Head of Product - Demand

Job description

dunnhumby is the global leader in Customer Data Science, empowering businesses everywhere to compete and thrive in the modern data-driven economy. We always put the Customer First.

Our mission: to enable businesses to grow and reimagine themselves by becoming advocates and champions for their Customers. With deep heritage and expertise in retail - one of the world's most competitive markets, with a deluge of multi-dimensional data - dunnhumby today enables businesses all over the world, across industries, to be Customer First.

dunnhumby employs nearly 2,500 experts in offices throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas working for transformative, iconic brands such as Tesco, Coca-Cola, Meijer, Procter & Gamble and Metro.

We are looking for a Head of Product-Demand to define and drive the overall Media Product Agenda for Demand. This role will report into Retail Media Chief Product and Technology Director. You will leverage your deep Media and AdTech experience to work on Tesco retail media platform, which enables CPGs and agencies to buy Tesco Media inventory across different channels whether online, in-store or offsite on a self-serve basis and enable a truly omni-channel experience and connected retail.

You will be here to inspire, lead and line manage the product team and work with design and engineering counterparts to advance best practices and processes that enable an agile, customer-focused, data drive product organization and an agile engineering organization. We operate a data-led, agile product-based approach - balancing the delivery of ambitious change with our commitment to the highest possible standards of security, availability, and performance.

What you'll be working on

• Define vision and roadmap for all Demand products across Online, Offsite and Stores. This includes but not limited to enabling advertisers to buy sponsored products, display and video formats on Tesco Web site, App and Stores, as well as offsite partners.
• Set the product strategy and roadmap for Media Product - Demand and inspire, lead and line manage a team of high-performing product managers to ensure products are defined, designed and managed well end-to-end
• Deliver best in class retail media buying platform that enables advertisers and their agencies to easily access, discover, select, purchase and optimise multiple Tesco Media inventory types. This includes surfacing the relevant audiences and placements for an advertiser to select based on their marketing objectives, ensuring efficient approval and optimisation workflows throughout the campaign lifecycle.
• Be data driven, identify patterns and trends, define and implement improvements to drive key media revenue and adoption metrics while improving the efficiency and usability of our products and services.
• Design, execute and evaluate experiments to test any new feature, fail fast, Innovate at its best.
• Monitor the competitive landscape to help inform strategic alliance and partnership planning, as well as identify broader new product and commercial opportunities
• Conduct market research to identify trends and make informed decisions.
• Lead and inspire a global team of product managers, designers and work closely with the engineering team on execution strategies to achieve the product vision
• Communicate Product strategy and the relevant metrics of success to the Retail Media Leadership
• Work closely with Head of Products in the media space (Supply, Measurement and Insights), media sales, operations and strategy team
• Develop and deliver presentations at industry events, develop playbooks and collateral for our products and services, and write white papers and blogs to establish Tesco Media position as industry thought leaders.
• Manage risk effectively, provide visible and consistent leadership on Values and Code of Business Conduct and act where you see issues. Protect our team by ensuring they have the skills and training needed
• Possess strong analytical skills and collaboration abilities

What we expect from you

• A strong track record of successfully delivering a product vision, across a multi-year strategy, and transformation within a client-centric and commercially minded B2B software company
• Broad experience of working in the media, retail media and/ or CPG industry in a similar role
• Knowledge of the advertising technology ecosystem
• Delivered differentiated media products, built extensible platforms working with diverse set of stakeholders within and outside the organisation
• Extensive experience in global media alliances and partnerships
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a relevant subject
• Desirable skills include: Experience in working in a global role and creation of thought leadership
  
  

What you can expect from us

We won't just meet your expectations. We'll defy them. So you'll enjoy the comprehensive rewards package you'd expect from a leading technology company. But also, a degree of personal flexibility you might not expect. Plus, thoughtful perks, like flexible working hours and your birthday off.

You'll also benefit from an investment in cutting-edge technology that reflects our global ambition. But with a nimble, small-business feel that gives you the freedom to play, experiment and learn.

And we don't just talk about diversity and inclusion. We live it every day - with thriving networks including dh Gender Equality Network, dh Proud, dh Family, dh One and dh Thrive as the living proof. We want everyone to have the opportunity to shine and perform at your best throughout our recruitment process. Please let us know how we can make this process work best for you. For an informal and confidential chat please contact [email protected] to discuss how we can meet your needs.

Our approach to Flexible Working

At dunnhumby, we value and respect difference and are committed to building an inclusive culture by creating an environment where you can balance a successful career with your commitments and interests outside of work.

We believe that you will do your best at work if you have a work / life balance. Some roles lend themselves to flexible options more than others, so if this is important to you please raise this with your recruiter, as we are open to discussing agile working opportunities during the hiring process.

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