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Product Development Manager - CMS / GTM
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Product Development Manager
As a Product Development Manager in our Content Management System (CMS) & Google Tag Manager (GTM) team, you will work with a development squad to deliver additional features to our 3rd Party CMS tool as well as building GTM features on our customer facing sites. You’ll bridge the gap between technical complexity and business value, working closely with both our IT department and senior eCommerce leadership to turn technology into a competitive advantage. At NEXT, we value your growth; you’ll have the opportunity to lead a dedicated team in an environment that prizes pro-activity and collaboration.
What You’ll Take On
In this role, you won't just be moving tickets; you will be driving end-to-end delivery and ensuring our systems provide real value to the business. Your day-to-day will involve:
- Team management: Guiding a team of functional consultants and developers by setting clear sprint goals and managing resource allocation.
- Stakeholder partnership: Acting as the primary liaison for senior eCommerce leaders, translating technical bottlenecks into clear business decisions.
- Governance: Proactively managing project budgets, documentation, and risks to prevent "fire drills" before they happen.
- Product Delivery: Ability to deliver MVP software in a fast paced retail environment, focusing on quality and value added.
- Product Ownership: Work with the team to embed the philosophy of “We build it, We ship it, We Own it”.
What You’ll Bring
We are looking for a sharp, detail-oriented professional who thrives in a fast-paced delivery environment across multiple development and business teams. To succeed in this role, you will need:
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- IT Project Management experience
- A solid grasp of core Agile principles and status reporting via ADO / Jira
- The ability to make the complex sound simple, whether you are talking to a developer or senior leadership.
- You don’t just find problems, you bring potential solutions to the table and stay resilient during busy periods.
- A proactive approach to teamwork and a commitment to maintaining high standards of delivery
Desirable skills:
- CMS development
- GTM management
- Rapid release processes
- Scrum / Kanban
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You know Next, but did you know we’re a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 44,000 people across the Next group. We’re the UK’s 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we’re the market leader. At the last count we have over 450 stores, plus the Next Online and it’s now possible to buy online from over 80 countries around the world! So we’ve gone global!
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Profit-related bonus - based on company performance
- Management share options
- Company car or car allowance
- Private medical insurance
- Sharesave scheme - make savings from your net pay to buy NEXT shares at a discount
- Pension - fixed contribution rates from both an employer and employee perspective, but you're also able to make additional voluntary contributions (AVCs) if you wish to save more.
- Life assurance
- Group income protection
- Wagestream - helping you make the most out of your money
- Salary finance - offers access to affordable loans repaid through salary, simple savings and free financial education.
- 25% staff discount on most NEXT products - plus discount on other products
- Direct to work - NEXT orders delivered free to the office for collection
- VIP sale - early access to the NEXT sale
- Access to NEXT staff shops
- Octopus energy - like cycle-to-work, but for electric vehicles
- Free parking (excluding London locations)
- Travel2NEXT - bus services dependent on location
- On site dining facilities (excluding London locations)
- National and local discounts on goods and services - this includes things like discounted cinema tickets
- Wellhub - includes access to discounted gym membership
- Simply health - a healthcare subscription service
- Aviva Digicare Workplace+ healthcare service - 7 Free services including Digital GP appointments and an annual health check.
- Onsite GP - Leicester Head Office
- Onsite Physio - Leicester Head Office
- A range of dedicated 3rd party wellbeing partners
- Free eye testing - voucher to use at specific locations
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