Tesco UK Welwyn Garden City Full-Time Apply by 31-Aug-2025
About the role
We are looking for a Technology Portfolio Programme Manager to join the Infrastructure Team. This team is responsible for managing a diverse portfolio of technology initiatives that support Tesco's vision and strategy across the Group. The role focuses on governance to ensure that the portfolio drives our strategic and business goals efficiently, effectively, and sustainably. The role will work towards standardising the way the portfolio is controlled, ensuring stakeholder buy-in and effective levels of governance are in place.
What is in it for you
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- 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 (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 4 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
You will be responsible for
- Set up and facilitate Programme Governance meetings to approve and manage the delivery of the Portfolio Plan. Ensure a consistent approach to how teams record and monitor all workstream risks, issues, and dependencies, ensuring all are identified and tracked appropriately
- Work across Infrastructure Teams and with Senior Stakeholders to prepare for and manage Governance Meetings and follow up. Influence, present, and engage with a wide variety of Senior Stakeholders, leveraging your political nous
· Prepare regular status reports, executive summaries, and presentations to supervise delivery progress. Operate within best-practice portfolio management framework, knowing when to dial up and dial down your approach
- Be highly effective at identifying and mitigating risk and driving actions accordingly. Ensure that dependencies are effectively managed and call out risks where vital
- Identify constraints within the portfolio, collaborate with the STPM to evaluate potential solutions, and determine the support required to resolve them.
· Work with the STPMs to communicate and maintain the consistent set of programmes, workstream, and project management standards, guidance, and templates to be used by the programme team
- Identify improvements to portfolio management practices and effectively engage with the Senior Leadership Team to make improvements
- Work with the central technology team, providing updates on Tech Excellence and Strategic objectives
- Be agile in your approach, adapting to changing business needs
- Know your stuff and share knowledge and passion
You will need
Portfolio/Programme/Project management experience – both planning and delivery
Strong financial competence / numerical skills
Strong communication and influencing skills
Strong collaboration skills and ability to work alongside more senior stakeholders
Resilience and tenacity
Strong attention to detail
Ability to juggle changing priorities, managing workload effectively
About us
Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is ‘Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day’. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.
We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We’re proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click here.
We’re a big business and we can offer a range of diverse full-time & part-time working patterns across our many business areas, which means that we can find something that works for you. We work in a more blended pattern - combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. If you are applying internally, please speak to the Hiring Manager about how this can work for you - Everyone is welcome at Tesco.