Talent Acquisition Project Manager - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

What’s in it for you

We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you – both in and out of work. Click Here to find out more!

• Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
• Private medical insurance
• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave
• Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing

About the role

As a Project Manager for Talent Acquisition, you'll be responsible for leading the Natural Work Team for each project, comprising of representation from all functions and departments required to deliver the change, including programme teams, technical and subject matter experts.

The hiring manager for this vacancy is Simon Tyler

You will be responsible for

• End to end delivery of defined projects or specific project deliverables
• Producing the project plans, subsequently tracking and reporting progress to the governance forum
• Deliver to agreed timeline, and on budget, challenge and course correct the plan as required.
• Act as first point of escalation for everyone within the projects
• Identifying and manage all risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies within each project, escalating where appropriate
• Ensure project plans are aligned and dependencies managed to the broader programme plan.
• Adhere to planning and reporting standards set by the Programme.
• Call out  capacity/resource issues as required and take corrective action 
• Ensure milestones and key deliverables are realistic in line with key activities 
• Oversee and take corrective action where milestones are at risk 
• Identify and monitor key dependencies with other programmes
• Identify and manage the project critical path
• Identify At-Risk activities/deliverables and take corrective action 
• Impact assess change requests
• Identify and manage key stakeholders 
• Provide project status summary and reporting into the cross programme integration and programme boards. 
• Capturing lessons learned in conjunction with team members and other key stakeholders

You will need

• Success in delivering complex projects within or outside of Tesco
• Practitioner in Programme, Project and Change Management methodologies 
• Financial and Benefits Management
• Prior experience working within a retail environment or working with retail businesses
• People Leadership and Management skills
• Strong engagement and influencing skills
• Great at building and leveraging relationships
• Experience with Agile to understand how Technology works

About us

You might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award-winning mobile network. Truth is, we’re all of those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind, helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. No two customers are the same, neither are our colleagues.

At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Spend 60% of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. Whether you're just kicking off your career, juggling passions, or navigating big life events, we're here to support you. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

We're proud to be an accredited Disability Confident Leader, where everyone’s welcome. That’s why we commit to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you need support with your application, click here for more information. And if you're interested in joining our team but don't tick every box, don't let that hold you back from applying.