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JD Sports Fashion · Omnichannel Experience or Multi-Brand Product

Head of Product

NewonsiteBuryE-commerceMarketplaceRetail

Our Take

Lead product teams and omnichannel strategy at JD Sports, Europe's sports retail leader.

What they’re looking for

  • Senior product leadership experience
  • Multiple product teams management
  • Ecommerce or digital transformation
  • Vendor and commercial negotiation
  • Agile at scale
  • Strategic stakeholder influence

As posted by JD Sports Fashion

The role

  • Own the product vision and strategy for either omnichannel experience or multi-brand business, with full decision-making authority for your domain.
  • Lead and mentor multiple Product Managers through their respective squads, setting best practices and embedding innovation across the team.
  • Drive supplier partnerships and commercial negotiations with digital platform vendors; own performance and service level outcomes.
  • Champion data-driven product development through analytics and experimentation to validate hypotheses and improve KPIs.
  • Influence senior business leaders, technical teams, and external partners to align product roadmaps with JD Group's strategic objectives.

What they are looking for

  • Proven track record leading senior product roles managing multiple teams in digital or ecommerce environments.
  • Strategic and commercial acumen: balance customer experience, technical feasibility, and revenue impact simultaneously.
  • Deep Agile expertise with ability to scale methodologies and practices across distributed teams.
  • Strong vendor and contract management experience; comfort negotiating complex commercial terms.
  • Exceptional stakeholder communication: ability to influence at all levels and articulate complex product concepts clearly.
  • Innovation mindset backed by examples of introducing transformative solutions or driving organizational change.

What is in it for you

  • Pivotal role shaping product strategy for a global retail transformation at scale with top-tier brand partnerships.
  • Direct reporting to Group Director of Product with peer leadership team of other Heads of Product and Design.
  • Opportunity to forge your own path in an ambiguous, high-impact environment with full domain ownership.
  • Career growth and strategic importance within JD Group's continued global expansion and omnichannel evolution.

Skills & Focus Areas

  • roadmapping
  • stakeholder management
  • A/B testing
  • data analysis
  • team leadership
  • vendor management
  • Agile
  • strategic planning

Languages

English