Head of Product - Article

In a nutshell

At Sainsbury's Tech, we power the UK's leading multi-channel, multi-brand retailer. Our product teams are made up of inspiring and multidisciplinary individuals who are empowered to solve complex problems for colleagues, customers and our business.

The Head of Product is a critical leadership role, responsible for creating, driving and championing the long-term vision for a strategic product domain. Relentlessly focused on delivering business value, this role combines commercial understanding, product leadership and technology expertise to shape the future of retail technology at scale.

As Head of Product for Article (Product Data, Compliance & ERP), you will lead a portfolio of products that sit at the heart of how Sainsbury's creates, manages and governs product information across the enterprise.

Your domain will be responsible for two strategically important areas:

Leading our capabilities to respond to evolving legislation and compliance requirements through technology solutions, including initiatives such as:

• Deposit Return Scheme (DRS)
• Digital Product Passports (DPP)
• Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
• Emerging UK and international regulatory requirements

This is naturally required cross-functional working across many technology and business teams for end-to-end propositions.

Owning the technology products that support the end-to-end lifecycle of product creation and maintenance across our business, including:

• Technology used for article (Food & General Merchandising) sourcing & creation. Master Data Management with a focus on data quality
• Integration of product data across the wider enterprise ecosystem

This area is at the centre of one of Sainsbury's most significant technology transformations- you will play a leading role in modernising product master data capabilities whilst delivering upgrades, migrations and integrations into our green-field SAP landscape and platforms.

This is a unique opportunity to shape foundational capabilities that impact thousands of colleagues, millions of customers and every product sold across Sainsbury's.

• Define and communicate a compelling vision, strategy and roadmap for the Article Management & Regulatory Technology domain.
• Bring together multiple product strategies into a coherent and compelling long-term vision.
• Own prioritisation across the product family, balancing strategic transformation, regulatory obligations, technical sustainability and business value.
• Define measurable outcomes and product success metrics that demonstrate value delivery.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across Commercial, Own Brand, Supply Chain, Finance, Technology, Sustainability and Retail Operations.
• Represent the domain in senior governance forums and influence investment decisions.
• Oversee large-scale migrations and platform modernisation initiatives.

• Lead, coach and develop a team of Product Managers and Senior Product Managers.
• Create a high-performing, high-trust culture focused on customer and business outcomes.
• Develop product capability and craft excellence within the team.
• Foster a culture of learning, experimentation and continuous improvement.

• Be the recognised product authority for Article Management and Regulatory Technology.
• Champion the strategic importance of high-quality product data as a core business asset.
• Successfully balance short-term legislative commitments with long-term transformation goals.
• Ensure the team maintains clear roadmaps, prioritised backlogs and transparent communication of progress and risks.
• Build highly collaborative relationships with Engineering, Architecture, Data, Commercial and Transformation teams.
• Drive alignment across dependent product areas and influence enterprise-wide decisions.
• Create an environment where teams are empowered to innovate while remaining laser-focused on business outcomes.
• Lead resolution and prioritisation of live product incidents and operational issues where required.

• Strong understanding of product management principles and modern product operating models.
• Experience leading enterprise-scale technology products and product teams.
• Knowledge of master data management, product information management or enterprise data platforms.
• Understanding of retail, commercial operations and product lifecycle processes.
• Experience working with ERP platforms, preferably SAP.
• Understanding of Agile delivery…