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Posted 08 June, 2026
Tesco UK

Product Manager – Store Colleague Experience 20m FTC (Maternity Cover)

Tesco UK
Welwyn Garden City Hybrid Fixed Term
Reference: 184383
About the role

An exciting opportunity to shape how Tesco tackles food surplus at scale.

This role sits within the Technology Store Colleague Experience team, driving solutions that unlock greater food redistribution, improve waste accuracy and compliance, and directly support Tesco’s ESG ambitions, including the commitment to halve food waste.


Working in a high-performing, cross-functional team, this role will define and deliver products that transform how surplus stock is identified, managed, and redistributed across Tesco.

From enabling smarter, data-driven decisions to simplifying store processes, this is a role with real business impact and meaningful contribution to sustainability.


This is a 20 month FTC covering maternity leave.


What is 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 20% of base salary.
  • Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays).
  • Private medical insurance.
  • 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (12 months service required at the qualifying date) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave.
  • Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing.
  • This information is a shortened summary, refer to our policies for full details.
You will be responsible for


  • · Whilst responsibilities will evolve with business priorities, the role will focus on the following key areas:
  • · Evolve and deliver the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Stock Surplus Management, aligned to Tesco’s sustainability and loss reduction goals
  • · Partner with stakeholders across Technology, Stores, Commercial, and Supply Chain to deliver joined-up, end-to-end outcomes
  • · Understand store colleague journeys, user needs, and operational pain points to drive meaningful improvements
  • · Work closely with Research, Design, Analytics, and Engineering to develop solutions that reduce waste, improve compliance, and enable redistribution
  • · Use data to proactively identify surplus risks and drive smarter, faster decision-making
  • · Prioritise effectively, balancing short-term delivery with long-term strategic goals and resolving trade-offs with senior stakeholders
  • · Translate complex problems into clear product requirements, using user stories and acceptance criteria to enable efficient delivery
  • · Drive adoption of new capabilities across stores, ensuring solutions are intuitive and deliver real operational value
  • · Own product performance, tracking adoption, impact, and progress against key outcomes and OKRs
  • · Manage live product issues with clear communication and prioritisation to minimise disruption to store operations
  • Monitor industry trends and emerging practices to continuously improve surplus management and waste reduction capabilities

You will need
  • Strong Product Management expertise, with a proven ability to define and execute a clear product vision and strategy that aligns teams and stakeholders around measurable outcomes
  • Demonstrated ability to influence and lead across a complex stakeholder landscape, building alignment, driving change, and delivering tangible business value
  • Experience operating in fast-paced, enterprise environments, working across multiple product and engineering teams to deliver scalable, end-to-end solutions
  • Deep understanding of user-centred design principles, with the ability to translate user needs and research insights into impactful product decisions
  • Data-driven mindset, using customer, operational, and market insights to shape product strategy and prioritisation
  • Strong grasp of modern product delivery practices, including agile methodologies and iterative delivery to unlock value quickly and continuously
  • Good understanding of how large-scale technology platforms and APIs interact, with an ability to balance technical constraints and business needs
  • Ability to simplify complexity, breaking down large problems into clear, deliverable increments with pace and clarity

About us
You might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award-winning mobile network. Truth is, we’re all of those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind, helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. No two customers are the same, neither are our colleagues.
At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Spend 60% of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. Whether you're just kicking off your career, juggling passions, or navigating big life events, we're here to support you. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.
We're proud to be an accredited Disability Confident Leader, where everyone’s welcome. That’s why we commit to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you need support with your application, click here for more information. And if you're interested in joining our team but don't tick every box, don't let that hold you back from applying.