Tesco UK Welwyn Garden City Hybrid Full-Time Apply by 01-Aug-2025
About the role
About Technology Change (Supplier Partner Services) Programme
We are an ambitious Programme, Product & Engineering Team at Tesco aiming to deliver value and quality to Tesco, in particular Suppliers and Buyers by creating more self-sufficient, cost-effective, informative applications to assist users to complete their day to day activities.
Few of the key programmes in this portfolio include:
- Enabling Key Business Programmes (Marketplace, F&F, Range Transformation)
- Enhancing Product Induction
- One onboarding journey for all Supplier & Partner types
These programmes contribute significantly to the strategic objectives of the organization including closely working with multiple stakeholders & partners delivering bespoke technology services and new Service Model Processes within the business to deliver towards one of our Big 6 Objectives: “To build Trusted Partnerships”
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
The Role – Lead Technical Programme Manager
Whilst specific responsibilities will be dependent upon the changing needs of the Tesco business, the following provides an overview of the role’s key responsibilities and measures:
- Deliver complex programmes with multiple business and technical risks that will impact the success of key Tesco business priorities
- Establish new or improve existing programme delivery methodology to deliver the programme goals
- Shape programmes with ambiguous scope and uncertain delivery approach
- Create and track a plan to deliver the programme goals, including the technical implementation plan, ensuring colleagues and stakeholders from across Tesco are kept up-to-date
- Provide 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
- Be able to foresee potential risks and issues, establish a process, facilitate discussion and manage escalations
- Able to be aware and evaluate trends and new concepts in programme and product delivery
- Be able to 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
- Build positive relationships with suppliers & external stakeholders to deliver software or professional services, holding them to account on delivery and improvement plans
- Support vendor selection processes (tendering, agreeing SLAs, warranty periods, outsourcing)
- Coach peers and other roles, teaching where required, on methodologies and programme management tools and coach/mentor on leadership
You will need
Key Skills and Experience
An ideal candidate must have demonstrated below key skills in their current and past roles.
· Have a proven record of accomplishment in delivering technology and/or infrastructure; having done so across multiple teams in multiple geographies
· Have Experience of building credible relationships and influencing senior management & leadership teams
· Work through multiple time zones to deliver cross country programs
· Strong Project, Stakeholder & Programme management skills
· Strong vendor management and negotiating skills.
· Exceptional reporting skills for programs
· Excellent communication & influencing skills and adoptability to changes
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.