Lead Technical Programme Manager – People Data

Tesco; Welwyn Garden City; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus up to 20%

Holiday 25 days + personal day

Private medical insurance

Maternity & adoption leave (26 weeks)

Job summary

Tesco is seeking a Lead Technical Programme Manager – People Data at our Welwyn Garden City campus. You will guide end-to-end delivery of the People Data portfolio, aligning regulatory requirements and enterprise data standards with business outcomes.

Manage complex, multi‑programme landscapes and mentor TPMs across engineering and product teams. You will shape governance, data ownership and a scalable data platform, driving clear accountability and delivery pace in a fast‑growth retail

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering complex cross-functional data or platform technology programmes.
• Strong experience in compliance, regulatory, reporting or data and analytics programmes.
• Ability to build relationships and influence senior management and leadership teams.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, translating technical complexity into business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery, governance and integrity of the People Data portfolio across multiple workstreams.
• Line manage and develop talent within the TPM community.
• Establish and improve delivery methodologies to meet programme goals.
• Create and track implementation plans, manage risks and escalations.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Programme management

Regulatory reporting

Data & analytics programmes

People management

Stakeholder influence

Communication skills

Job description

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.

We want our customers to be inspired and whatever they are looking for, we’re finding bigger and better ways to provide it.

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 customers; Passionate and confident people willing to take the initiative and drive us forwards. In return we offer excitement, a great team, an excellent benefit 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.

If that sounds exciting, then we'd love to hear from you.

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.

People Data Reporting Platform (PDRP)

You will be responsible for

• 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 landscape is complex, spanning multiple workstreams, dependencies on business data ownership, and evolving governance and platform capabilities. This role plays a key leadership position in ensuring delivery is coherent, governed, and aligned to business outcomes, so that Tesco can rely on People Data as a trusted foundation for regulatory compliance and strategic decision‑making.

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.

In this role I:

• Deliver complex programmes with multiple business and technical risks that will impact the success of key Tesco business priorities
• Line manage a team to help deliver the associated outcome & develop talent within the TPM community
• Establish new or improve existing delivery methodology to deliver the programme goals
• Initiate and shape programmes with ambiguous scope and uncertain delivery approachCreate and track a plan to deliver the 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 the Engineering and Product teams to obtain the best value and solution
• Am able to foresee potential risks and issues, establish a process, facilitate discussion and manage escalations

You will need

An ideal candidate will have:

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

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.

• 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 (12 months service required at the qualifying date) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 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.
• This information is a shortened summary, refer to our policies for full details.

About Us

You might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award‑winning mobile network. Truth is, we’re all of those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind, helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. No two customers are the same, neither are our colleagues.

At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Spend 60% of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. Whether you're just kicking off your career, juggling passions, or navigating big life events, we're here to support you. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

We're proud to be an accredited Disability Confident Leader, where everyone’s welcome. That’s why we commit to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you need support with your application, we are happy to accommodate you. And if you’re interested in joining our team but don’t tick every box, don’t let that hold you back from applying.