Director of Product, Ocado Group
Advanced Technology
Software & robotics for online groceries
Job no longer available
Software & robotics for online groceries
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
To change the way the world shops for good.
Role
Who you are
- Evidence of influencing at senior leadership level
- Experience in leading cutting edge Products across software and hardware domains
- Delivering focus with comparable breadth of scope, product domain, and impact
- Experience in a leadership role responsible for overall team delivery, budget and resources
- Strong technical / domain background in Product and Engineering leadership, with demonstrable experience working throughout the product lifecycle
- Consistent track record leading product and/or multi-skilled development teams at scale, across time-zones, to deliver quality products and achieve objectives
- Great stakeholder management and communication skills - able to represent the platform and their team in both technical and non-technical forums
- Mentoring of others to effectively support their career development
- Sufficient technical experience and understanding to be able to develop a roadmap for emergent technologies where the future capabilities are as influenced by the art of the possible as they are by what is needed by the business
What the job involves
- As Director of Product for Advanced Technology, you will be working with the Chief of Advanced Technology, where you will be responsible for defining and delivering a Product Strategy that continues to ensure the accelerated advancement of Ocado’s pioneering innovations that drive value for Ocado’s Grocery Partners and the wider Ocado Group
- You will lead their Product Management team to provide clarity on business value whilst partnering with engineering teams to realise and deliver great products for our current and future clients
- You will be a visionary leader, with the relevant domain experience and insight necessary for working with such cutting edge technologies and systems, who in partnership with the Chief Advanced Technology Officer, can harness and shape the product development opportunities into business benefit through leadership of both the Product team directly, and the wider division
- Align with the Ocado Group strategy, design and drive the vision and product strategy for Advanced Technology to change the landscape of the market and grow Ocado’s addressable business opportunities in these domains
- Drive prioritisation and investment decisions across the Advanced Technology portfolio through understanding the technical capabilities of the products and the commercial impact and possibilities created through innovation across the division
- Evangelise the product direction and lead the Advanced Technology division to success through building a high performing product team and working in close collaboration with Engineering, Research, Data Science and other disciplines within the division and across Ocado Group
- Help the team execute the goals and clearly communicate the plans within and outside of Ocado Technology
- Bringing together the product division delivery plan and tracking progress on stream objectives and commitments
- Set and drive a culture of innovation, and empower wider teams to deliver fast to accelerate learning
Our take
Ocado Group develops the Ocado Smart Platform (OSP), the proprietary end-to-end eCommerce, fulfilment, and logistics platform which is sold to third party retailers around the world to deliver and scale up online grocery operations. It focusses on automation, robotics, Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, simulation and Big Data.
The online grocery sector has soared in the last few years, with customers enjoying its convenience and ease-of-use compared to traditional, in-store shopping. This spike in consumer interest in turn saw a rise in companies seeking to streamline their eCommerce operations, which has given Ocado Group the chance to grow into the market leader for online grocery fulfilment solutions.
The company's current focus is on strengthening its leading position and continuing to invest in new technology, which will be vital as it feels the effects of the overarching economic downturn. Regardless, Ocado Group continues to make a big impact in the sector, and has secured funds that secure its ability to pursue its growth plans into the future
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
12% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Oct 2009
$39.6m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $39.6m
Company benefits
- 22 weeks paid maternity leave and 6 weeks paid paternity leave
- Independence in your role
- Career development and progression
- 15% discount shopping at Ocado.com and free deliveries
- 25 days holiday
- A generous pension scheme
- Share options
- Discounts on gym memberships and family-friendly offers
- Head office on-site cafe and restaurant
- Private healthcare
- 20 mins from London with a free shuttle bus from and to Hatfield Station
Company HQ
Hatfield, UK
Leadership
Tim Steiner
(CEO)Prior to Ocado, spent eight years at Goldman Sachs, being based in London, Hong Kong, and New York in the Fixed Income division.
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