About The Role

ABOUT THE ROLE





 Salary £55,500- £72,000

Contract type - Permanent

Working pattern: We offer a flexible, hybrid working model designed to give you the best of both worlds. Currently, this role is based in our London head office three days a week (Monday and Thursday core days), with the remaining two days worked from home.

The Orchestration Team sits within the Digital Team who are responsible for online customer experience across the website and the app, working closely with Product and Trade teams to drive Digital growth and improve customer experience.

Key Responsibilities

Demand Prioritisation: Own the new demand prioritisation process (for changes to web, app and online services) through collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, triaging incoming Digital requests to ensure alignment and efficiency across business areas
Planning Cycle Facilitation: Facilitate and drive quarterly and annual planning cycles across Digital and the wider business, maintaining an up-to-date roadmap and communicating plan updates clearly
Optimising Ways of Working: Proactively seek out opportunities to optimise ways of working within Digital, thinking innovatively about solutions and drawing on your network to execute change across Product and Delivery teams
Stakeholder Engagement & Alignment: Establish and own strong relationships as the key Digital point of contact, ensuring cross-functional alignment, shared visibility of plans, and effective triage
Strategic Leadership & Recommendations: Develop and articulate recommendations for leadership on viable plan changes to proactively drive decision-making and unlock maximum value for customers and the Partnership.

Essential skills/experience you’ll need

Planning & Facilitation Leadership: Proven facilitation, planning, and organisational skills, with a track record of providing clarity, leading through ambiguity, and driving annual/quarterly planning cycles
Digital & Channel Transformation: Experience driving customer-facing change across digital and physical channels to unlock commercial value
Communication: Strong communication skills, tailored to a range of audiences, effectively listening and then conveying
Stakeholder Management & Influence: Experience managing diverse stakeholder groups, with strong communication skills tailored to convey clear messages across all levels
Collaboration & Decision Making: Advanced ability to gather viewpoints, evaluate options to form informed outcomes, and work seamlessly across functions to coordinate cross-functional ways of working.

Desirable skills/experience you may have

Data & Tooling Proficiency: Proficiency in Jira, Tableau, and other data visualisation tools.

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Closing Date

September 13, 2026

Pay

£55,500.00 - £88,500.00 Annual

Contract Type

Permanent

Hours of Work

Various full-time hours required

Job Level

Partnership Level 6

Where You'll Be Working

London Central Office, 1 Drummond Gate, London, , SW1V 2QQ

ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP

We’re the largest employee owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We’re not just employees, we’re Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us.

We’re ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail. We continue to innovate, adapt and diversify. Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose.

As Partners we all share the responsibility of ownership and in its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect.

We all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences and creating an environment where we’re free to be ourselves and can THRIVE. Growing ourselves individually, and as a collective.

As Partners, we make all the difference. And, we all own it.

Important points to note

It’s important to note that some of our roles are subject to pre-employment vetting (which may include DBS checks for successful candidates). If required, you’ll be informed and provided with information about vetting during the recruitment process and we encourage you to complete any vetting documents quickly to avoid delays. Any DBS checks required will be carried out by a third-party registered body and financial probity checks may also be required for some of our roles.

We also recommend that you apply as soon as possible as vacancies can close early if we see a high number of applicants.

We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.