Product Manager - Tesco Navigation

About the role

At Tesco, we're transforming the way our transport operations work through technology, data and digital products. As Product Manager for Tesco Navigation, you will play a key role in shaping the navigation experience used by our drivers every day, helping them deliver safely, efficiently and reliably to customers across our markets.

You will own the Tesco Navigation product vision, strategy and roadmap, balancing customer, driver and business needs to deliver measurable outcomes. You will be responsible for identifying opportunities, defining priorities, validating solutions and leading cross-functional teams from discovery through delivery. Working with stakeholders across Tesco and external technology partners, you will help shape the future of navigation capabilities including routing, guidance, mapping, geospatial intelligence and driver experience.

This is an exciting opportunity to work on products that have a direct impact on thousands of daily journeys, supporting safer driving, improved operational efficiency, reduced mileage and better service for customers. You'll join a collaborative product organisation where you'll have the autonomy to make decisions, the opportunity to influence strategy, and the chance to solve complex problems at enterprise scale.

What is in it for you

Tesco is a diverse and exciting employer, dedicated to being #aplacetogeton, providing career-defining opportunities to all of our colleagues. If you chose to join our business, we will provide you with:

• Permanent contract from the go - as a sign of our trust in your abilities
• Yearly salary bonus - based on both individual and business performance
• Extensive private healthcare - complex care package including a wide range of specialists, medical services, and free flu vaccination
• Cafeteria
• Relocation Help - professional service to secure relevant working permits and other necessary documents
• Learning opportunities - certified technical training and learning platforms like Udemy, Pluralsight, and O'Reilly
• Referral Bonus
• Learning culture and excellent opportunities to develop your career within your chosen field or something altogether new
• Varied and exciting projects to play a part in - there is always something new and exciting in the pipeline

If that sounds exciting, then we'd love to hear from you.

You will be responsible for

• Defining and owning the product vision, strategy and roadmap for Tesco Navigation, ensuring outcomes align to Tesco's transport, operational and customer goals.
• Working closely with drivers, transport planners, operational teams and technology partners to understand problems, identify opportunities and prioritise solutions that deliver measurable value.
• Leading product discovery and validation activities, using data, research and stakeholder feedback to make informed product decisions.
• Managing and prioritising the product backlog, defining clear requirements and partnering with Engineering and Design teams to deliver high-quality products and features.
• Owning the end-to-end product lifecycle from concept through delivery, adoption and continuous improvement.
• Collaborating with teams across Routing, Transport, Fulfilment, Supply chain, Transport Operations and supplier partners to deliver a seamless navigation experience for drivers.
• Defining success measures, tracking product performance and using insights to inform future roadmap decisions.
• Communicating product strategy, progress and outcomes to stakeholders at all levels, building alignment and support across the business.
• Ensuring Tesco Navigation continues to evolve to support driver safety, operational efficiency, route compliance and improved driver experience.
• Contributing to the wider Product community by sharing best practices, coaching others and helping to continually improve how we build products at Tesco.

You will need

• Experience working as a Product Manager in a technology-led organisation, with responsibility for delivering customer or colleague facing digital products.
• Strong product management fundamentals, including product discovery, roadmap development, backlog management, prioritisation and outcome based delivery.
• The ability to translate complex business and operational problems into clear product opportunities and actionable plans.
• Experience working within cross-functional product teams alongside Engineers, Designers, Analysts and Operational partners.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence decisions across technical and non-technical audiences.
• A data-driven mindset with experience using qualitative and quantitative insights to make product decisions.
• Commercial awareness and an understanding of how product investments drive business value and operational outcomes.
• A passion for solving customer problems and delivering simple, effective user experiences.
• Experience working in transport, logistics, navigation, mapping, geospatial technology or operational technology environments would be advantageous but is not essential.
• Experience managing products that integrate with third-party platforms, APIs or technology partners would be beneficial.
• The ability to work effectively in a fast-moving environment, balancing strategic thinking with day-to-day delivery.
• A growth mindset, curiosity to learn and a willingness to challenge the status quo to continuously improve products and processes.

About us

Tesco Business Solution and Tesco Technology were established in Budapest in 2019, supporting the Tesco retail business in Central Europe and the Tesco Group. TBST and Tesco Technology are part of our global business services and technology organisations within Tesco.

In the UK, Ireland, India, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic we operate to offer great value to our customers every day.

In Budapest, our Technology hub currently employs more than 200 - and a growing number - of highly trained software engineers and managers who are implementing global software development projects across fulfilment, supplier and product management, online and in-store loss prevention, and our online grocery sites.

Our goal is to bring significant changes to the market by using the latest technologies. We are focusing on a large variety of modern technologies from the backend space and frontend to UX, UI and even data science and engineering.

We are aiming to drive business value through innovation and to create an organization that fundamentally transforms the retail environment.

We put accountability and ownership on the individuals and their teams in order to run a horizontal organization where teamwork is extremely important. With an end-to-end approach, we offer our colleagues opportunities for self-development and career growth.

Our colleagues are the key to our success at Tesco. We foster an environment of openness and collaboration. We draw from the diversity, knowledge and experience of our colleagues. It is all about equal opportunities, no matter who you are, or where you come from, you can get on at Tesco.

Our teams consist of individuals who can truly make a difference. Focussing on building a world-class business services centre alongside cutting-edge technology capability, they are working towards our goal of serving our customers and colleagues a little better every day.

We are expanding our operations locally and we are looking for the best talent.

When you join our Tesco Business Solutions or Tesco Technology team in Budapest, you'll be employed by TESCO-BST Üzleti és Technológiai Szolgáltatások Zártkörűen Működő Részvénytársaság, the Tesco legal entity responsible for your employment.