Product Manager - Data Platforms

Salary:
Competitive Plus Benefits

Location:

London Store Support Centre, London, EC1M 6HA

Contract type:
Permanent
Business area:
Sainsbury's Tech
Closing date: 22 June 2026

Requisition :

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.

In a nutshell

At Sainsbury’s we believe that the customer should be at the heart of everything we do, which is why we have put them at the centre of our vision of being there for their customers whenever, wherever and however they want and of serving more of our customers more of the time. Within Sainsbury’s Tech we are one organisation, driving brilliant experiences across all our brands, operating in agile teams and working seamlessly together to make the most of the exceptional knowledge, insight and talent that we have across the division.

Our product teams are made up of inspired and multidiscipline individuals who are empowered to solve hard problems in ways our customers love and serve the needs of our business.

In your role as a Staff Product Manager in Data Platforms, you’ll own the vision for some of our most complex and valuable platform capabilities. This is an individual contributor role, not a line management position, with deep focus on our Data Foundations and Core Data Platforms. You will work across wider product teams, engineering, and architecture to shape the platforms that enable teams to move faster, build consistently and deliver more value at scale.

This is about building platforms not just for today, but for the future. As Sainsbury’s increasingly looks to AI and emerging technologies to unlock value, you will help ensure our data foundations are strong, scalable and ready to support what comes next. You’ll also support, coach and mentor other product managers ultimately helping to raise product practice across the wider team.

This is a highly technical product role for someone who enjoys solving complex platform problems and turning them into clear, valuable outcomes for the business.

What you need to do

As a Staff Product Manager you will:

• Deliver products with the biggest budgets that bring significant value back to the business, aligned to corporate strategic pillars.
• Be accountable for developing the vision, strategy, roadmap and backlog for your product - owning customer and business value and making effective prioritisation choices.
• Champion your products, shaping the right material for different audiences across development teams, stakeholders, partners and external parties.
• Build highly collaborative relationships with engineering and architecture to navigate significant integration complexity and decision‑making as you develop your product(s). Influence others with varying priorities to drive alignment and pace.
• Apply insight, data, research, technical product knowledge, to ensure your team are focused on making the biggest difference for customers and the business.
• Manage levels of risk to minimise vulnerabilities and prioritising development by working with complex and sensitive information.
• Champion and prioritise tech standards alongside product features in your and your team’s roadmaps explaining the merits to stakeholders.
• Advocate for agile software development practices with business stakeholders ensuring a good understanding of iterative value delivery.
• Monitor relevant industry trends, keeping your knowledge up to date with the latest developments and innovations pertinent to your product. Build confidence as the subject matter expert for your product, helping to guide future investment.
• Work collaboratively with engineering teams to evaluate potential partner relationships, identify necessary third‑party technology and…