The Very Group

About us. We're the team behind digital retailer Very. Our purpose is to help families get more out of life. If you're high performing, ambitious and make the most of every opportunity, we want to hear from you. About the role. As a Senior Product Designer, you'll take the lead in designing intuitive, accessible, and impactful customer experiences across our digital products. Working closely with Product Managers, Engineers, and UX Researchers, you'll own design solutions from discovery through to delivery, ensuring they meet user needs, business goals and technical constraints. You'll contribute to the evolution of our design system, lead design work across your squad or workstream, and collaborate on cross tribe initiatives. You'll play a hands on role in shaping the product experience, while also mentoring associated designers and role modeling best practices in accessibility, collaboration, and product thinking. Key Responsibilities Craft skill & methods Deliver high quality, accessible, and inclusive design across native mobile (iOS/Android) and responsive web platforms. Be skilled in discovery, journey mapping, prototyping, testing, and delivering polished UI design. Apply platform specific conventions (iOS HIG, Material Design) and consider mobile specific scenarios such as authentication, gestures, and screen constraints. Use data and user insights to iterate and inform decisions at pace. Evolve our design system through thoughtful pattern contribution and reuse. Balance usability, creativity and feasibility through close collaboration with engineers. Mentor associated designers on tools, techniques and craft best practices. Strategic focus & Product mindset Understand product strategy and translate it into clear design opportunities. Collaborate with Product Managers to shape roadmap decisions and priorities. Embed lean UX into day to day work, validate early and iterate quickly. Connect user needs with business impact and measure success through outcomes. Identify risks, challenge assumptions and ensure the "why" is clear in every design decision. Technical & business understanding Work fluently within agile product teams and understand development constraints. Build strong partnerships with engineers to ensure quality delivery. Advocate for accessibility and design with WCAG 2.2 AA standards in mind. Understand the role of performance, SEO, and platform requirements in product design. Contribute to team rituals, agile ceremonies and shared delivery goals. Leading, influencing & communication Lead workshops, design reviews and team rituals with confidence. Communicate design intent clearly to different audiences, from developers to stakeholders. Mentor and coach associate and mid level designers, supporting their growth. Help drive alignment across disciplines and keep focus on the user outcome. Be comfortable giving and receiving feedback in a constructive, respectful way. Collaboration & culture Work openly and collaboratively with cross functional teams. Participate actively in the design community, contributing to critiques, rituals, and culture. Role model inclusive design behaviours and accessibility principles. Champion diverse user perspectives and help ensure all voices are represented in design thinking. Self management Be organised and proactive - able to manage time across multiple workstreams. Make considered trade offs to balance speed, quality and constraints. Seek feedback, reflect on work, and pursue opportunities to learn and grow. Support team wellbeing and a psychologically safe team culture. About you Experience designing digital products in cross functional teams. A strong portfolio demonstrating end to end product design, from discovery to delivery. Expertise in UX, interaction, visual design and accessibility (WCAG 2.2 AA). Confident designing for both native mobile apps (iOS/Android) and responsive web. Familiar with platform conventions and mobile first design principles. Experienced in working with mobile engineers to deliver high quality app experiences. Proficient in Figma and modern product design tools and workflows. Comfortable working within and contributing to design systems at scale. Skilled in facilitating discovery, workshops, testing sessions and co design activities. Strong communicator - able to explain design rationale clearly and influence decision making. A user first mindset, grounded in commercial awareness and business impact. Benefits Flexible, hybrid working model. £1,000 flexible benefits allowance. 30 days holiday + bank holidays. LinkedIn learning access. Bonus potential (performance and business related). Up to 25% discount on Very.co.uk. Matched pension up to 6%. Equal opportunities We're an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. Diversity and inclusion We're building a culture of everyday inclusion, and welcome applications from anyone who believes they can do the job. We don't discriminate based on age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. We want our recruitment process to be accessible to everyone. If you need reasonable adjustments to apply, interview or perform a role, let us know. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer and have nine colleague networks, including DAWN and Think, that help make Very an even more inclusive place to work.

Join The-Very-Group as a Senior Product Designer, where you'll design intuitive, accessible digital products. Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, you'll lead design solutions from discovery to delivery while mentoring designers and enhancing our design system. This role requires expertise in UX and UI design, along with experience in agile methodologies. Your contributions will directly impact the user experience, ensuring we meet both user needs and business goals. Flexible working model and great benefits offered.

Role Purpose We are looking for a Lead Software Engineer for an initial 6 Month Contract (Inside IR35) - this role will be onsite 2 days a week in our Speke HQ working in our FS squads. The Lead Engineer is a key role within a Software or Data Engineering sub-community providing technical leadership and guidance to Engineers across all squads working with them to deliver and maintain production ready, secure, stable, and performant code in line with TVG Engineering standards in a DevSecOps manner. They lead by example and play an active part of software design, coding, reviews, testing, and debugging. They are at the forefront of solving challenging technical problems, and are responsible for software engineering excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement within the sub-community across all squads they work with. Scope of Role Leadership: Technical mentor and coach to Software/Data Engineers empowering them to excel in their roles and grow their skills. Champions the adoption of relevant standards such as TVG's SDLC, development of re usable components, and generation of technical product roadmaps in collaboration with Engineering Managers and Architects. Plays an active role in maintaining a high performing software engineering team and contributes to a positive and inclusive culture where collaboration, open communication, and knowledge sharing are the norm and highly valued. Play a leading role in the Software technology selection for the squads they work with. The role is one of a technical expert and leader rather than people manager and may involve task management at times. Nature and Area of impact: The Lead Engineer works with peers in other sub-communities and other Technology leaders to advance TVG's Tech landscape in a manner that is aligned across the Community and is aligned to current standards and policies. Responsible for ensuring technology is right sized and pro-actively identifying cost optimisation opportunities. About you Significant experience of delivery of software solutions in squads operating in a lean, agile, DevSecOps based environment, in a senior or leadership role. Proficiency in multiple programming languages, frameworks, and modern software engineering tooling. Demonstrable experience of providing clear technology leadership, direction and decision making for a whole team. Experience of building, integrating, maintaining, and managing complex software architectures (both build and bought), ideally across multi cloud environments. Experience of building software applications that have security, reliability, scalability, high availability, and concurrency built-in from the outset. A strong collaborator, communicator, and decision maker. Confident and comfortable to share stories internally and externally to build our Very Group brand and credibility to attract and retain talent. Equal opportunities We're an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

The-Very-Group is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for an initial 6-month contract based in Liverpool. This role involves leading technical efforts and providing mentorship within Software/Data Engineering sub-communities. The ideal candidate will have experience in agile environments and must be proficient in multiple programming languages, ensuring high-quality software delivery. You'll lead software design, coding, and testing while collaborating with cross-functional teams. Key responsibilities include driving technology standards, optimizing costs, and fostering a positive team culture.

Internal use only - Grade D About us We're the team behind digital retailer Very . Our purpose, helping families get more out of life, powers everything we do. And we want our people to get more out of life too! If you're high-performing, ambitious and make the most of every opportunity, we want to hear from you. In return, you'll enjoy heaps of flexibility, great perks and benefits, and the freedom to be yourself, keep learning and take your career wherever you want it to go. If you love making a difference, you'll love making it sparkle for millions of Very customers. About the Role We're looking for a Senior Data Science Manager - FS to help shape how we connect customers with the right financial services products at the right time. This is a high-impact role at the heart of our Financial Services team. You'll lead how we optimise offers across Very Pay and third-party FS products, using data, experimentation and machine learning to drive smarter decisions across the customer journey. From powering personalisation in Sigma IQ to leading advanced testing and modelling strategies, you'll balance short and long-term value while keeping everything aligned with regulatory expectations. You'll also lead and grow a talented analytics team, building capability that keeps us ahead as our tools, tech and ambitions evolve. What you will be doing Shaping and delivering strategies to personalise FS offers across the retail journey using our proprietary online offers engine Sigma IQ Leading A/B and multivariate testing to unlock insights and drive continuous optimisation Designing and implementing customer-level optimisation models using machine learning to create customer segmentations or individual offer targeting Partnering with Product and Commercial teams to prioritise high-value opportunities and capability development Acting as the go-to data expert, ensuring product performance can be measured clearly and effectively Building and managing dashboards and MI, bringing data to life for senior stakeholders Supporting campaign delivery through customer selections, controls and performance tracking Working with Partnerships and Marketing teams to measure ROI and improve cross-sell effectiveness Recruiting, developing and leading a high-performing analytics team About You Strong experience with SQL, Python or similar analytics tools Deep understanding of experimentation frameworks and the statistics behind them Proven experience building segmentation and targeting models using machine learning Confidence using BI tools like Power BI to tell compelling data stories A track record of leading and developing analytics teams, introducing best practice along the way Able to communicate complex ideas simply and clearly to non-technical audiences Naturally collaborative, with experience working closely with Product and Commercial teams Some of our benefits Flexible, hybrid working model Inclusive culture and environment, check out our Glassdoor reviews £6500 flexible benefits allowance to suit your needs 30 days holiday + bank holidays Udemy learning access Bonus potential (performance and business-related) Up to 25% discount on Very.co.uk Matched pension up to 6% More benefits can be found on our career site How to apply Please note that the talent acquisition team are managing this vacancy directly, and if successful in securing this role, you will be required to undertake a credit, CIFAS, Right to Work checks and if a specific requirement of your role a DBS (criminal records) check. Should your application progress we require you to let the team know if there is anything you need to disclose in relation to any of these checks prior to them being undertaken, including any unspent criminal convictions. What happens next? Our talent acquisition team will be in touch if you're successful so keep an eye on your emails! We'll arrange a short call to learn more about you, as well as answer any questions you have. If it feels like we're a good match, we'll share your CV with the hiring manager to review. Our interview process is tailored to each role and can be in-person or held remotely. You can expect a two-stage interview process for this position: 1st Stage - Initial Teams call with Hiring Team. 2nd Stage - A one-hour formal interview where you can expect both competency and technical questions. Please do let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments. Diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities We're building a culture of everyday inclusion , and welcome applications from anyone who believes they can do the job. We don't discriminate based on age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. We want our recruitment process to be accessible to everyone. If you need reasonable adjustments to apply, interview, or perform a role, let us know via . We'll be happy to support you. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer and have nine brilliant colleague networks - including DAWN (Disability Awareness at Very) and Think (Neurodiversity at Very) - that are helping us make Very an even more inclusive place to work.

The Very Group in Liverpool is seeking a Lead Delivery Manager to oversee the delivery of large scale digital initiatives. In this role, you will lead cross-functional teams to ensure timely, high-quality outcomes while fostering a culture of continuous improvement. Successful candidates will have strong backgrounds in digital retail, stakeholder engagement, and Agile practices. Benefits include flexible working, a £6,500 benefits allowance, and 30 days of holiday.

About the role Lead the end to end delivery of large scale initiatives and/or programmes of optimisation activity across one or more squads as well as ensuring delivery of small change and business as usual (BAU). The Lead Delivery Manager ensures delivery excellence, fosters a high performing delivery culture, and drives continuous improvement. A Senior Delivery Manager is able to manage complex, high risk products, and services. This role sits within our Digital Customer Experience (DCX) tribe. We are striving to create a world class customer experience across our Mobile and Web platforms. We are in control of building this exciting future and are looking for like minded individuals to help make this a reality. We need people with strong backgrounds in digital retail to help us on this journey as we strive to define, design, build and run frictionless experiences that set The Very Group apart from other online retailers. Key Responsibilities Team Leadership and delivery Leads cross disciplinary teams (direct or matrix/internal/third parties) to deliver on time, to cost, with the right quality outcome for the customer. Facilitates squad ceremonies (e.g., stand ups, retrospectives, planning). Monitors and drives the overall progress and performance of their squads and initiatives. Track progress against sprint goals and delivery milestones. Establishes and manages delivery plans and roadmaps for their squads and initiatives. Ensures alignment between delivery plans and dependencies across squads. Collaborates with Product Managers and Business Analysts to refine and prioritise backlogs. Facilitates cross team collaboration and removes blockers. Ensures clear communication and transparency within their delivery teams. Acts as a strong leader and role model demonstrating an excellent delivery mindset and promoting a culture of accountability. Contributes to improving delivery capability across their squads and through their direct reports. Facilitates the delivery of high quality software regularly, repeatedly and predictably using a metric driven approach to continuous improvement. Monitors delivery metrics and optimises ways of working. Fosters a culture of continuous improvement and learning. Supports the Portfolio Manager in raising standards across delivery and implementing strategies to meet our delivery OKRs. Takes part in and supports community forums. Risk and issue management Proactively identifies and manages risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies that could impact their team's delivery and benefit realisation. Manages the escalation process to Portfolio Manager and ePMO. Planning & prioritisation Facilitates planning cycles across squads and contributes to QPP. Works with stakeholders to facilitate the prioritisation of work from a technical and product roadmap perspective. Governance Builds and manages the agreed governance structure across projects, small change and BAU in liaison with ePMO. Ensures all key stakeholders are held accountable for their part of the delivery. Ensures that all key decisions are documented and have the right level of sign off. Monitors and manages delivery performance, risks, and status. Ensures all work is managed in scope and any change requests are managed and impacts surfaced. Resource & Capacity Management Manages allocated squad and team capacity; aligns resourcing to priorities and optimises the allocation of resources. Identifies and resolves resource bottlenecks in liaison with the Portfolio Manager. Financial Management Manages budget allocations and tracks spend across their allocated squads and initiatives. Ensures that regular cost reviews are held ensuring that any issues are escalated. Supports the creation of business cases and benefits tracking. Acts to support decision making through provision of advice and information to senior management regarding investments and priorities. Stakeholder Engagement Engages regularly and builds productive relationships with senior leaders, Heads of Product, Heads of Tech, and delivery teams. Provides clear communication on progress, risks, and changes to the ePMO and business stakeholders. Change Management Supports effective transition of changes into BAU. Reporting & MI Provides regular initiative and roadmap updates ensuring risks are highlighted and mitigation plans are in place. Delivers accurate and timely reporting on KPIs and delivery metrics. About you The Lead Delivery Manager is an experienced delivery professional who role models excellent delivery practices. Proven ability to govern large, complex, and cross functional initiatives. Good commercial and financial acumen. Proficient in Agile delivery models. Can recognise when something does not work and encourage a mindset of experimentation. Able to listen to the needs of technical and business stakeholders and interpret them. Bias towards action, always finding ways to remove barriers to rapid delivery. Strong stakeholder and 3rd party management skills. Manages stakeholder expectations and facilitates discussions about high risk and complexity even within constrained timescales. Actively addresses the most complicated risks, issues and dependencies, including where ownership exists outside the team or no clear ownership exists. Can identify dependencies in plans across services and coordinate delivery. Engages colleagues with enthusiasm and commitment. They are able to bring people together to form a motivated team. Ability to coach and mentor delivery leads. Excellent conflict resolution skills. Knows how to optimise the delivery flow of teams, managing the pace and tempo. Fully understands the environment they work in and can prioritise the most important or highest value tasks. Has the ability to reflect and be resilient. Some of our benefits Flexible, hybrid working model. Inclusive culture and environment. £6,500 flexible benefits allowance to suit your needs. 30 days holiday + bank holidays. LinkedIn learning access. Bonus potential (performance and business related). Up to 25% discount on Very.co.uk. Matched pension up to 6%. Diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities We're building a culture of everyday inclusion, and welcome applications from anyone who believes they can do the job. We don't discriminate based on age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. We want our recruitment process to be accessible to everyone. If you need reasonable adjustments to apply, interview, or perform a role, let us know via . We'll be happy to support you. We're a Disability Confident Committed Employer and have nine brilliant colleague networks- including DAWN (Disability Awareness at Very) and Think (Neurodiversity at Very) - that are helping us make Very an even more inclusive place to work.

About the Team The Digital Customer Experience (DCX) tribe is striving to create a world class customer experience across our Mobile and Web platforms. We are in control of building this exciting future and are looking for like minded individuals to help make this a reality. We need people with strong backgrounds in digital retail to help us on this journey as we strive to define, design, build and run frictionless experiences that sets The Very Group apart from other online retailers. About the Role Working with the Lead Architect, you will be responsible for implementing the policies and standards that guide technology delivery, possessing significant experience in modern, cloud based technology standards and practices. Solution Architects are involved in designing solutions that are appropriate and fit for purpose which align to both business and technology strategies with pragmatic solutions which deliver value for our customers and stakeholders. As Solution Architect you are expected to help shape architectural design and technology roadmaps for complex applications supporting high volume, mission critical products and services. The Solution Architect must both contribute towards strategic thinking as well as ensuring that appropriate technology standards are created and adhered to - including solution designs, strategic alignment, growing technology capabilities, introducing best practice and leading technology selection. The Solution Architect must be an integral part of the Solution Architecture team, working in collaboration with the Lead Architect within a Tribe. Participation in, and contribution to, the Performance Unit and TVG wide governance processes and forums is a key element of the role. You will be experienced in actively addressing the most complicated risks, issues and dependencies including managing dependencies where ownership exists outside of the team. We need the right person to help identify innovative ways to unblock issues whilst evolving our architecture towards a defined target. Solution Architects must have hand on experience across a broad range of products and services, delivering and managing architecture change throughout the entire product life cycle. Working with the Lead Architect, they are involved in the end to end technology landscape. As a practitioner in Agile and Lean practices, you'll know how to lead complex technology delivery in a fast paced environment which is obsessed over continuously improving customer experiences. You'll work hand in hand with our Product Managers, Delivery and Technical Leads in order to influence and define a technology roadmap to meet both our commercial and technology aims. To be successful in the role, we need someone who can mediate between people and explain complex technical concepts to non technical audiences, particularly someone who is confident communicating with stakeholders at all levels. Someone who understands the evolutionary nature of technology delivery in an agile environment. As you may imagine, our stakeholder expectations are high, and we'll need you to facilitate discussions about high risk and complexity even within constrained timescales. We want to be known as the best in class for this space, so here you can speak and represent the community to large audiences inside and outside of the Very Group! The role also has a focus on promotion and leadership of the architectural vision both inside the architecture team and across the wider technology and business teams. Experience working in a Digital Customer Experience domain is preferred. You will be supporting squads as part of Digital Customer Platforms covering digital foundation services, content operations and AdTech as well as digital customer journeys across web and mobile app. About You Experience of working on large technology change programmes or projects with multiple stakeholders. Proven track record of delivery in both iterative and continuous delivery approaches. Ability to operate in a complex stakeholder and technology environment. Significant experience of building, integrating, maintaining and managing complex software architectures (both build and bought), ideally across multi cloud environments. Expert level knowledge of security, reliability, scalability, high availability and concurrency architectural patterns and their application to enterprise scale systems. Expert level solution design experience across the full technology stack, including on prem, public and hybrid cloud. Expert level experience of building, integrating and migrating service / component based architectures across modern and legacy platforms. Practical experience of successfully delivering change in a lean / agile / DevSecOps environment. Ability to lead collaboration and influence decision making with strong stakeholder and 3rd party management skills. Computer Science degree or relevant experience (preferable) Knowledge and experience of the Digital Customer Experience domain. Knowledge and experience of MACH architecture - digital experience platforms, FUSE design system, Microservices/API design. Experience of domain and event driven architecture. Knowledge of cloud platforms, ideally AWS. Experience of working with Commerce, CMS, Search and Discovery SaaS platforms such as Commercetools, Constructor and Amplience or equivalent. Some of our benefits Flexible, hybrid working model Inclusive culture and environment £6500 flexible benefits allowance to suit your needs 30 days holiday + bank holidays Udemy learning access Up to 25% discount on Very.co.uk Matched pension up to 6% More benefits can be found on our career site Diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities We're building a culture of everyday inclusion, and welcome applications from anyone who believes they can do the job. We don't discriminate based on age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. We want our recruitment process to be accessible to everyone. If you need reasonable adjustments to apply, interview, or perform a role, let us know via . We'll be happy to support you. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer and have nine brilliant colleague networks - including DAWN (Disability Awareness at Very) and Think (Neurodiversity at Very) - that are helping us make Very an even more inclusive place to work.

The-Very-Group in Liverpool seeks a Solution Architect to implement technology standards and guide delivery across digital platforms. You will collaborate with various teams to shape architectural designs and lead technology roadmaps that enhance customer experiences. Ideal candidates will have experience in managing complex software architectures, ideally in Agile environments, and possess strong stakeholder communication skills. A focus on innovative solutions and extensive knowledge in the Digital Customer Experience domain is also preferred.

We're the team behind digital retailer Very. Our purpose, helping families get more out of life, powers everything we do. And we want our people to get more out of life too! If you're high performing, ambitious and make the most of every opportunity, we want to hear from you. In return, you'll enjoy heaps of flexibility, great perks and benefits, and the freedom to be yourself, keep learning and take your career wherever you want it to go. If you love making a difference, you'll love making it sparkle for millions of Very customers. About the Role We're looking for a Senior Data Science Manager - FS to help shape how we connect customers with the right financial services products at the right time. This is a high impact role at the heart of our Financial Services team. You'll lead how we optimise offers across Very Pay and third party FS products, using data, experimentation and machine learning to drive smarter decisions across the customer journey. From powering personalisation in Sigma IQ to leading advanced testing and modelling strategies, you'll balance short and long term value while keeping everything aligned with regulatory expectations. You'll also lead and grow a talented analytics team, building capability that keeps us ahead as our tools, tech and ambitions evolve. What you will be doing Shaping and delivering strategies to personalise FS offers across the retail journey using our proprietary online offers engine Sigma IQ Leading A/B and multivariate testing to unlock insights and drive continuous optimisation Designing and implementing customer level optimisation models using machine learning to create customer segmentations or individual offer targeting Partnering with Product and Commercial teams to prioritise high value opportunities and capability development Acting as the go to data expert, ensuring product performance can be measured clearly and effectively Building and managing dashboards and MI, bringing data to life for senior stakeholders Supporting campaign delivery through customer selections, controls and performance tracking Working with Partnerships and Marketing teams to measure ROI and improve cross sell effectiveness Recruiting, developing and leading a high performing analytics team About You Strong experience with SQL, Python or similar analytics tools Deep understanding of experimentation frameworks and the statistics behind them Proven experience building segmentation and targeting models using machine learning Confidence using BI tools like Power BI to tell compelling data stories A track record of leading and developing analytics teams, introducing best practice along the way Able to communicate complex ideas simply and clearly to non technical audiences Naturally collaborative, with experience working closely with Product and Commercial teams Some of our benefits Flexible, hybrid working model Inclusive culture and environment £6500 flexible benefits allowance to suit your needs 30 days holiday + bank holidays Udemy learning access Bonus potential (performance and business related) Up to 25% discount on Very.co.uk Matched pension up to 6% More benefits can be found on our career site Diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities We're building a culture of everyday inclusion and welcome applications from anyone who believes they can do the job. We don't discriminate based on age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer and have nine brilliant colleague networks - including DAWN (Disability Awareness at Very) and Think (Neurodiversity at Very) - that are helping us make Very an even more inclusive place to work.