Product Manager - Search

Tesco Plc; City of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company in the UK seeks an experienced Product Manager to enhance Search and Browse capabilities. This role involves analyzing data, leading API evolution, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate has experience with agile methodologies and a strong understanding of user research. The position offers competitive benefits including a 20% bonus scheme and extensive leave policies.

Benefits

Annual bonus scheme of up to 20%

25 days holiday plus personal day

Private medical insurance

26 weeks maternity leave at full pay

Free 24/7 virtual GP service

Qualifications

• Experience writing effective user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Understanding of Design Thinking concepts.
• Experience with agile development teams.

Responsibilities

• Analyze complex data sets to drive data-informed decisions.
• Design scalable product discovery services.
• Lead evolution of domain-specific APIs.
• Champion advanced search capabilities across markets.
• Translate business goals into a product roadmap.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams using agile practices.

Skills

Agile methodologies

User Research

APIs understanding

Experience with JIRA or Confluence

Job description

Overview

Product Manager - Search at Tesco. We are looking for an experienced and data-driven Product Manager to lead the development of our Search and Browse capabilities within the Discovery team. This role is critical to how customers find, explore, and engage with products across Tesco markets and propositions. You will shape the product vision, strategy, and execution of scalable, API-based services and intuitive customer experiences that impact key business and customer metrics. You’ll be part of a supportive and high-trust product team that includes engineers, technical program managers, and designers, and you’ll collaborate with Tesco Labs, international markets, and data/analytics teams.

Responsibilities

• Dive deep into complex data sets to uncover actionable insights and emerging trends. Use findings to drive data-informed decisions that maximize product value and support long-term strategic goals.
• Design and scale intelligent, low-latency product discovery services. Continuously tune algorithmic parameters to optimize relevance, performance, and personalization at scale.
• Lead the evolution of domain-specific APIs, deprecating legacy interfaces where appropriate. Ensure seamless transitions with minimal disruption to consumers and quantify the value of API modernization initiatives.
• Identify and champion opportunities to apply advanced search and browse capabilities across diverse markets, platforms, and digital channels to enhance discovery experiences.
• Translate business goals, user needs, and market dynamics into a forward-looking product roadmap. Prioritize initiatives that deliver measurable value, enhance agility, and position the organization for future growth.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product Managers, Designers, Engineers, Data Scientists) to execute the roadmap using agile practices. Facilitate prioritization, resolve blockers, and ensure customer-centricity in every feature, sprint, and release.

Requirements

• Knowledge of Agile methodologies; experience writing effective user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Understanding of User Research and Design Thinking concepts.
• Understanding of APIs and the art of the possible.
• Experience with agile development teams and workflows within JIRA, Confluence, or similar systems.

What’s in it for you?

• Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary.
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays).
• Private medical insurance.
• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 year’s service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity/Adoption Pay; 4 weeks fully paid paternity leave.
• Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, access to resources for mental wellbeing.

About Us

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether online or on the go. Our core purpose is: “Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day.” We strive to be a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders and the communities we are part of.

We foster an inclusive culture where differences are valued. We are Disability Confident Leader and are committed to providing an accessible recruitment process. We offer diverse full-time and part-time patterns and a blended pattern of office and remote working. If applying internally, speak with the Hiring Manager about how this can work for you.