Product Development Manager - Online Shopping VIP (Enderby or Doncaster)
Added 25 Aug · still live
Likely
Sponsorship likelihood
This employer has issued visas recently
Not disclosed
Salary
Not disclosed by employer
£55,000
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2132 (75% match) is an eligible occupation, with a going rate of £55,000, and Next is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
This could also be SOC 2440 (Business and financial project management professionals, Delivery leadership and project management focus). We read the code off the advert, so it is our best guess, not the employer's.
Your salary route
New graduate or PhD holder? Pick one of the lower rates.
What each route needs for this job
| Occupation code | New entrant 70% of going rate | STEM PhD 80% of going rate | Relevant PhD 90% of going rate | Standard rate 100% of going rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2132 IT managers Most likely code | £38,500 | £44,000 | £49,500 | £55,000 |
2440 Business and financial project management professionals Also possible | £39,500 | £45,200 | £50,800 | £56,500 |
We use the lowest threshold across the plausible codes. Likelihood is Possible at most when the pay clears only a lower rate, or only under a less likely code. How the Home Office picks the code
About the role
Job Description
The Role:
Step into a leadership position where you truly own your team's delivery, operations, and culture. As a Product Development Manager (PDM), you are the accountable delivery and people leader for your development squad.
The Next Online Sale & OpsDev team is responsible for ensuring Sales and promotional events are successfully delivered throughout the year, for Next and our partner’s websites.
Naturally, this includes the flagship Next Sale, run four times a year. Each Sale is a hard deadline, every delivery a truly cross-functional project coordinating with many teams across all of IT at Next, that requires constant refinement and evaluation. You will be a focal point of activity during these times, escalating where necessary and becoming a key player in driving efficiencies and quality of the overall Sale.
In line with the technical nature of the team and Sale processes, you’ll possess a background in development, understanding performant, scalable code, combined with important concepts such as feature flagging and quick delivery cadence. You’ll also understand the value of monitoring and observability, using them to help diagnose issues during all phases of the Software Lifecycle.
These frontline workstreams carry a high mental load and significant commercial value. You will act as the essential translator between the business's strategic intent and your team's technical execution, and the shield that protects your team's focus from external noise. This role is about establishing sustainable delivery rhythms out of volatile demands, embedding quality, and fostering an environment where your developers can do their best work.
What You’ll Take On:
The Role:
Step into a leadership position where you truly own your team's delivery, operations, and culture. As a Product Development Manager (PDM), you are the accountable delivery and people leader for your development squad.
The Next Online Sale & OpsDev team is responsible for ensuring Sales and promotional events are successfully delivered throughout the year, for Next and our partner’s websites.
Naturally, this includes the flagship Next Sale, run four times a year. Each Sale is a hard deadline, every delivery a truly cross-functional project coordinating with many teams across all of IT at Next, that requires constant refinement and evaluation. You will be a focal point of activity during these times, escalating where necessary and becoming a key player in driving efficiencies and quality of the overall Sale.
In line with the technical nature of the team and Sale processes, you’ll possess a background in development, understanding performant, scalable code, combined with important concepts such as feature flagging and quick delivery cadence. You’ll also understand the value of monitoring and observability, using them to help diagnose issues during all phases of the Software Lifecycle.
These frontline workstreams carry a high mental load and significant commercial value. You will act as the essential translator between the business's strategic intent and your team's technical execution, and the shield that protects your team's focus from external noise. This role is about establishing sustainable delivery rhythms out of volatile demands, embedding quality, and fostering an environment where your developers can do their best work.
What You’ll Take On:
- Delivery Leadership: Own the end-to-end delivery of your team's commitments. You will run projects to Agile standards, actively manage capacity, and continuously balance planned work with complex operational realities.
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This role requires a leader who is able to hit the ground running. The environment is fast-paced and demands immediate competency in navigating shifting priorities without passing that stress onto the team. You must balance a sharp focus on delivery outcomes with genuine empathy and strong people leadership skills. Because this is an internal role, you will already understand the pace of our eCommerce environment, but you are someone who wants to shape how we work just as much as what we deliver.
- Strong, technical experience from your previous development roles, which you will bring to bear on complex technical issues around performance and scalability.
- Immediate, proven capability in a technology delivery environment (e.g., as a Lead Developer, Scrum Master or existing manager) with a strong practical grasp of Agile methodologies and continuous improvement.
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You know Next, but did you know we’re a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 44,000 people across the Next group. We’re the UK’s 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we’re the market leader. At the last count we have over 450 stores, plus the Next Online and it’s now possible to buy on-line from over 80 countries around the world! So we’ve gone global!
About The Team
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Profit-related bonus - based on company performance
- Management share options
- Company car or car allowance
- Private medical insurance
- Sharesave scheme - make savings from your net pay to buy NEXT shares at a discount
- Pension - fixed contribution rates from both an employer and employee perspective, but you're also able to make additional voluntary contributions (AVCs) if you wish to save more.
- Life assurance
- Group income protection
- Wagestream - helping you make the most out of your money
- Salary finance - offers access to affordable loans repaid through salary, simple savings and free financial education.
- 25% staff discount on most NEXT products - plus discount on other products
- Direct to work - NEXT orders delivered free to the office for collection
We aim to support all candidates during the application process and are happy to provide workplace adjustments when necessary. Should you need support with your application due to a disability or long-term condition, feel free to get in touch with us by email [email protected] (please include 'Workplace Adjustments' in the subject line), or call us on 0116 284 2486 and leave a voicemail.
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Where this offer sits in the market
IT managers (SOC 2132) · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · basic pay · ~224k in sampleSOC 2132
- Middle half £43,316–71,396
- Median £56,056
- Going rate £55,000
- Threshold £41,700
- New entrant £38,500–49,500
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About sponsorship for this role
Does this job guarantee visa sponsorship?
Not necessarily. Next holds a sponsor licence, but sponsorship for a specific hire is always the employer's decision. Be upfront in your application that you'll require it.
What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 2132 going rate of £55,000. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.