JD Sports Fashion

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3 Jobs

27,892 Employees

About the Company

JD Group has been serving customers with an industry-leading blend of recognised sports fashion brands and own brand labels such as DAILYSZN, Pink Soda and Supply & Demand since 1981. We have a strong presence in Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific, and we are still growing...

Our culture is fun, fast, and challenging.

We encourage our colleagues to be creative, passionate, and ambitious, solving problems and seizing opportunities across all levels of the business.

With a commitment to providing a best-in-class customer experience, JD Group continues to lead the way in sports fashion retail.

Listed Jobs

Company Name: JD Sports Fashion
Job Title: Information Technology Head of GRC
Job Description: **Job Title:** Information Technology Head of GRC **Role Summary:** Strategic leader responsible for defining and executing the global Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) strategy for the organization’s IT function. Drives risk‑aware culture, ensures regulatory compliance, oversees IT General Controls (ITGC), and reports GRC performance to senior leadership and the board. **Expectations:** - Shape and embed a robust GRC framework aligned with corporate objectives. - Influence senior stakeholders and foster cross‑functional collaboration. - Maintain transparent governance structures and effective risk registers. - Lead continuous improvement of security and compliance processes. **Key Responsibilities:** - Define, implement, and maintain group‑wide GRC policies, standards, and frameworks. - Monitor and assess effectiveness of information security and ITGC against evolving threats and best practices. - Oversee third‑party and systems integrator compliance with contractual security obligations. - Report GRC metrics, emerging risks, and control effectiveness to executive management, Audit Committee, and Board. - Build and manage a high‑performing GRC team (compliance, risk, ITGC specialists). - Promote a strong risk and compliance culture across the organization. - Identify service improvement opportunities and drive their execution. - Coordinate with IT Security, Finance, Internal Audit, and Legal to align risk management activities. **Required Skills:** - Deep expertise in ITGC, enterprise risk management, internal controls, and regulatory compliance. - Proven leadership and team‑building capabilities. - Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and decision‑making skills. - Excellent communication and stakeholder‑management abilities. - Ability to develop and apply repeatable methodologies for security monitoring. **Required Education & Certifications:** - Bachelor’s degree (any discipline). - 12+ years progressive experience in GRC, governance, risk, compliance, or audit; minimum 5 years in senior leadership. - Preferred certifications: CISA, CRISC, CISM, CIA, CISSP (or equivalent).

Company Name: JD Sports Fashion
Job Title: Principal Engineer (Contract)
Job Description: Job Title: Principal Engineer (Contract) Role Summary: Lead the technical design, architecture, and delivery of server‑less and microservices solutions on a modern MACH stack for a large omni‑channel retailer. Shape engineering standards, document best practices, and drive continuous improvement across product squads over a 6‑month contract. Expectations: - Deliver technically excellent incremental designs that provide business value quickly. - Maintain the highest technical quality in a scalable, event‑driven, serverless environment. - Produce clear, reusable documentation for practices and patterns in Confluence. - Act as a technical liaison among architecture, product, UX, QA, and internal stakeholders. Key Responsibilities: - Champion and enforce design standards for Typescript and GraphQL services. - Own the design, implementation, and evolution of AWS‑based serverless architecture (including containers). - Define and promote event‑driven patterns and best‑practice patterns. - Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to integrate architecture, product requirements, user experience, and quality assurance. - Maintain and improve code quality, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing. Required Skills: - Deep expertise in TypeScript and GraphQL. - Strong experience with AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, Cognito, Config). - Proficiency in serverless, container orchestration, and event‑driven architecture. - Familiarity with GitHub Actions (or equivalent CI/CD) and container workflow. - Ability to write comprehensive documentation and guidelines. Required Education & Certifications: - Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related discipline. - Professional AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect) are desirable.

Company Name: JD Sports Fashion
Job Title: Scrum Master 12-month FTC
Job Description: **Job Title** Scrum Master (12‑month FTC) **Role Summary** Facilitate Agile delivery for a product team within Group Transformation, coach teams on Scrum practices, remove impediments, and coordinate across multiple squads to support strategic objectives. **Expectations** - Lead and coach at least one product team through the full Scrum life‑cycle. - Foster self‑organisation, continuous improvement, and high engagement. - Collaborate with senior Scrum Masters and the broader community of practice. - Ensure on‑time, high‑quality delivery that aligns with business priorities. **Key Responsibilities** - Orchestrate key Scrum ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand‑up, Sprint Review, Retrospective). - Empower teams to self‑organise, make decisions and honour commitments. - Coach and mentor team members on Scrum principles, Definition of Done, and quality standards. - Maintain Agile tracking tools (backlogs, burn‑down charts, time tracking) for transparency. - Analyse and report progress using data‑driven metrics. - Liaise with Product Managers to align sprints with business priorities. - Remove multi‑team impediments and promote best practices. - Identify and advocate new tools or processes that improve efficiency. - Contribute to the Scrum Master community of practice through knowledge sharing and support. - Manage personal development goals in partnership with manager. **Required Skills** - Strong facilitation and coaching abilities. - Deep understanding of Scrum framework and Agile principles. - Experience coordinating multiple teams or programs. - Proficiency with Agile tracking systems (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps). - Excellent verbal and written communication. - Analytical mindset for data‑driven progress reporting. - Problem‑solving skills and ability to handle change management. - Collaborative and inclusive leadership style. **Required Education & Certifications** - Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience). - Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or equivalent Agile certification preferred. - Experience in a retail or omni‑channel environment a plus, but not mandatory.

Bury, United kingdom

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11-03-2026