Contract Programme Lead – Salsify PIM & Digital Commerce Transformation | Manchester, Hybrid | 6-month contract | Outside IR35 | Day rate TBC
We’re partnered with a leading global consumer brands business undergoing a major digital commerce transformation. They are looking for an experienced Contract Programme Lead to take ownership of two connected transformation initiatives across Product Information Management (PIM) and Digital Shelf Analytics .
This is a senior delivery role sitting between Technology, Marketing, eCommerce, Sales, Product and external technology partners , with responsibility for turning strategy into delivery and embedding new ways of working across the business.
The Role
Programme 1 – PIM Implementation
Lead the implementation of Salsify PIM , taking ownership of the programme from planning through to deployment and business adoption. You will:
- Own the programme plan, roadmap, governance, risks and dependencies
- Coordinate stakeholders across Marketing, eCommerce, Sales, Product and IT
- Manage relationships with Salsify and the implementation partner
- Drive product data, taxonomy, attribute mapping and data quality activity
- Support the development of future-state processes and operating models
- Ensure product information is effectively managed and distributed across digital commerce channels
- Lead business readiness, training, adoption and change activity
- Provide clear reporting and recommendations to senior stakeholders and programme sponsors
Programme 2 – Digital Shelf Analytics
Lead the assessment and recommendation of a future Digital Shelf Analytics capability. This will include:
- Defining business requirements and use cases
- Leading stakeholder workshops across commercial, marketing and technology teams
- Evaluating potential platforms and technology approaches, including CommerceIQ, Profitero, Pacvue, Acorn-i and similar solutions
- Assessing capabilities across digital shelf performance, search visibility, content health, availability, pricing, promotions, competitor intelligence and retail media
- Developing vendor scorecards and business case / ROI recommendations
- Supporting commercial and vendor evaluation
- Defining the future operating model and deployment roadmap
A key part of the role will be connecting PIM and Digital Shelf Analytics into a wider digital commerce ecosystem. You will help establish:
- Product data and content flows from source systems through PIM and into commerce channels
- KPIs linking product data quality and content completeness with digital shelf performance
- A connected transformation roadmap
- Long-term governance and ownership models
- Data-driven processes for continually improving product content and online performance
We're looking for someone who combines strong programme leadership with genuine digital commerce / product data experience . Ideally, you will have:
- Experience leading complex Digital Commerce transformation programmes
- Previous experience delivering PIM implementations , ideally Salsify
- Strong understanding of product information, product data, taxonomy, attributes and content syndication
- Experience working with SaaS technology vendors and system integrators
- Exposure to Digital Shelf Analytics platforms such as Profitero, CommerceIQ, Pacvue, or similar
- Experience within FMCG, CPG, Consumer Goods, Retail or eCommerce
- Strong business transformation, change and stakeholder management skills
- The ability to work across Technology, Marketing, Commercial, Sales and eCommerce functions
- Excellent senior stakeholder and executive communication skills
- Strong programme governance, roadmap and delivery experience
This is an opportunity to lead a high-profile digital commerce transformation across a global consumer brands organisation, with responsibility for both technology deployment and commercial transformation . If you have experience across PIM, product data, digital commerce or digital shelf transformation and are interested in leading a programme of this scale, we'd like to hear from you.
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