Lead Technical Programme Manager – People Data

Tesco UK; Welwyn Garden City; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Tesco UK is seeking a Lead Technical Programme Manager for the People Data portfolio based at our Campus in Welwyn Garden City. You will drive end-to-end delivery, governance and data integrity across PDRP, workforce dashboards and data quality initiatives.

You will line-manage TPMs, shape delivery approaches and mentor engineering and product teams to translate technical complexity into business outcomes, while ensuring compliance and auditable data practices.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering complex, cross-functional data or platform technology programmes across multiple teams/geographies.
• Strong experience in compliance, regulatory, reporting or data analytics programmes.
• Ability to build credible relationships and influence senior leadership.
• Experience in and a passion for people management.
• Strong project, stakeholder and programme management skills.
• Excellent communication and ability to translate technical complexity into business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Deliver complex programmes with multiple business and technical risks that influence key business priorities.
• Line-manage a team to deliver outcomes and develop TPM talent.
• Establish or improve delivery methodology to achieve programme goals.
• Initiate and shape programmes with ambiguous scope and uncertain delivery approaches.
• Create and track a plan to deliver programme goals, including the technical implementation plan.
• Provide expert guidance on programme delivery and mentor other TPMs.
• Influence Engineering and Product teams to obtain best value and solution.
• Anticipate risks, manage escalations and drive delivery discipline.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Regulatory reporting

Data governance

Stakeholder management

People management

Project management

Communication

Job description

The position will be based at our Campus in Welwyn Garden City.

About the Colleague Transformation Programme

The purpose of the People Transformation programme is to earn the trust of our colleagues in a simple and helpful way. The programme aims to provide colleagues with a better experience of working at Tesco, enhanced by technology that’s accessible anywhere and available to everyone. By reducing admin, our Managers and People Partners will be able to focus on building teams and capability.

People Data & Reporting Platform

People Data sits at the heart of Tesco’s colleague strategy—enabling trusted, high‑quality data to power decision‑making, regulatory reporting, and colleague experiences.

The People Data Reporting Platform (PDRP) and associated data products deliver critical capabilities including:

• Regulatory reporting (e.g., CSRD)
• Workforce insights (Headcount, DE&I, Absence, Compliance)
• Data products such as dashboards, analytics and forecasting
• Foundational capabilities including data quality, governance, access controls and ingestion frameworks.

The Role: Lead Technical Programme Manager – People Data

This role is accountable for the end‑to‑end delivery, governance and integrity of the People Data portfolio, ensuring programmes are aligned to business priorities, regulatory requirements and enterprise data standards.

You will operate across a complex, multi‑programme landscape (PDRP, Workforce dashboards, Compliance, Data Quality, and platform capabilities), bringing clarity, structure and pace to ambiguous and interdependent delivery challenges.

A key focus is driving clear data ownership, governance and accountability across business and technology, ensuring that data products are trusted, scalable and audit‑ready.

Responsibilities

• Deliver complex programmes with multiple business and technical risks that influence key business priorities.
• Line‑manage a team to deliver associated outcomes and develop talent within the TPM community.
• Establish or improve delivery methodology to achieve programme goals.
• Initiate and shape programmes with ambiguous scope and uncertain delivery approach.
• Create and track a plan to deliver programme goals, including the technical implementation plan.
• Provide expert advice and guidance on programme delivery (mentoring other TPMs and supporting Engineering/Product teams).
• Understand trade‑offs in software delivery, using experience and influencing skills to drive consensus with Engineering and Product teams to obtain the best value and solution.
• Anticipate potential risks and issues, establish a process, facilitate discussion and manage escalations.

Qualifications

• A proven record of accomplishment in delivering complex, cross‑functional data or platform technology programmes across multiple teams and geographies.
• Strong experience in compliance, regulatory, reporting or data and analytics type programmes.
• Experience building credible relationships and influencing senior management and leadership teams.
• Experience in and a passion for people management.
• Strong project, stakeholder and programme management skills.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, particularly in translating technical complexity into business outcomes.

We offer excitement, a great team, an excellent benefit package, and significant career development opportunities.

We are an accredited Disability Confident Leader and commit to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you need support with your application, let us know. We welcome applicants who do not meet every qualification listed.