Head of Strategic Partnerships - POS Finance
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: London Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1M 6HA
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Finance & Business Development
Closing date: 06 October 2025
Requisition ID: 400019849
We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. For a FTSE business, we move incredibly fast. When we’re not handling projects, we’re helping all corners of the wider group with what they’re trying to achieve. And around here, you can see the results of your work as soon as you walk into a store, which gives you a real sense of purpose and responsibility. Better still, the team around you will listen to your ideas and opinions, and you’ll have every chance to try something new. The sheer scale and complexity of our set-up means there’s always something else around the corner, and we’ll help and support you every step of the way. We’re trusted to get on with it. So get ready to make things happen here.
About the team
Joining the Sainsbury's team as the Head of Strategic Partnerships for POS Finance offers a unique opportunity to drive transformation and growth within the Financial Services division, playing a pivotal role in shaping the strategic direction of the business. With a focus on developing and scaling key partnerships, influencing stakeholders, and leading a high-performing team, you will have the chance to significantly impact the credit business, driving it towards profitability and operational excellence. This role provides a platform for forward-thinking leaders to showcase their strategic acumen, financial management skills, and ability to navigate complex environments, all while contributing to the success of one of the UK's leading retail organisations.
More about the role
You'll be accountable for leading the transformation of credit from a cost to a profit driver, particularly focusing on the Argos Pay product in partnership with New Day and Argos. Your role will involve building and nurturing strong relationships with credit providers in the Argos ecosystem, such as Klarna and PayPal, to drive results through effective management and close business collaboration. You will be responsible for developing and executing strategies that elevate the credit business to best-in-class levels of penetration and P & L contribution, influencing stakeholders both internally and externally to achieve these objectives. Additionally, you will have ownership of the P&L for the Credit product, driving financial outcomes and storytelling with data to present findings and insights to key stakeholders.
More about you
You're a visionary leader with a proven track record of driving transformation and delivering strategic outcomes in the field of POS finance, specifically within the retail environment. Your exceptional leadership skills, coupled with your ability to build and scale strategic partnerships, enable you to drive profitable growth and positively influence stakeholders both internally and externally. With a strong understanding of financial services and retail market dynamics, you excel in making data-driven decisions, managing P&Ls, and fostering a high-performing culture that empowers colleagues to achieve their full potential.
Essential Skills
- Demonstrable in-depth understanding of financial services, including POS finance in a retail environment and a level of understanding within the general merchandise market.
- Proven experience in managing P&Ls and using data to drive financial outcomes and strategic decisions.
- Track record of leading transformation initiatives and scaling strategic partnerships in large organisations.
- Demonstrable contract management and project delivery capabilities in complex, fast-paced environments.
- Demonstrable leadership experience with a track record of fostering inclusive and forward-thinking team environments.
- Proven ability to apply strategic thinking and business acumen to deliver measurable outcomes.
- Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and communicate effectively across all levels, both verbally and in writing.
We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new — whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them: Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 65% of salary, depending on how we perform (in cash and shares). Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy up to an additional week's holiday, and we provide private healthcare. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. You'll also receive a company car cash allowance unless you are going to travel 10,000 business miles in your role, then you'll be able to choose a car. And if you ever need it there is also an employee assistance programme. Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave. Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).
