. One that takes your skills and pushes them to the next level. One that encourages you to challenge the status quo. One where you can shape the future of protection while supporting causes that mean the most to you. Joining our team means being part of something bigger - a winning team making a meaningful impact. Why join us? Allstate NI is proud to be Allstate's European Digital Centre of Excellence-recent winners of 'Best Use of Cloud Services' at the Belfast Telegraph IT Awards 2024, and recognised for our community and sustainability impact at the 2024 Business in the Community Awards and Gold accreditation for Environmental Responsibility. We're a product-driven, cloud-first organisation delivering real outcomes through modern technology, a digital product-centric talent model, and a culture rooted in engineering excellence. Our teams work in cross-functional structures, guided by an outcome-based delivery approach that accelerates speed, agility, and value. We offer: • A generous, flexible benefits package including annual leave, healthcare and dental cover, pension, and lifestyle discounts • Access to world-class learning platforms and award-winning L&D • Clear career paths, internal mobility, and a strong focus on growth • A people-first culture with flexible working options Be part of a high-performing, socially responsible organisation where your work has purpose, and your growth is supported every step of the way. Statement on Fair Employment and Equal Opportunities Allstate NI wishes to ensure equal opportunity is given to all job applicants. This company will not discriminate on the grounds of race, gender (including gender reassignment status), sexual orientation, religious belief, political opinion, marital status, age or disability. We are an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons. However, as women are currently under-represented in our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from women. All appointments will be made on merit. Applicants should note Allstate NI complete AccessNI background checks on all candidates offered a position. Posting End Date: 20 August 2025
Oct 02, 2025
Full time
At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life's uncertainties. And for more than 90 years our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers' evolving needs. From advocating for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws, to being an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, and, more recently, device and identity protection. Your role in the team The Architecture Compute, and Engineering organization provides a transformative platform ecosystem with a comprehensive set of capabilities that empowers end users and digital product teams to innovate seamlessly and drive growth for Allstate through the Consumer Connected Cloud mission. This ecosystem aims to provide an absolute frictionless experience for our user community. As a Lead Digital Product Manager in the ACE organization, you'll be a player/coach who drives multiple products across a platform, contributing towards defining, delivering, and managing the lifecycle of a suite of products ensuring they meet the needs of the customers and align with the company's strategic goals. You will lead and coach a team of Digital Product Managers to advance in the trade and to advance product strategy. This role requires a blend of strategic thinking, technical understanding, and business acumen. The Mainframe Lead DPM is driving several strategic initiatives aimed at modernizing and optimizing Allstate's mainframe systems. This includes enhancing cyber resiliency through safeguarded storage upgrades, immutable backups, and disaster recovery exercises, while also transitioning legacy workloads to more agile and secure platforms. The role is central to exploring next-generation capabilities such as AI, machine learning, and containerization-leveraging technologies like zCX and z/OS 3.1 to enable on-platform intelligence and scalable automation. These efforts support a broader transformation of mainframe hosting into a dynamic, data-driven ecosystem that integrates seamlessly with distributed environments and accelerates business value delivery. Key Responsibilities Product Portfolio Leadership: Manage the strategic direction of your product family (multiple products) ensuring continuous alignment to the highest priority outcomes; including vision and strategy for suite of digital products, developing & managing a strategic roadmap Market Research: Conduct market and user research to identify trends, customer needs, and competitive landscape Product Development: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and launch new digital products. Roadmap Management and Alignment: Create appropriate forum for roadmap alignment and planning in support of strategic initiatives across product portfolio and product management team Ongoing Management: Work with the Digital Product teams to optimize team ceremonies and practices to drive maturity including write & groom stories, prioritize, and manage the backlog. Performance Monitoring: Define product performance metrics & monitor product performance using analytics tools and make data-driven decisions. Stakeholder Management: Communicate product progress and updates to internal stakeholders and external partners ensuring appropriate prioritization and coordination of the work Vendor Management: Engage in strategic vendor management where necessary ensuring interactive partnership with both our external vendors and internal sourcing leaders Budget Management: Forecast ongoing total cost of ownership of your products, manage budgets including vendor contract management, hardware costs, labor costs, etc. ensuring operation effectiveness; develops strategies and adjust courses of action Customer Feedback: Gather and analyze customer feedback to continually improve the product. Impact and Influence: Drive maturity in our product management practices, influence engineering, platform consultant and architecture leadership within your product domain and across ACE Grow Talent: Grow & mature Digital Product Management practitioner skills with your team by modeling the skills & behaviors we expect within our DPM trade as well as fostering the growth of individuals on your team Essential criteria All candidates must have the legal right to work in the UK. Allstate is unable to provide sponsorship for this position. A minimum of 5 years' experience as a Digital Product Manager A minimum of 2 year's coaching and leading teams. Must have experience in one or more of the following within the last 10 years COBOL, JCL, CICS, IMS, DB2, VSAM, and z/OS fundamentals. Experience with Agile methodologies and product management tooling Experience of development processes, human centered design, UX/UI design, and digital marketing Demonstrable experience in effectively communicating complex and innovative product concepts to cross-functional development teams. Proven ability to apply data-driven decision-making to influence product direction and prioritization. Strong, proven capability in breaking down complex initiatives into incremental and iterative deliverables aligned with Agile best practices. Definite product performance metrics & monitor product performance using analytics tools and make data-driven decisions. Desirable Experience Understanding of the system behaviors, how batch and online transactions work, performance tuning, and capacity planning. Familiarity with RACF, encryption standards, and audit requirements-especially in regulated industries like Insurance or Finance Supervisory Experience: This job does have supervisory duties. Job posting end date: Friday the 3rd of October 2025 Joining our team isn't just a job - it's an opportunity. One that takes your skills and pushes them to the next level. One that encourages you to challenge the status quo. One where you can shape the future of protection while supporting causes that mean the most to you. Joining our team means being part of something bigger - a winning team making a meaningful impact. Why join us? Allstate NI is proud to be Allstate's European Digital Centre of Excellence-recent winners of 'Best Use of Cloud Services' at the Belfast Telegraph IT Awards 2024, and recognised for our community and sustainability impact at the 2024 Business in the Community Awards and Gold accreditation for Environmental Responsibility. We're a product-driven, cloud-first organisation delivering real outcomes through modern technology, a digital product-centric talent model, and a culture rooted in engineering excellence. Our teams work in cross-functional structures, guided by an outcome-based delivery approach that accelerates speed, agility, and value. We offer: • A generous, flexible benefits package including annual leave, healthcare and dental cover, pension, and lifestyle discounts • Access to world-class learning platforms and award-winning L&D • Clear career paths, internal mobility, and a strong focus on growth • A people-first culture with flexible working options Be part of a high-performing, socially responsible organisation where your work has purpose, and your growth is supported every step of the way. Statement on Fair Employment and Equal Opportunities Allstate NI wishes to ensure equal opportunity is given to all job applicants. This company will not discriminate on the grounds of race, gender (including gender reassignment status), sexual orientation, religious belief, political opinion, marital status, age or disability. We are an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons. However, as women are currently under-represented in our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from women. All appointments will be made on merit. Applicants should note Allstate NI complete AccessNI background checks on all candidates offered a position. Posting End Date: 20 August 2025
At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life's uncertainties. And for more than 90 years our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers' evolving needs. From advocating for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws, to being an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, and, more recently, device and identity protection. Your role in the team The Architecture Compute, and Engineering organization provides a transformative platform ecosystem with a comprehensive set of capabilities that empowers end users and digital product teams to innovate seamlessly and drive growth for Allstate through the Consumer Connected Cloud mission. This ecosystem aims to provide an absolute frictionless experience for our user community. As a Lead Digital Product Manager in the ACE organization, you'll be a player/coach who drives multiple products across a platform, contributing towards defining, delivering, and managing the lifecycle of a suite of products ensuring they meet the needs of the customers and align with the company's strategic goals. You will lead and coach a team of Digital Product Managers to advance in the trade and to advance product strategy. This role requires a blend of strategic thinking, technical understanding, and business acumen. The Mainframe Lead DPM is driving several strategic initiatives aimed at modernizing and optimizing Allstate's mainframe systems. This includes enhancing cyber resiliency through safeguarded storage upgrades, immutable backups, and disaster recovery exercises, while also transitioning legacy workloads to more agile and secure platforms. The role is central to exploring next-generation capabilities such as AI, machine learning, and containerization-leveraging technologies like zCX and z/OS 3.1 to enable on-platform intelligence and scalable automation. These efforts support a broader transformation of mainframe hosting into a dynamic, data-driven ecosystem that integrates seamlessly with distributed environments and accelerates business value delivery. Key Responsibilities Product Portfolio Leadership: Manage the strategic direction of your product family (multiple products) ensuring continuous alignment to the highest priority outcomes; including vision and strategy for suite of digital products, developing & managing a strategic roadmap Market Research: Conduct market and user research to identify trends, customer needs, and competitive landscape Product Development: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and launch new digital products. Roadmap Management and Alignment: Create appropriate forum for roadmap alignment and planning in support of strategic initiatives across product portfolio and product management team Ongoing Management: Work with the Digital Product teams to optimize team ceremonies and practices to drive maturity including write & groom stories, prioritize, and manage the backlog. Performance Monitoring: Define product performance metrics & monitor product performance using analytics tools and make data-driven decisions. Stakeholder Management: Communicate product progress and updates to internal stakeholders and external partners ensuring appropriate prioritization and coordination of the work Vendor Management: Engage in strategic vendor management where necessary ensuring interactive partnership with both our external vendors and internal sourcing leaders Budget Management: Forecast ongoing total cost of ownership of your products, manage budgets including vendor contract management, hardware costs, labor costs, etc. ensuring operation effectiveness; develops strategies and adjust courses of action Customer Feedback: Gather and analyze customer feedback to continually improve the product. Impact and Influence: Drive maturity in our product management practices, influence engineering, platform consultant and architecture leadership within your product domain and across ACE Grow Talent: Grow & mature Digital Product Management practitioner skills with your team by modeling the skills & behaviors we expect within our DPM trade as well as fostering the growth of individuals on your team Essential criteria All candidates must have the legal right to work in the UK. Allstate is unable to provide sponsorship for this position. A minimum of 5 years' experience as a Digital Product Manager A minimum of 2 year's coaching and leading teams. Must have experience in one or more of the following within the last 10 years COBOL, JCL, CICS, IMS, DB2, VSAM, and z/OS fundamentals. Experience with Agile methodologies and product management tooling Experience of development processes, human centered design, UX/UI design, and digital marketing Demonstrable experience in effectively communicating complex and innovative product concepts to cross-functional development teams. Proven ability to apply data-driven decision-making to influence product direction and prioritization. Strong, proven capability in breaking down complex initiatives into incremental and iterative deliverables aligned with Agile best practices. Definite product performance metrics & monitor product performance using analytics tools and make data-driven decisions. Desirable Experience Understanding of the system behaviors, how batch and online transactions work, performance tuning, and capacity planning. Familiarity with RACF, encryption standards, and audit requirements-especially in regulated industries like Insurance or Finance Supervisory Experience: This job does have supervisory duties. Job posting end date: Friday the 3rd of October 2025 Joining our team isn't just a job - it's an opportunity. One that takes your skills and pushes them to the next level. One that encourages you to challenge the status quo. One where you can shape the future of protection while supporting causes that mean the most to you. Joining our team means being part of something bigger - a winning team making a meaningful impact. Why join us? Allstate NI is proud to be Allstate's European Digital Centre of Excellence-recent winners of 'Best Use of Cloud Services' at the Belfast Telegraph IT Awards 2024, and recognised for our community and sustainability impact at the 2024 Business in the Community Awards and Gold accreditation for Environmental Responsibility. We're a product-driven, cloud-first organisation delivering real outcomes through modern technology, a digital product-centric talent model, and a culture rooted in engineering excellence. Our teams work in cross-functional structures, guided by an outcome-based delivery approach that accelerates speed, agility, and value. We offer: • A generous, flexible benefits package including annual leave, healthcare and dental cover, pension, and lifestyle discounts • Access to world-class learning platforms and award-winning L&D • Clear career paths, internal mobility, and a strong focus on growth • A people-first culture with flexible working options Be part of a high-performing, socially responsible organisation where your work has purpose, and your growth is supported every step of the way. Statement on Fair Employment and Equal Opportunities Allstate NI wishes to ensure equal opportunity is given to all job applicants. This company will not discriminate on the grounds of race, gender (including gender reassignment status), sexual orientation, religious belief, political opinion, marital status, age or disability. We are an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons. However, as women are currently under-represented in our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from women. All appointments will be made on merit. Applicants should note Allstate NI complete AccessNI background checks on all candidates offered a position. Posting End Date: 20 August 2025
Oct 02, 2025
Full time
At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life's uncertainties. And for more than 90 years our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers' evolving needs. From advocating for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws, to being an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, and, more recently, device and identity protection. Your role in the team The Architecture Compute, and Engineering organization provides a transformative platform ecosystem with a comprehensive set of capabilities that empowers end users and digital product teams to innovate seamlessly and drive growth for Allstate through the Consumer Connected Cloud mission. This ecosystem aims to provide an absolute frictionless experience for our user community. As a Lead Digital Product Manager in the ACE organization, you'll be a player/coach who drives multiple products across a platform, contributing towards defining, delivering, and managing the lifecycle of a suite of products ensuring they meet the needs of the customers and align with the company's strategic goals. You will lead and coach a team of Digital Product Managers to advance in the trade and to advance product strategy. This role requires a blend of strategic thinking, technical understanding, and business acumen. The Mainframe Lead DPM is driving several strategic initiatives aimed at modernizing and optimizing Allstate's mainframe systems. This includes enhancing cyber resiliency through safeguarded storage upgrades, immutable backups, and disaster recovery exercises, while also transitioning legacy workloads to more agile and secure platforms. The role is central to exploring next-generation capabilities such as AI, machine learning, and containerization-leveraging technologies like zCX and z/OS 3.1 to enable on-platform intelligence and scalable automation. These efforts support a broader transformation of mainframe hosting into a dynamic, data-driven ecosystem that integrates seamlessly with distributed environments and accelerates business value delivery. Key Responsibilities Product Portfolio Leadership: Manage the strategic direction of your product family (multiple products) ensuring continuous alignment to the highest priority outcomes; including vision and strategy for suite of digital products, developing & managing a strategic roadmap Market Research: Conduct market and user research to identify trends, customer needs, and competitive landscape Product Development: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and launch new digital products. Roadmap Management and Alignment: Create appropriate forum for roadmap alignment and planning in support of strategic initiatives across product portfolio and product management team Ongoing Management: Work with the Digital Product teams to optimize team ceremonies and practices to drive maturity including write & groom stories, prioritize, and manage the backlog. Performance Monitoring: Define product performance metrics & monitor product performance using analytics tools and make data-driven decisions. Stakeholder Management: Communicate product progress and updates to internal stakeholders and external partners ensuring appropriate prioritization and coordination of the work Vendor Management: Engage in strategic vendor management where necessary ensuring interactive partnership with both our external vendors and internal sourcing leaders Budget Management: Forecast ongoing total cost of ownership of your products, manage budgets including vendor contract management, hardware costs, labor costs, etc. ensuring operation effectiveness; develops strategies and adjust courses of action Customer Feedback: Gather and analyze customer feedback to continually improve the product. Impact and Influence: Drive maturity in our product management practices, influence engineering, platform consultant and architecture leadership within your product domain and across ACE Grow Talent: Grow & mature Digital Product Management practitioner skills with your team by modeling the skills & behaviors we expect within our DPM trade as well as fostering the growth of individuals on your team Essential criteria All candidates must have the legal right to work in the UK. Allstate is unable to provide sponsorship for this position. A minimum of 5 years' experience as a Digital Product Manager A minimum of 2 year's coaching and leading teams. Must have experience in one or more of the following within the last 10 years COBOL, JCL, CICS, IMS, DB2, VSAM, and z/OS fundamentals. Experience with Agile methodologies and product management tooling Experience of development processes, human centered design, UX/UI design, and digital marketing Demonstrable experience in effectively communicating complex and innovative product concepts to cross-functional development teams. Proven ability to apply data-driven decision-making to influence product direction and prioritization. Strong, proven capability in breaking down complex initiatives into incremental and iterative deliverables aligned with Agile best practices. Definite product performance metrics & monitor product performance using analytics tools and make data-driven decisions. Desirable Experience Understanding of the system behaviors, how batch and online transactions work, performance tuning, and capacity planning. Familiarity with RACF, encryption standards, and audit requirements-especially in regulated industries like Insurance or Finance Supervisory Experience: This job does have supervisory duties. Job posting end date: Friday the 3rd of October 2025 Joining our team isn't just a job - it's an opportunity. One that takes your skills and pushes them to the next level. One that encourages you to challenge the status quo. One where you can shape the future of protection while supporting causes that mean the most to you. Joining our team means being part of something bigger - a winning team making a meaningful impact. Why join us? Allstate NI is proud to be Allstate's European Digital Centre of Excellence-recent winners of 'Best Use of Cloud Services' at the Belfast Telegraph IT Awards 2024, and recognised for our community and sustainability impact at the 2024 Business in the Community Awards and Gold accreditation for Environmental Responsibility. We're a product-driven, cloud-first organisation delivering real outcomes through modern technology, a digital product-centric talent model, and a culture rooted in engineering excellence. Our teams work in cross-functional structures, guided by an outcome-based delivery approach that accelerates speed, agility, and value. We offer: • A generous, flexible benefits package including annual leave, healthcare and dental cover, pension, and lifestyle discounts • Access to world-class learning platforms and award-winning L&D • Clear career paths, internal mobility, and a strong focus on growth • A people-first culture with flexible working options Be part of a high-performing, socially responsible organisation where your work has purpose, and your growth is supported every step of the way. Statement on Fair Employment and Equal Opportunities Allstate NI wishes to ensure equal opportunity is given to all job applicants. This company will not discriminate on the grounds of race, gender (including gender reassignment status), sexual orientation, religious belief, political opinion, marital status, age or disability. We are an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons. However, as women are currently under-represented in our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from women. All appointments will be made on merit. Applicants should note Allstate NI complete AccessNI background checks on all candidates offered a position. Posting End Date: 20 August 2025
