Product Development Manager - Mobile Apps

Job Description The Role: As a Product Delivery Manager (PDM) within our Mobile Apps Product group, you will work with a dedicated development squad to drive the delivery of our customer-facing mobile applications. Our Online Shopping apps are at the heart of our business, driving over 50% of our online trade across 70 international markets and serving millions of active customers with a highly personalised shopping experience. What You’ll Take On: In this role, you will drive end-to-end delivery, ensuring our mobile applications provide exceptional value to our customers and the business. Your daily responsibilities will include: Team Management & Leadership: Guide a cross-functional team of iOS/Android developers and QA engineers by setting clear sprint goals, managing resource allocation, and fostering a collaborative, proactive environment. Stakeholder Partnership: Act as the primary delivery partner for Product Owners, UX designers, and eCommerce leadership. You will translate technical complexities—such as architectural foundations, RESTful API integrations, and deep-linking—into clear, actionable business decisions. Agile Governance & Delivery: Manage project budgets, document dependencies, and proactively mitigate release risks to ensure smooth deployment pipelines. You will champion the delivery of high-quality MVP software in a fast-paced retail environment . Product Health & Excellence: Embed the engineering philosophy of “We build it, We release it, We own it”. Work with the team to ensure robust quality gates are met—including automated unit testing, CI/CD pipelines, and strict performance and observability standards. What You’ll Bring: We are looking for a sharp, detail-oriented delivery professional who thrives in a fast-paced, multi-team environment. Essential Experience & Skills: IT Project Management: Proven experience driving software delivery, ideally managing enterprise-level, customer-facing mobile applications. Mobile Ecosystem Familiarity: An understanding of native Mobile App ecosystems, like Xcode IDE, and modern frameworks like SwiftUI. Agile Expertise: A solid grasp of core Agile principles (Scrum/Kanban) with experience managing backlogs and reporting project status via ADO or Jira. Communication & Facilitation: The ability to make complex mobile architectures sound simple, whether you are collaborating with an iOS Lead Engineer or presenting delivery timelines to non-technical senior leadership. Collaborative Problem Solving: A proactive approach to teamwork, showing resilience during peak seasonal retail periods and always bringing potential solutions to technical bottlenecks. Desirable Skills (Nice to Have): CI/CD & Automation: Experience working with Git, ADO pipelines, and automated mobile testing frameworks (XCTest). Accessibility & Deep-linking: A passion for inclusive design, including familiarity with Apple's Accessibility Framework and an understanding of universal links or custom URLs. Cross-Platform Awareness: Knowledge of Android development using Kotlin/Compose is advantageous. AI & Emerging Tech: Knowledge of emerging AI innovations, such as on-device model execution, or practical experience using AI tools to assist in translating mobile features written in Xcode/Swift to Kotlin/Compose (or vice-versa). About Us 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 holidaysProfit-related bonus - based on company performanceManagement share optionsCompany car or car allowancePrivate medical insuranceSharesave scheme - make savings from your net pay to buy NEXT shares at a discountPension - 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 assuranceGroup income protectionWagestream - helping you make the most out of your moneySalary 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 productsDirect to work - NEXT orders delivered free to the office for collectionVIP sale - early access to the NEXT saleAccess to NEXT staff shopsOctopus energy - like cycle-to-work, but for electric vehiclesFree parking (excluding London locations)Travel2NEXT - bus services dependent on locationOn site dining facilities (excluding London locations)National and local discounts on goods and services - this includes things like discounted cinema ticketsWellhub - includes access to discounted gym membershipSimply health - a healthcare subscription serviceAviva Digicare Workplace+ healthcare service - 7 Free services including Digital GP appointments and an annual health check.Onsite GP - Leicester Head OfficeOnsite Physio - Leicester Head OfficeA range of dedicated 3rd party wellbeing partnersFree eye testing - voucher to use at specific locations Conditions apply to all benefits. These benefits are discretionary and subject to change. 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 headoffice_careers@next.co.uk (please include 'Workplace Adjustments' in the subject line), or call us on 0116 284 2486 and leave a voicemail.