Role overview:

London

Currys London Campus at Waterloo

Permanent
Full Time

Grade 5

At Currys we’re united by one passion: to help everyone enjoy amazing technology. As the UK’s best-known retailer of tech, we’re proud of the service our customers receive – and it’s all down to our team of 25,000 caring and committed colleagues. Working as one team, we learn and grow together, celebrating the big and small moments that make every day amazing.

As our Optimisation Development Manager you'll be part of the Digital team, reporting into the Head of Digital Product, Optimisation & Personalisation. You'll be right at the heart of fast-moving roadmap delivery that shapes how we drive our Digital/Ecommerce growth through best-in-class, personalised omnichannel experiences.

You'll lead a team of CRO Developers & QAs focused on unlocking growth through experimentation and overseeing the delivery of experimental roadmap concepts into pixel-perfect web journeys across our Digital channels. This role is at the forefront of digital innovation, implementing A/B tests and personalisation strategies that optimise every touchpoint of the customer journey.

You'll collaborate with Product managers, designers and analysts to bring testing ideas to life - transforming insights and hypotheses into real, measurable experiments and perform a role of player manager using your strong front-end development skills (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and our testing platforms (Dynmic Yield), you'll help ensure every test and personalisation we run lands cleanly, on time and makes our customer journey smoother and more engaging.

Role overview:

As part of this role, you’ll be responsible for: 

• Leading the development and execution of A/B tests, multivariate tests, and personalisation strategies to improve conversion rates and optimise user experiences
• Planning and managing development and QA resources for planned roadmaps
• Working closely with stakeholders from the product teams in an agile environment, ensuring
• alignment on goals and strategies
• Working closely with Product owners and UX/UI designers, and content teams to create and execute on optimisation plans. Ensure changes are effectively implemented and tracked.
• Continuously refine the CRO development process, advocating for best practices in development, testing and optimisation within the organisation
• Performing and upskilling the team to create client-side and server-side experiences through our AB testing platform
• Improving, enhancing, and maintaining robust processes for both development and QA
• Ensuring bug-free and performant code is released onto our websites
• Ensuring smooth transitions between product releases and our activities
• Coaching and developing the team, striving for continuous improvement and efficiencies in ways of working.

You will need:

• Experience as a people manager, developing and coaching people and processes
• A solid background of developer experience with extensive experience in front-end development and working with REST APIs and DOM manipulation
• Exceptional JavaScript knowledge and skills are required for complex client-side DOM
• manipulation for client-side testing
• Skills: vanilla JavaScript, React.js, jQuery and any other JavaScript frameworks are a bonus
• Bonus skill: server-side development
• HTML and CSS skills are required to build pixel perfect responsive UI
• Adaptable and fast paced, ability to develop and manage high quality code efficiently
• Solid understanding of browser functionality and tools across browsers and devices
• Thorough understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle
• Familiarity with Agile development processes
• Experience with various AB testing tools (Adobe Target, Dynamic Yield)
• Attention to detail, clear communication skills & ability to plan and document your work

We know our people are the secret to our success. That’s why we’re always looking for ways to reward great work. You’ll find a host of benefits designed to work for you, including:

• Holiday benefits - 25 days of annual leave (plus bank holiday entitlement) 
• Private medical insurance
• Life Assurance
• Competitive pension scheme
• Access to discretionary bonus
• Hybrid working; our primary Currys Campus is at Waterloo (WeWork)

Why join us:

Join our team and we’ll be with you every step of the way, helping you develop the career you want with new opportunities, on-going training and skills for life.

Not only can you shape your own future, but you can help take charge of ours too. As the biggest recycler and repairer of tech in the UK, we’re in a position to make a real impact on people and the planet.

Every voice has a space at our table, and we’re committed to making inclusion and diversity part of everything we do, including how we strengthen our workforce. We want to make sure you have a fair opportunity to show us your talents during our application process, so if you need any additional assistance with your application please email careers@currys.co.uk and we’ll do our best to help.