Head of Product Development

As Head of Product Development, you’ll lead a talented team to shape and deliver best-in-class product development that truly reflects the Tesco Customer strategy. This is a pivotal role where you’ll define and own the Product Plan, driving both New Product Development (NPD) and Existing Product Development (EPD) activity for the next 1–2 years. Working collaboratively across the wider business, you’ll ensure our product pipeline is innovative, commercially sound, and meets evolving customer needs.

You’ll combine strategic thinking with hands-on leadership, inspiring your team to deliver exceptional quality and value. From concept to launch, you’ll champion creativity, operational excellence, and customer insight to bring products to life that make a real difference.

You will be responsible for:

Translating the Brand & category visions into development strategies & plans for my team.
Governing the Product Development process & plans (product, packaging & design) for the year ahead, ensuring they have clear business & customer rationale & launch on time.
Developing an innovative NPD Pipeline for the future in line with the category's supplier strategy.
Shaping our sourcing strategy, working in collaboration with the teams, to select & develop the best supply base.
Building great relationships with our supplier partners & ensuring the teams engage with them on product & strategy.
Driving a culture & being an ambassador of product innovation, with customers at the heart of everything we do.
Contributing to change programmes, ensuring changes to process & structures are embedded successfully.
Acts as a voice for their team, advising leaders to ensure challenges, learnings & opportunities inform decision making.
Providing thought leadership to help shape the function's response to challenges & approach to medium term plans.
Managing the people routines for my categories such as performance, talent, resource & recruitment.
Empowering my team to deliver the short-term plan within clear decision-making parameters.
Role modelling leadership, so that my team are motivated & feel it is a great place to work.
Developing & leading a high performing team, giving them the opportunities to be their best.
Following our Business Code of Conduct & always acting with integrity & due diligence.

You will need:

Strong & empowering leadership style that thrives in a fast pace & collaborative environment.
Leader who can assimilate a wide range of information & insight & balance the needs of working with stakeholders.
A high level of knowledge & understanding of product trends.

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What's in it for you:

We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you – both in and out of work. Click Here to find out more!

Annual bonus scheme of up to 45% of base salary
Car Cash Allowance
Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
Private medical insurance
Retirement savings plan - save between 6% - 10% and Tesco will contribute 1.5 times this amount
26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave

About us:

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is 'Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day'. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We're a big business with diverse working patterns and many business areas which means that we can find something that works for you. Everyone is welcome at Tesco.

We have recently announced that we will be moving towards a more blended working week – combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. Please talk to us to about how this can work for you.

NOTE: Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details on your agreed start date.

We're proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we're committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please visit https://www.tesco-careers.com/accessibility