Technical Programme Manager - Colleague Listening Platform

Tesco; Welwyn Garden City; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Tesco is seeking a Technical Programme Manager to lead the delivery and rollout of complex Colleague Listening initiatives within Enabling Functions. The role collaborates with Product, Engineering, a 3rd party vendor, and business partners to align scope, value, cost and resources, and to prioritise work and manage dependencies.

The TPM will maintain visibility of progress, risks and timelines, ensuring GDPR, security, testing and disaster recovery requirements are addressed as part of the

Qualifications

• A proven record of accomplishment in delivering technology and/or infrastructure; having done so across multiple teams in multiple geographies
• Experience of building credible relationships and influencing senior management & leadership teams
• Strong Project, Stakeholder & Programme management skills
• Excellent communication & influencing skills

Responsibilities

• Deliver complex programmes with multiple business and technical risks that will impact the success of key Tesco business priorities
• Apply and improve existing delivery approaches to deliver the programme goals
• Initiate and shape programmes with ambiguous scope and uncertain delivery approach
• Create and track a plan to deliver the programme goals, including the technical implementation plan
• 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
• Foresee potential risks and issues, establish a process, facilitate discussion and manage escalations
• Act on opportunities to adopt trends and new concepts in programme and product delivery
• Understand a technical architecture to be able to foresee the impact on dependencies, delivery timelines and implementation plans
• Have good knowledge of engineering best practices and practical infrastructure implementations to appreciate delivery challenges
• Understand technology concepts, grasp new ones quickly and appreciate their implications on delivery
• Effectively co-ordinate incidents in the colleague space, ensuring stakeholders are updated with the right information to drive the correct decisions

Job description

Tesco is seeking a Technical Programme Manager to lead the delivery and rollout of complex Colleague Listening initiatives within Enabling Functions. The role collaborates with Product, Engineering, a 3rd party vendor, and business partners to align scope, value, cost and resources, and to prioritise work and manage dependencies.

The TPM will maintain visibility of progress, risks and timelines, ensuring GDPR, security, testing and disaster recovery requirements are addressed as part of the