Product Manager

Serving with pride since 1898, Mitchells & Butlers are the heart of UK hospitality. In fact, you already know us, even if you don’t realise it! We own and run more than 1,600 pubs, bars and restaurants including the stylish All Bar One brand, legendary Miller & Carter steakhouses, and the iconic Toby Carvery. We are Mitchells & Butlers, and we set the industry standard.

As we focus on growth and cater for a digital hospitality world, our Digital Transformation team play a key part in helping us achieve our exciting goals. We have a great opportunity for a seasoned Product Manager with a deep technical understanding of API design and infrastructure. This skill is vital to the delivery of the digital roadmap, as is experience of managing sprint teams working within agile methodologies. As Product Manager you will embark on an exciting period of digital transformation working across all Mitchells & Butlers brands to deliver and a product strategy across all our digital channels.

We have some great projects you’d be aligned to and to give you a little flavour of just what this might look like, you’d be working on several established yet evolving projects, for example - our company wide ‘Order at Table’ and ‘Click & Collect’ apps, not forgetting our multi-brand dine at home delivery services and the integration of affiliate partners.

We are Mitchells & Butlers, and we want you to be with us on our journey.

The Opportunity – Product Manager  

Reporting to the Senior Product Manager and working as part of a team of skilled professionals, you will:-

· Working for the Senior Product Manager, create and maintain a prioritised product backlog that will drive the quarterly plan

· Creating scenarios, processes, epics and stories, which will provide business drivers behind initiatives, and ensure the architect and development team understand planned goals

· Formulating and managing discovery activities with architecture, business and suppliers

· Managing the day-to-day activities of a nearshore/onshore scrum team, participating in regular scrum cadence, and ensuring delivery milestones are agreed and on track

· Working alongside other product owners to align plans, scope and dependencies

You’ll be well rewarded…

· Annual bonus scheme worth up to 30% of your salary. We’re all about rewarding hard work

· Permanent contract with full time hours, and flexible working available to fit work around your personal commitments

· Flexible working – to fit around the other important things in life!

· Company car

· A pension that pays, where we’ll more than match your contributions (x1.5 of your contributions, up to a maximum of 5% of your salary)

· 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, plus option to buy up to 2 weeks extra holiday – life is for living after all!

· Opportunities to develop your career in the direction you choose with tailored training schemes and qualifications, e.g., MBA / MSc programmes

· Opportunity to opt in to Sharesave Plan, enabling you to save to buy shares or have money returned

· 33% off at all our brands, including our hotels. Whether it’s date night at Miller & Carter or a family roast at Toby Carvery, we’ve got you covered

· Private healthcare, dental plan, cycle to work, and keep fit schemes

What makes Mitchells & Butlers a great place to work?

To us, a career isn’t just about ‘clocking in’. We really care about our colleagues, and we’re an employer that keeps a promise. In fact, as one of the largest employers in the country, with over 44,000 people working for us, we have the responsibility of valuing every contribution from a diverse workforce that are representative of our guests, and who make us stronger. We continue to build a culture that values our differences and embraces them as strengths.

What you’ll need to bring to this Digital Vendor Manager role…

· Deep technical understand of API design and infrastructure

· Ecommerce experience, having worked for large retailers undertaking complex projects

· A collaborator with roadmap development and backlog refinement skills

· Hands on experience of writing epics and user stories + supporting the review of UX and Technical designs.

· Knowledge of AI & Machine Learning Principals

· Knowledge of Data Lake and Data Analytic principals

· Knowledge of continual deployment / testing principals

· Supplier management skills – workorder negotiation, resource planning and recruitment

· Strong stakeholder management skills

Could you be a great addition to our team? Apply for this Product Manager role today and we’ll be in touch to explore how you could be part of our exciting future.