Product Manager - Data & Analytics - #65715

As a Product Manager within our COS Data & Analytics team, you will play a pivotal role in driving the development, implementation, and management of data & insights products for global COS. You will work together with a diverse team comprising Data Analysts, Business Analysts, Data Scientists and Data Engineers, closely engaging with key stakeholders to deliver high-quality data & insights products for COS globally.

The role has a dual focus where in addition to leading your products, you will also be technically hands-on to be the data analytics expert in the team and collaborate with stakeholders to solve business challenges using data, analytics & AI. 

Responsibilities  

• Collaborate with stakeholders to define the strategic vision, direction, and roadmap for data & insights product development, aligning it with business goals and customer needs.  
• Build end-to-end product strategy, including definition of scope, roadmap, and KPIs, and understand product development from ideation to release.
• Work closely with cross-functional areas to identify data & insights product requirements, prioritize features, and ensure timely delivery.  
• Define high-level KPIs/OKRs and align them with the respective stakeholders, supporting a data-driven environment.
• Follow agile methodologies and best practices to facilitate efficient and iterative product development.
• Turn business challenges into structured data analyses and be responsible for the full analysis process from problem and scope definition to data extraction, cleaning, analysis, visualization, creating recommendations, and presenting results.
• Work on a broad variety of business challenges with a wide range of business stakeholders (marketing, sales, merch, purchasing, logistics, etc.). 
• Utilize technical skills in SQL in combination with other analytics tools that can help you reach your goals (e.g., R, Python, Looker studio or Power BI). 
• Stay up to date with the latest advancements in data management, advanced analytics and AI technologies, and evaluate their potential impact on our organization.

Alignment to our company values is the most important characteristic we look for in all new joiners. Our values are the behaviours that we appreciate above and beyond anything else. We are open-minded and curious, we dare to be different, we believe in constant improvement and we empower and trust you to take ownership. Our values are part of who we are, what we stand for and how we act.

What you need to succeed:

• Proven experience as either:
• • Data Analyst, Product/Business Analyst or Controller with formal/informal experience in leading data analytics product/projects.  
  • Product/Project Manager with hands-on experience in data analysis, product/business analysis or controlling.
• Have hands-on working experience writing advanced SQL queries to extract, prep, validate, and analyse large data sets.
• Have experience and skills in analysing, visualizing, and presenting complex data set using relevant programming languages and/or BI tools. 
• Functional knowledge of lean-agile development and methodologies as well as product vision creation and product roadmap development     
• Capable of gathering, analysing, and understanding customer and business needs and understanding impact against product backlog and impact on team     
• Able to clearly express the connections between larger business goals and small backlog items for team members.
• Have strong business sense and business interest with the ability of making sound interpretations of data and other information. 
• Have excellent communication skills and are skilled in translating and explaining complex data analysis to non-technical and/or senior stakeholders. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

This is a full-time permanent position based at our Head Office in London.

Benefits

We offer all our employees attractive benefits with extensive development opportunities around the globe. All our employees receive a 25% staff discount usable on all our H&M Group brands in stores and online. In addition to our staff discount, all our employees are included in our H&M Incentive Program – HIP. You can read more about our H&M Incentive Program here.

In addition to this UK based colleagues also receive

• Up to 25 days holiday
• Annual health checks
• Pension scheme
• Discounts on various activities and financial/lifestyle products via our benefits hub
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounted gym membership
• Employee assistance via retail trust  
• Private health & dental care

Inclusion & Diversity

At COS we’re determined to create and maintain inclusive, diverse and equitable workplaces throughout our organisation. Our teams should consist of a variety of people that share and combine their knowledge, experience and ideas. Having a diverse workforce leads to a positive impact on how we address challenges, on what we perceive possible and on how we choose to relate to our colleagues and customers all over the world. Hence all diversity dimensions are taken into consideration in our recruitment process. 

Company Description

About COS: Since our launch in 2007 we have opened stores and sell online in over 40 countries worldwide. Our collection offers elevated essentials, iconic pieces and innovative design. The creative soul of the brand is visualised through our storytelling, seasonal runway shows and connect with contemporary culture to create an experience beyond the expected. From the beginning, our design ethos has always put lasting style, quality and sustainability first. Today 92% of the materials in our collection are more sustainably sourced.

In this role you will be able to take advantage of a hybrid working arrangement. You will have the flexibility to work both remotely and, from the office. While remote working is an integral part of our part of our offer, approx. 3 days per week office presence will be required to foster strong collaborations and team work.

Ready to apply? Click on the I’M INTERESTED link where you can upload your CV securely. Once we have received your application, we will keep you updated regularly about the status of your application so please look out for our email.

We are looking forward to hearing from you!