Technical Programme Manager

What’s in it for you

We offer excellent benefits that help make Tesco a great place to work!  These include but are not limited to:

• Annual bonus scheme
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (and bank holidays)
• Great colleague discounts and deals, saving you money on everyday purchases, utility bills for the home and more
• Retirement savings plan – save between 4% and 7.5% and Tesco will match your contribution
• Buy as you earn and Save as you earn share schemes
• Opportunities to get on – take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and award-winning training to help you achieve the career you want

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Technical Programme Manager to join the Tesco Technology practice where you will have the opportunity to either specialise or work on a broad range of Technology projects and programmes including Transport, Fast Delivery Services, Logistics, Supply Chain, Payments, Colleague and Customer & Loyalty. In this role you will lead teams from a variety of technical disciplines including Product and Software Engineering and deliver challenging, complex, cross-functional technology projects and progammes that support our colleagues and help serve customers better.

You will be responsible for

Whilst specific responsibilities will be dependent upon the changing needs of the Tesco business, the following provides an overview of the role’s key responsibilities and measures:

• Deliver technical programmes with business and technical risks
• Bring together, coordinate and energise virtual technology teams to deliver programme goals
• Create and track a plan to deliver the project/programme goals, including the technical implementation plan
• Understand trade-offs and resulting impacts; make impacts visible to Product, Infrastructure or Engineering for the right decision to be made
• Managing dependencies, delivery timelines and implementations plans, using my knowledge of technical architecture
• Appreciating and responding to delivery challenges, using my knowledge of engineering best practices and/or infrastructure implementations
• Effectively manage major incidents, ensuring stakeholders are updated with the right information to drive the correct decisions
• Build positive relationships with stakeholders to deliver software or professional services

You will need

You’ll need to have:

• 3-6 years of experience delivering technology projects or programmes, involving Product teams, Software Engineering teams and Third Party Suppliers
• Experience working within a Retail or Consulting environment
• Strong knowledge of delivering projects using Agile methodology
• Experience building credible relationships with stakeholders and influencing management and leadership teams
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Experience managing 3rd party suppliers
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills – you must be able to articulate complex concepts to a diverse audience.

Personal Skills:

• You will be an enthusiastic, flexible and responsive person with the ability to plan and organise.
• Ability and experience building strong relationships with stakeholders
• Able to demonstrate resilience during change and continue delivery

About us

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer’s favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move.  Our core purpose is “Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day”.  Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers.  It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of, and for the planet.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves.  At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings.  We’re committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities.  We’re a big business with diverse working patterns and many business areas which means that we can find something that works for you.  Everyone is welcome at Tesco.

We have recently announced that we are moving to a more blended working week – combining office and remote working.  Our offices continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate.  Talk to us about how this can work for you.

Note: Should you be successful in your application, your employment will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details on your agreed start date.