Infrastructure PMO Governance Manager

Tesco Technology; Welwyn Garden City; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company in the retail sector as an Infrastructure PMO Governance Manager, responsible for standardising portfolio governance practices across technology initiatives. The role offers competitive benefits including a bonus, private medical insurance, and generous holiday allowances, aiming to support Tesco's strategic goals efficiently.

Benefits

Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary

Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day

Private medical insurance

26 weeks maternity and adoption leave

Free 24/7 virtual GP service

Qualifications

• Portfolio/Programme/Project management experience – both planning and delivery.
• Strong financial competence / numerical skills.
• Strong communication and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Set up and facilitate Programme Governance meetings to approve and manage the delivery of the Portfolio Plan.
• Prepare regular status reports, executive summaries, and presentations to supervise delivery progress.
• Identify improvements to portfolio management practices.

Skills

Communication

Collaboration

Financial Competence

Resilience

Attention to Detail

Job description

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We are
looking for a Technology Portfolio Programme Manager to join the Infrastructure
Team. This team is responsible for managing a diverse portfolio of technology
initiatives that support Tesco's vision and strategy across the Group. The role
focuses on governance to ensure that the portfolio drives our strategic and
business goals efficiently, effectively, and sustainably. The role will work
towards standardising the way the portfolio is controlled, ensuring stakeholder
buy-in and effective levels of governance are in place.

About the role

We are
looking for a Technology Portfolio Programme Manager to join the Infrastructure
Team. This team is responsible for managing a diverse portfolio of technology
initiatives that support Tesco's vision and strategy across the Group. The role
focuses on governance to ensure that the portfolio drives our strategic and
business goals efficiently, effectively, and sustainably. The role will work
towards standardising the way the portfolio is controlled, ensuring stakeholder
buy-in and effective levels of governance are in place.

You will be responsible for

• Set up and facilitate Programme
  Governance meetings to approve and manage the delivery of the Portfolio Plan.
  Ensure a consistent approach to how teams record and monitor all
  workstream risks, issues, and dependencies, ensuring all are identified
  and tracked appropriately


• Work across Infrastructure Teams
  and with Senior Stakeholders to prepare for and manage Governance Meetings
  and follow up. Influence, present, and engage with a wide variety of Senior
  Stakeholders, leveraging your political nous

· Prepare regular status reports,
executive summaries, and presentations to supervise delivery progress. Operate
within best-practice portfolio management framework, knowing when to dial up
and dial down your approach

• Be highly effective at
  identifying and mitigating risk and driving actions accordingly. Ensure
  that dependencies are effectively managed and call out risks where vital


• Identify constraints within
  the portfolio, collaborate with the STPM to evaluate potential solutions,
  and determine the support required to resolve them.

· Work with the STPMs to communicate
and maintain the consistent set of programmes, workstream, and project
management standards, guidance, and templates to be used by the programme team

• Identify improvements to
  portfolio management practices and effectively engage with the Senior
  Leadership Team to make improvements


• Work with the central
  technology team, providing updates on Tech Excellence and Strategic
  objectives

• Be agile in your approach,
  adapting to changing business needs


• Know your stuff and share
  knowledge and passion

You will need

Portfolio/Programme/Project
management experience – both planning and delivery

Strong
financial competence / numerical skills

Strong
communication and influencing skills

Strong
collaboration skills and ability to work alongside more senior stakeholders

Resilience
and tenacity

Strong
attention to detail

Ability
to juggle changing priorities, managing workload effectively

Whats 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 Hereto 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 4 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 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 proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click here.

We’re a big business and we can offer a range of diverse full-time & part-time working patterns across our many business areas, which means that we can find something that works for you. We work in a more blended pattern - combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. If you are applying internally, please speak to the Hiring Manager about how this can work for you - Everyone is welcome at Tesco.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Project Management and Information Technology

• Industries

  Retail

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