VP Product - eCommerce

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About Us

We are Ocado Technology and we empower global grocery retailers with cutting-edge cloud, robotics, AI, and IoT. Our Ocado Smart Platform (OSP) powers highly automated Customer Fulfilment Centres (CFCs), enabling efficient, single-pick online grocery delivery

About the Role

As VP of Product for the Ecommerce Product Group at Ocado Technology, you will define and lead the strategic vision for our Ecommerce platform—driving product outcomes that enable partner growth, accelerate customer adoption, and support Ocado’s long-term commercial goals.

You will own the initiative-level roadmap, prioritising investments that deliver the most impact across our product capabilities. Working closely with senior leaders across the business, you’ll align goals to broader company objectives and share accountability for results with your Engineering leadership partner.

You’ll play a critical role in shaping how we scale the platform—combining deep systems thinking with a focus on execution quality, organisational design, and delivery accountability. You’ll manage the product group budget and ensure teams are solving the right problems at the right time.

You’ll model outstanding product leadership, coaching the next generation of product leaders and embedding a strong culture of experimentation, customer empathy, and product excellence.

As a senior leader, you’ll represent the Ecommerce Product Group at the executive and board level—communicating priorities, trade-offs, and risks with clarity and confidence, and helping shape the future of the Ocado Smart Platform.

About you

• Proven leadership in Ecom product development, with experience managing high-impact platforms.
• Track record of building and scaling high-performing product teams.
• Experience driving a culture of experimentation, hypothesis-led development, and adoption at scale.
• Skilled in integrating market trends, customer insight, and partner needs into a cohesive strategy.
• Strong cross-functional leadership, especially with Eng, UX, Data, Finance, and Commercial teams.
• Executive-level communication and influencing skills.

What we offer

We believe in supporting our people with meaningful, flexible benefits that prioritise well-being and work-life balance. Here’s a snapshot of what you can expect:

• Time to recharge:
  25 days annual leave (rising to 27 after 5 years), plus the option to buy more – and 30 days a year to work from anywhere in the world.
  
  
• Health & wellbeing:
  Private Medical Insurance from your first month, wellbeing support through specialist apps and EAP, plus Income Protection and Life Assurance.
  
  
• Family-first policies:
  22 weeks paid maternity/primary carer leave and 6 weeks paid paternity leave (after qualifying period).
  
  
• Financial support:
  Pension with employer matching up to 7%, share schemes (Sharesave & BAYE), and interest-free loans for train tickets.
  
  
• Commuter perks:
  Cycle to Work Scheme and free shuttle buses to/from Hatfield and Welwyn Garden City stations.
  
  
• Exclusive discounts:
  15% off at Ocado.com with free delivery (starting in your first month).

Ocado Group is an equal opportunities employer and as such makes every effort to ensure that all potential employees are treated fairly and equally, regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, age, or disability or union membership status.