Payroll Technology Project Manager - Remote & Flexible

Tesco UK; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Tesco UK is seeking a Payroll Manager to lead a team through the end-to-end lifecycle of payroll digitalisation projects. You will drive governance, manage risks and dependencies, and report progress to senior stakeholders while ensuring delivery on time and within budget.

The role requires strong programme management discipline, financial and benefits management experience, and proven leadership to coordinate cross-functional teams across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience delivering complex programmes and projects.
• Proficient in programme and project management methodologies (e.g., PRINCE2, Agile).
• Strong financial and benefits management skills.
• People leadership and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of payroll digitalisation projects and transform payroll technologies.
• Drive and embed a robust governance framework across delivery.
• Create and maintain project artefacts (e.g., project plan, RAID logs) and provide status updates to governance forums.
• Identify, manage and escalate risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies.
• Coordinate resource planning and capacity management to meet milestones.
• Identify dependencies and manage the project critical path across waves and programmes.
• Lead assessment of change requests and drive Lessons Learned and Post-Implementation reviews.
• Engage with Group People services to enable smooth transition into live service.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

People leadership

Relationship building

Cloud technologies

Agile delivery

Job description

Tesco UK is seeking a Payroll Manager to lead a team through the end-to-end lifecycle of payroll digitalisation projects. You will drive governance, manage risks and dependencies, and report progress to senior stakeholders while ensuring delivery on time and within budget.

The role requires strong programme management discipline, financial and benefits management experience, and proven leadership to coordinate cross-functional teams across the organisation.