Product Manager - Argos Commercial in London

We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. Think about the scale it takes to feed the nation. The level of data, transactions and variety involved. Then you’ll realise this is a modern software engineering environment, because it has to be. We’ve made significant investment in the standards and principles that shape how we work. We iterate, learn, experiment and champion ways of working such as Agile, Scrum and XP. So you can look forward to exciting opportunities across everything from AI to reusable tech.

Please Note - This is a 12 month FTC position.

In a nutshell: Reimagine what it means to buy from Britain’s most trusted brands. At Argos, we’ve always been a bit ahead of the curve. From the iconic catalogue to game-changing click-and-collect, we’ve shaped how the UK shops for decades. Today, our mission is even bolder: to make every buying experience, whether at Argos, Tu or Habitat, not just seamless, but remarkable.

We’re looking for a talented and experienced Product Manager for Argos Commercial, excelling in the complex problem space, brilliant at working across multiple teams and someone who puts progress before perfection. We welcome applicants who have a technical background, have worked across horizontal outcomes and love collaborating with other people.

In this pivotal position, you will help to lead and execute on the strategic vision for Argos Commercial’s Stockless ecosystem, working closely with engineers, architects, 3rd party software providers and the broader product team. Experience with price and promotions, data services and product attribution are highly desirable. We’re aggressively growing our range and deepening our relevance by embracing stockless models, partnering with suppliers to offer more choice without holding physical inventory.

You’ll be key to building the product experiences and systems that make that work: data services, integrating complex data models and taxonomies, surfacing new inventory, integrating third-party fulfilment, and managing new complexities in order management and returns, keeping the whole eco-system working in harmony.

You’ll thrive here if you:

• Love complexity and have experience operating platforms at scale
• Are a systems thinker with empathy for customers and sharp commercial instincts
• Know when to sweat the detail and when to ship and learn
• Have experience with multi-channel fulfilment, stocked/stockless, home delivery, click and collect (bonus points!)

Why this matters: Argos isn’t just a retailer. It’s a platform - and now that platform powers not only Argos but Tu and Habitat too. In this role, you’ll shape a shared commerce backbone used by millions, and extend our reach well beyond what our shelves can hold. This is product at its most meaningful. You’ll be solving real customer problems, building for massive scale, and creating new capabilities that will define how our brands grow in the next decade.

About the Role: You’ll be working as part of a cross-functional team of Engineers, Architects, and Product Managers to support Argos Stockless ambitions, focused on delivering data services that enable this. You’ll collaborate with a variety of stakeholders across multiple teams and third parties to help shape feature development. You’ll review, optimise, and iterate existing capabilities as well as contribute to the introduction of new features to better meet customer needs. You’ll use data and insights to inform prioritisation, working closely with senior product leaders.

What I Need to Do:

• Support end-to-end delivery by maintaining a 90-day product roadmap and contributing to the prioritised and estimated FY backlog.
• Assist in coordinating post-launch evaluation to validate that products work for customers or colleagues as designed.
• Collaborate with other product teams and 3rd parties to launch new product features.
• Champion the needs of our customers and colleagues, using insight from multiple data sources to support value-led prioritisation.
• Monitor relevant industry trends and engage with internal teams to build shared insight.

How I Will Succeed:

• Bridge the gap between business and technical stakeholders, ensuring alignment on architecture, integration, and delivery priorities, with guidance from senior colleagues.
• Apply insight, data, and research to ensure your team is focused on making a difference for customers and the business, as defined by agreed product metrics (OKRs).
• Build collaborative relationships with engineering and product teams to solve problems for our customers and the business.
• Engage and motivate people with a variety of perspectives around the roadmap for your product, supporting open and constructive conversations.

What We’re Looking For:

• Experience in a technical, product, or business analyst role.
• Ability to drive efficient and effective product processes (e.g., agile ceremonies, documentation).
• Strong customer empathy and ability to translate business requirements into clear user stories and sprint goals.
• Technically curious and eager to learn from senior colleagues and the broader product community.
• You’re courageous and understand that failing forward isn’t really failing at all.
• A people person. You’ll build great relationships and help us build a brilliant team culture at Sainsbury’s.
• If you have experience of working with price and promotions, data services and product attribution then that’s the icing on the cake.

Join us. Orchestrate the connections that power every transaction. Shape the future of shopping by building the digital backbone that brings products and customers together. We are committed to making Tech a place where people love to work where diverse and engaged team make a purposeful contribution. Sainsbury’s is committed to being the most inclusive retailer, and flexible working including job sharing is welcomed wherever possible.

In Tech we welcome such conversations and are proud to champion a diverse and inclusive culture. We’ve adopted a hybrid model, coming together for collaboration and to get to know each other better. We’re working flexibly – have a chat with us about what you need.

If you’ve read this far but are not 100% sure you’re there with your experience, still get in touch. The skills you do have are often more transferrable than you think. Equally with such a large and growing tech team, it might be there’s something else that could suit you better.

If you’d like to find out more head to Sainsbury's DTD.

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer, so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new - whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working.

When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them:

• Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to get 10% off at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks. This increases to 15% off at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day.
• We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover.
• You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 10% of salary, depending on how we perform.
• Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy additional holiday.
• We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, pay advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers.
• And if you ever need it there is also an employee assistance programme.
• Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave.