Digital Product Manager

We’re Pentland Brands; a dynamic, global family business, and proud owners and licensees of many iconic active and footwear brands. With a community of over 1,300 team members worldwide, we embrace diversity and inclusion, and champion growth and development. Our success is built on teamwork, courage, innovation, and an unwavering commitment to excellence.

WHAT’S THE MISSION FOR THIS ROLE?

A fundamental digital product role at the heart of the Digital, Data & Technology functions working on Pentlands growing global digital B2B offering

WHAT DOES THIS ROLE DO?

As our Digital Product Manager, you will be responsible for:

Roadmap creation & planning

• Work with the business & commercial leads to create a global digital roadmap & future strategy for our B2B platforms
• Digitally savvy & have a real understanding of B2B consumers, the markets we trade in & our strategic goals.
• Stay abreast & can make recommendations of emerging digital technologies and trends that should form part of the roadmap strategy & direction
• Confident to use data & consumer research to drive decision making & enhance customer experience

Project Delivery

• Oversee multiple technology projects, ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope, and on budget & have been prioritized accordingly.
• Track project deliverables by maintaining comprehensive smartsheet documentation & resource plans
• Confident reporting on the progress of projects to business stakeholders at all levels & Identify project risks and opportunities and escalate where appropriate.
• Work closely with technical & data project leads to plan sprints, technical deployments & releases
• Work closely with the project training coordinator to ensure stakeholder training & rollout is happening on time

Relationship & Stakeholder Management

• Experience managing a technical team & support on hiring, training & motivating team members
• Establish & maintaining strong relationships with our third parties, vendors & business stakeholders
• Confident communicator & will work very closely with the wider digital, IT & commercial teams on requirement gathering & the delivery of the digital roadmap
• Manage business stakeholders at all levels & regions to ensure tasks are delivered on time & work with training manager to support change during project delivery timeframes
• Responsible for finding solutions to delivery issues & escalating where required

WHAT DO I BRING TO THE ROLE?

You just might be our next superstar if you have the following skills and experience:

• Experience with Digital software with B2B platform understanding advantageous
• Quick learner & confident gathering data & understanding requirements from multiple sources to help strategic decision making
• Strong familiarity with project management software tools, methodologies & best practices with working knowledge of Jira & SmartSheets advantageous
• Solid organisational skills including attention to detail & multi tasking skills
• Good communication and listening skills, confident dealing with colleagues at all levels including management & technical & non technical teams
• Ability to motivate people & manage trading & technical teams
• Effective time management, organisation and prioritisation skills
• Strong investigation & problem solving skills
• Focused on delivering a great experience and resolving incidents quickly
• Able to be hands-on and self-motivated with the ability to meet deadlines & drive forward the digital roadmap & project deliverables

We want you to live our company principles, bringing a strong consumer focus, while always looking for ways to improve and grow in your role. Take ownership of your work and be proactive in solving problems whilst communicating openly and treating everyone with respect and kindness. And, of course, let your creativity shine by bringing your unique style and individuality to the Pentland Brands Team.

Digital Product Manager | Nottingham | Employment type: (MAT COVER, full time)

WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?

• Competitive + discretionary bonus
• 25 Days Holiday: Increases with length of service and the option to purchase additional days to suit your needs.
• Discounts: Brand discounts (including friends and family and JD Sports), Sample Sales, and other retail discounts and perks.
• Family-Friendly Benefits: Generous enhanced parental leave policies
• Health Perks: Choose from a variety of health-related perks including medical cash plan, critical illness cover, life assurance, gym and fitness discounts, dental insurance, eye care, and health screening to maintain your wellbeing.
• Travel Perks: Take advantage of our season ticket loan, cycle to work schemes, electric car schemes, and discounts on home charging units to support eco-friendly commuting.
• Flexible Working: We offer hybrid working and flexible working hours, allowing you to start your day earlier or later to help with commute costs or personal commitments.
• Chance to join our Charity, D&I and Sustainability employee networks.

As an equal opportunity employer, we’re committed to fostering diversity and creating an inclusive culture across our business, stores, and office environment.

We warmly welcome your application.