Technical Programme Manager

Tesco Technology; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 2,300,000 - 3,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days of leave

Health insurance

Mental health support

Financial coaching

Hybrid work model

Job summary

A leading retail technology firm in India is seeking a Technology Project Manager (TPM) focused on Ordering & Forecasting. The successful candidate will deliver transformative projects within supply chain technology, collaborating with Product Managers and engineering teams. This full-time role demands strong project management and stakeholder engagement skills, while providing competitive benefits in a supportive hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Proven record of delivering technology across multiple teams.
• Experience building credible relationships with senior management.
• Strong programme management skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver programmes with technical risks.
• Optimize delivery methodology for programme goals.
• Coordinate and energize virtual technology teams.
• Understand trade-offs and manage dependencies.
• Respond to delivery challenges with engineering best practices.

Skills

Project Management

Stakeholder Management

Vendor Management

Influencing Skills

Reporting Skills

Influencing skills

Leadership experience

Job description

About the role

Forecasting and Ordering is the Programme Function supporting Supply Chain. We’re passionate about giving our customers what they want, when they want it. Our aim is to get thousands of products from factories and farms around the world to the shelf edge (virtual and physical) so that we can satisfy millions of customers every week – simply put: right product, right place, right time.

We recognise that the constantly changing demands of our customers’ lives mean that as a business, we need to continue to innovate our offering so that they can shop with us in the way they want, when they want to. Delivering this challenge means that we are frequently re‑inventing our Supply Chain to make sure it is always leading‑class. Supply Chain initiatives seek to improve availability, reduce costs and optimise stock holding. Our job is to make sure that every one of our 75 million weekly global customers can get what they want – when, where and however they want it.

Within Technology we cover a breadth of systems from Retail Demand Forecasting, Order Optimisers, Continuous Replenishment, Group Ordering, Stock Services & enabled with our front‑end Tesco Connect. The Supply Chain systems include a wide breadth of technology from Mainframe to Hadoop coding in multiple languages but the most common being Java. The Supply Chain systems continue to be enhanced but also undertake step change improvements.

An effective supply chain provides competitive advantage for all retailers, through predicting customer demand accurately, ensuring that all customers get the products they need (instore & online), optimising ordering keeping supplier and Warehouse constraints in mind and thereby directly influence product availability, capturing an accurate view of Stock across Tesco and providing the best‑in‑class application for supply chain users.

In addition, all this needs to be done whilst keeping waste to a minimum and optimal stock holding, in turn keep our operational costs under control and helps the bottom line. Work is fun since we are building better capabilities on newer platforms be it transforming our forecasting intelligence to better algorithms on big data platforms, developing Optimisation algorithms, Enterprise level APIs.

As a TPM for Ordering & Forecasting, you will play a pivotal role working with the Product Managers, business stakeholders, Engineering teams, and other Programme family members to define and deliver the change to enable the transformation.

Responsibilities

• Deliver programmes with business and/or technical risks.
• Optimise or use a standard programme delivery methodology for delivering programme goals (e.g. agile, waterfall, iterative).
• Bring together, coordinate and energise virtual technology teams to deliver programme goals.
• Create and track a plan to deliver the programme goals, including the technical implementation plan.
• Understand trade‑offs and resulting impacts; make impacts visible to Product, Infrastructure or Engineering for the right decision to be made.
• Manage dependencies, delivery timelines and implementation plans, using knowledge of technical architecture.
• Appreciate and respond to delivery challenges, using knowledge of engineering best practices and/or infrastructure implementations.
• Understand technology concepts, grasp new ones quickly and appreciate their implications on delivery.
• Effectively manage major incidents, ensuring stakeholders are updated with the right information to drive the correct decisions.
• Collaborate with the Product and Engineering teams to define annual budgetary requirements.
• Build positive relationships with suppliers & external stakeholders to deliver software or professional services.
• Coach peers and other roles, teaching where required, on methodologies and programme management tools.

Qualifications

• Have a proven record of accomplishment in delivering technology and/or infrastructure across multiple teams in multiple geographies.
• Have experience of building credible relationships and influencing senior management & leadership teams.
• Strong Project, Stakeholder & Programme management skills.
• Strong vendor management and negotiating skills.
• Exceptional reporting skills for programmes and financial forecasting.
• Excellent communication & influencing skills and adaptability to changes.

Benefits

• Salary – Your fixed pay is the guaranteed pay as per your contract of employment.
• Leave & Time‑off – Colleagues are entitled to 30 days of leave (18 days of Earned Leave, 12 days of Casual/Sick Leave) and 10 national and festival holidays, as per the company’s policy.
• Making Retirement Tension‑Free Salary – In addition to Statutory retirement benefits, Tesco enables colleagues to participate in voluntary programmes like NPS and VPF.
• Health is Wealth – Tesco promotes programmes that support a culture of health and wellness including insurance for colleagues and their family.
• Mental Wellbeing – We offer mental health support through self‑help tools, community groups, ally networks, face‑to‑face counselling, and more for both colleagues and dependents.
• Financial Wellbeing – Through our financial literacy partner, we offer one‑to‑one financial coaching at discounted rates, as well as salary advances on earned wages upon request.
• Save As You Earn (SAYE) – Our SAYE programme allows colleagues to transition from being employees to Tesco shareholders through a structured 3‑year savings plan.
• Physical Wellbeing – Our green campus promotes physical wellbeing with facilities that include a cricket pitch, football field, badminton and volleyball courts, along with indoor games, encouraging a healthier lifestyle.
• Hybrid work model – Spend 60% of your week collaborating in person with colleagues at our office locations or local sites, and the rest of the time working remotely.

About Tesco

Our core purpose at Tesco is Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day. Everything we do begins and ends with our customers. By understanding our customers, we can anticipate and respond to their needs and expectations. The role we play in the thousands of communities we serve is vital – whether it's creating good jobs, supporting local suppliers and producers, or helping local causes through our community programmes. Our commitment to sustainability is core to our business. It drives our work across our own operations and our supply chain to reduce our environmental impact and support a healthier way of living.

We use tech to make things a little better for everyone, every day. We love coming up with our own ideas and building things ourselves. We empower our technologists to play a part in Tesco’s future. Solving crunchy tech problems, making customers’ lives a little easier, and making a difference to our communities and the planet.

Our Technology team is made up of over 3,500 experts spread over 5 countries: UK, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic and India. These teams all have one thing in common – helping solve problems at a global scale.

We need people who share our ambition to deliver for our stakeholders. 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.

Inclusion & Accessibility

We also believe in fostering a work environment where you can excel both professionally and personally. Our hybrid model allows you to work flexibly – spend 60% of your week collaborating in person with colleagues at our office locations or local sites, and the rest of the time working remotely. We understand that everyone’s life journey is unique, whether you are starting your career, pursuing passions, or navigating life changes, and we are here to support you. Flexibility is a core part of our culture, and we encourage open conversations about how we can best accommodate your needs, so talk to us throughout your application process on the support required.

We also believe that inclusion and diversity are deeply embedded in our values. We treat people how they want to be treated. Our goal is for all colleagues to feel they can be themselves at work, and we are committed to helping them thrive. Across the Tesco group, we are building an inclusive workplace that actively celebrates the cultures, personalities, and preferences of our colleagues, who in turn contribute to the success of our business and reflect the diversity of the communities we serve.

At Tesco Bengaluru, we are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer, highlighting our commitment to creating a supportive environment for individuals with disabilities. We are dedicated to offering equal opportunities for all candidates and encourage applicants with disabilities to apply. Our recruitment process is fully accessible, and we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments during interviews. If you need any accommodations to participate in the recruitment process, please let us know. We are here to ensure that everyone has the chance to succeed.

Senior Level

Mid‑Senior level.

Employment type

Full‑time.

Job function

Project Management and Information Technology. Industries: Retail.