Configuration Lead

Tesco; Glasgow; Híbrido; GBP 58.000 - 87.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Generous pension

Private Medical Insurance

Annual bonus

Holiday entitlement 7.2 weeks

Colleague Clubcard discount

Enhanced parental leave

Descripción de la vacante

Tesco Insurance and Money Services is seeking a Configuration Lead in Glasgow/Edinburgh/Newcastle to govern complex configuration across our tech landscape. You will lead governance, strategy, and delivery of configuration changes in collaboration with Product, Engineering, Architecture, and third-party vendors.

You will drive risk and audit readiness, ensure compliant change, and support a scalable configuration program with continuous improvement and stakeholder engagement.

Formación

• Expertise in Genesys configuration management and controlled change delivery.
• Strong governance, risk management, audit compliance and change management.
• Experience leading configuration activities across Agile and traditional delivery.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.

Responsabilidades

• Define and lead the configuration management strategy, governance framework, and operating model to ensure controlled, compliant, and effective configuration delivery at scale.
• Manage and optimise the end-to-end configuration lifecycle, including change intake, impact assessment, prioritisation, testing, documentation, approval, and release activities.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Architecture, Operations, PMO and third-party vendors to ensure configuration changes are delivered safely, efficiently and in line with organisational standards.
• Provide leadership and expert guidance on configuration readiness, risk, feasibility, sequencing and implementation approaches across complex change initiatives.
• Drive continuous improvement by analysing performance metrics, defects and trends to enhance quality, reduce rework and improve system stability.
• Lead configuration governance, risk management and audit readiness activities, acting as the senior escalation point for configuration-related decisions and exceptions.

Conocimientos

Genesys configuration

Change delivery

Configuration governance

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Agile and traditional delivery

Educación

Degree-level qualification or equivalent

CDL Strata knowledge desirable

Herramientas

CDL Strata

Descripción del empleo

Serving our customers, communities, and planet a little better every day.

Salary – Between £57,760 - £86,640 + annual bonus & benefits

Work Level - 2

Location – Glasgow, Edinburgh or Newcastle, Permanent

Office Attendance – Our hybrid working model gives you the best of both worlds - flexibility to work from home and valuable face-to-face time with colleagues. This role typically requires 2 days per week onsite.

Closing Date - Applications close on 20th October at 5pm

Why this role?

We’re looking for a Configuration Lead to join our Insurance, Money and Services team. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced configuration professional with Genesys configuration and integration expertise to become the recognised expert for configuration, governance and change across a complex enterprise technology landscape. Experience with CDL Strata is desirable but not essential. Reporting to the Product Manager within Agile & Transformation, you’ll work closely with Product, Engineering, Architecture, Operations, PMO teams and third-party vendors to shape configuration strategy, influence key decisions and ensure changes are governed, compliant and delivered effectively.

What you’ll be doing

• Defining and leading the configuration management strategy, governance framework, and operating model to ensure controlled, compliant, and effective configuration delivery at scale.
• Managing and optimising the end-to-end configuration lifecycle, including change intake, impact assessment, prioritisation, testing, documentation, approval, and release activities.
• Partnering with Product, Engineering, Architecture, Operations, PMO and third-party vendors to ensure configuration changes are delivered safely, efficiently and in line with organisational standards.
• Providing leadership and expert guidance on configuration readiness, risk, feasibility, sequencing and implementation approaches across complex change initiatives.
• Driving continuous improvement by analysing performance metrics, defects and trends to enhance quality, reduce rework and improve system stability.
• Leading configuration governance, risk management and audit readiness activities, acting as the senior escalation point for configuration-related decisions and exceptions.

What we’re looking for (minimum criteria)

• Expertise in Genesys configuration management and controlled change delivery within complex technology environments.
• Strong understanding of configuration governance, risk management, audit requirements, compliance controls and change management best practices.
• Experience leading configuration activities across Agile and traditional delivery environments, with the ability to assess requirements, risks and impacts effectively.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with experience working with senior leaders and cross-functional technology teams.

We welcome applications from everyone. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement, we’d still love to hear from you.

And if you have any of these, even better

• Experience operating configuration management processes within regulated, financial services or high-availability environments.
• Insurance industry knowledge and experience.
• Experience in CDL Strata.
• Degree-level qualification or equivalent professional experience.

What’s in it for you

• A generous pension, with up to 7.5% employer contribution, depending on what you put in.
• Private Medical Insurance (WL2+) and virtual GP Service for you and your family
• Performance related annual bonus.
• 7.2 weeks holiday, with the opportunity to buy more.
• Colleague Clubcard discount (10-15% + second card to share with someone else).
• Enhanced parental leave.
• Opportunities to Save and Buy as you earn.
• A place to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities to help you achieve the job and career you want.

Interviews

As a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2), we’re committed to creating an accessible and supportive environment for all. We offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, including interviews, to ensure every candidate has a fair opportunity to succeed.

We also know the importance of balancing work with life’s other commitments. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need, as we’re committed to exploring part time and flexible working opportunities, at every level of the organisation.

Interviews are expected to be held shortly after closing date. Don't miss out. We're assessing applications throughout the recruitment process and may close this opportunity ahead of the closing date if we receive a high volume of applications.

Why Tesco Insurance and Money Services?

Seeing your impact all around you: there's no better feeling.

Lucky for us, we get to feel it all the time. Because whatever our role, we're helping our colleagues and serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day.

We deal in the personal – from pet insurance for your best friend, and home insurance for peace of mind, to motor insurance for your dream car or travel money for that trip you’ve worked hard for.

Everything we do is about making things better. Not just for others, but for you too. It's why you'll get bags of choice and plenty of development. It's why you'll always be heard and find balance that works for you. It's why you'll feel totally at home in a place where everyone's welcome.

So, if you want a career where you can do good and feel good, you've found it.

Let's make everyday a little better.

Our story

Making Insurance and Money Services more rewarding and offering great value and choice - because we know little wins can make a big difference.

We began life in 1997 and now help more than 2 million customers protect what matters to them.

We want to deliver a helpful service in everything we do and to make life easier for our customers. Our policies are really easy to manage online for our customers, but we know that being able to speak to our customer service staff when you need to is really important. This is why our customer service centers are open seven days a week.

Delivering great customer service means having great people behind the scenes – people who understand our customers and are driven by doing the right thing for them. We offer colleagues a place where they feel totally at home in a place where everyone's welcome, where they can be part of a great team focused on making a real difference for our customers.