Technical Programme Manager

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Technical Project 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.

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 projects/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’ll need to have:

• 2-6 years of experience delivering technology projects or programmes, involving Product team and Software Engineering teams
• Experience working within a Retail or Consulting environment
• Strong knowledge of delivering projects using Agile or Kanban 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

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

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Our vision here at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home, out shopping, on the move, anywhere in the world.

In order to enable our vision, we strive to simplify operations for our Colleagues, Partners & Vendors to enable efficient trade.

Everything is underpinned by our continuous drive for the best tools and technology to deliver our vision. We’re driving innovation and transforming our Technology to become the world’s leading retailer.

We need people who share our ambition to deliver for our stakeholders. Passionate and confident people willing to take the initiative and drive us forwards. In return, we offer excitement, a great team, an excellent benefits package, and significant career development opportunities.

Joining us means playing a part in defining; building and launching an ambitious roadmap of digital products that could affect the lives of millions of people over the years to come.