Head of Developer Experience & Agentic AI Innovation

Tesco; Welwyn Garden City; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Tesco is seeking a senior leader to shape how software is built across our engineering ecosystem. Reporting to the Director of Engineering Effectiveness and Capability, you will lead teams focused on developer experience, tooling and the evolution of our SDLC in the agentic AI space.

You’ll drive strategy and execution with a mix of hands-on engineering empathy and executive perspective. You will manage globally distributed teams, govern vendor relationships, and own budgets and capability

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading geographically dispersed teams.
• Ability to shape strategic direction in a fast-evolving space.
• Strong communication and influencing skills.
• Experience managing budgets and vendor relationships.

Responsibilities

• Budget ownership and vendor evaluation.
• Oversee developer tooling and SDLC evolution.
• Lead agentic AI enablement for development teams.
• Provide thought leadership across the Technology organisation.

Skills

Agentic coding tools

Team leadership

Strategic planning

Vendor management

Job description

Tesco is seeking a senior leader to shape how software is built across our engineering ecosystem. Reporting to the Director of Engineering Effectiveness and Capability, you will lead teams focused on developer experience, tooling and the evolution of our SDLC in the agentic AI space.

You’ll drive strategy and execution with a mix of hands-on engineering empathy and executive perspective. You will manage globally distributed teams, govern vendor relationships, and own budgets and capability