Product Owner

Job Title

Product Owner

Location

Asda House

Employment Type

Full time

Contract Type

Permanent

Hours Per Week

37.5

Salary

Competitive salary plus benefits.

Category

Product Development - SF

Closing Date

6 December 2024

 

“Everything about Asda”

We are a values-led organisation. As such we, encourage everyone to be open and honest. We work creatively and collaboratively, valuing everyone’s input.

Our collaborative culture, the size of our business and our belief in the empowerment of the individual means opportunities at Asda are abundant.

We conduct £300m worth of transactions every week. Our website handles over 2 million transactions a month. We have more than 145,000 dedicated Asda colleagues ensuring that our customers are at the heart of everything we do.

“Everything you’ll love ”                                                                                                     

• Hybrid and flexible working – everyone is looking for that work/life balance and Asda have it on point. Flexible working means you work where it works to meet both your needs and the business needs.
• Company Pension Scheme matched to a limit – Looking forward to the future.
• 4 weekly pay – which means you get an extra payday a year.
• Digital GP and Wellbeing sessions – Asda genuinely cares so we create a culture where our people can perform at their best, the physical health and mental wellbeing of all our people is very important to us.
• Discount off your shopping at Asda and George - with extra discounts running throughout the year – really makes a difference, saving the colleagues an average of £700 a year.
• Career development and apprenticeship and graduate schemes - we want our colleagues to excel and grow with our business.
• Free city centre parking – you can also use it outside working hours.
• Plus, much more!

Plus, much more!

“Find your role”

In this role you’ll be joining a passionate team focused on creating value for our customers, and with an eye fixed on business results. To do this, product works alongside design and technology and together, your products will give our customers a brilliant digital experience. The Product Owner role in the digital team is a wide-ranging role, supporting the Product Manager, you will define scope and manage the backlog of a specific set of products.

It is a critical time for digital at Asda. We are making a massive move from legacy systems to a best-in-class retail tech-stack. Critical but also super exciting! This may be your first steps into product, or you may be coming from business analysis or project role – you will be enthusiastic and a self-starter. 

What does the role involve?

• Work with the Product Manager of your area in the creation of epics and stories
• Lead key agile ceremonies within the product lifecycle during sprints

• Shape and define the product backlog, gather customer or colleague needs
• Support optimisation of existing features, technology and systems, to ensure Asda continue to develop a culture of data and insight driven improvement
• Support the delivery of new product development and product launches, supporting with colleague training and customer comms where required
• Working cross functionally across product initiatives, to seek opportunities to reduce costs and optimise quality
• Work with Product Managers, Group Product Managers and other relevant stakeholders to support progress of the product developments and customer experience enhancements

“Let's find out about you”

You will already:

• Have experience of either product management, ideally within an Agile framework, business analysis or project management
• Make decisions driven by data and insight
• Have confidence when speaking to others, with strong written communication too
• Be uncompromising in a customer led approach
• Be comfortable with changing workloads and priorities
• Focus on delivering a quality outcome always, with the customer in mind.

“Find your everything at Asda” - bringing brighter living within everyone’s reach.

We are passionate about creating a diverse and inclusive workforce, representative of the communities we serve, and are creating ways to inspire diverse talent to join Asda.

Work Where it Works

Our hybrid way of working gives you the choice to work where it works.  This enables you to chose where you’ll be the most effective.  It offers a mix of working from home and in an office environment that works best for you and your team. 
You will also get an excellent benefits package including;-

•    Discretionary company bonus
•    Company pension up to 7% matched
•    10% colleague discount, free parking and many additional rewards.
 
We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves