Development Manager
Role details
Job location
Tech stack
Job description
- Support the delivery of the Services growth strategy & development roadmap
- Leverage various data sources (including briefing customer insights, competitor insight, colleague insight, commercial data & future trends) to scope & size initiatives to drive future growth. You will support the team in making recommendations on those initiatives, based on opportunities, cost and complexity to delivery, and provide justification for further investment
- Support the design of new propositions of your specifically owned initiatives including: conducting high level proposition feasibility and appeal, define product/proposition/initiative feature and price strategy and secure sign off from key stakeholders
- Support the delivery of new initiatives. You will be the key point of contact at project level responsible for the co-ordination of all proposition development activities, bringing together business teams and channels
- Support the business readiness & launch of new initiatives: collaborating with the other functions within Currys, (including but not limited to Commercial, Marketing, Stores, Online, SC&SO) and support with development and delivery of the customer journeys, training, marketing, and merchandising
- Work closely with our stakeholders, including the technology team, to effectively monitor delivery progress, risks and issues, and identify suitable resolutions and escalations. Ensure key stakeholders, including the SLT are kept up to date on the progress of Services development. Monitor the success of proposition, and agree implementation and handover approach
Requirements
Do you have experience in Project management?, This is a fantastic opportunity someone who is looking for a role that allows them to unleash their creativity to design & deliver customer focused propositions, that drive commercial results. The role is ideal for someone who has great project management skills, is highly collaborative, and can build strong cross-functional relationships to enable successful delivery of new initiatives. You will be part of a hard-working team, have high levels of energy, drive and commitment to deliver tangible results., * You are customer focused - You put customers first, seek to understand what works for them and champion them in your decision making to develop propositions they love
- You are highly collaborative in approach, able to build strong cross functional relationships
- Resilient and able to focus when faced with complex, ambiguous, or changing priorities
- You'll have good planning, organizational & multitasking skills
- Good PowerPoint, excel & Word skills
Desirable:
- Experience developing and launching new products, propositions or categories
- Experience of creating business cases or commercial plans
- Experience in a change management role, leading and implementing change management initiatives
Benefits & conditions
Pulled from the full job description
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
- Private medical insurance, We know our people are the secret to our success. That's why we're always looking for ways to reward great work. You'll find a host of benefits designed to work for you, including:
- 25 days of annual leave (plus bank holiday entitlement)
- Private Medical Insurance
- Life Assurance
- Fantastic colleague discounts on Tech with Currys and iD Mobile
- Access to Champion Health (Wellbeing App)
- Hybrid working (with an expectation to meet in person 2-4 times per month)
Join our team and we'll be with you every step of the way, helping you develop the career you want with new opportunities, on-going training and skills for life.
Not only can you shape your own future, but you can help take charge of ours too. As the biggest recycler and repairer of tech in the UK, we're in a position to make a real impact on people and the planet.
