Technical Programme Manager - Data & Analytics

Tesco Plc; Welwyn Garden City; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company in Welwyn Garden City is seeking an experienced Technical Programme Manager to join their Data and Analytics team. The role involves managing complex programmes to deliver key business priorities through analytics and data science. You'll need strong project management skills and the ability to build relationships with senior management. The position offers a competitive salary and benefits including an annual bonus and generous holiday leave.

Benefits

Annual bonus scheme up to 20%

25 days holiday plus personal day

Private medical insurance

26 weeks maternity/adoption leave at full pay

Qualifications

• Proven record of accomplishment in delivering technology across multiple teams.
• Experience influencing senior management and leadership teams.
• Excellent reporting skills for programs and financial forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Deliver complex programmes impacting key business priorities.
• Establish/improve delivery methodology to achieve programme goals.
• Coach peers on methodologies and programme management tools.

Skills

Project management skills

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Influencing skills

Job description

Technical Programme Manager - Data & Analytics

We have an outstanding opportunity for an experienced Technical Programme Manager to join Tesco’s Programme and Strategy team, part of the wider Data and Analytics team. We are a hub and spoke team engaging and managing dependencies with a vast number of teams within Tesco as well as third parties. Our role is to ensure data availability and quality in one central repository whilst supporting the delivery of key Tesco business priorities through our analytics, visualisation and data science programmes. This role will be responsible for establishing and managing programmes of work covering our Data Science, Analytics and BI tools and data engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Deliver complex programmes with multiple business and technical risks that will impact the success of key Tesco business priorities
• Establish new or improve existing delivery methodology 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
• Provide expert advice and guidance on programme delivery 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
• Able to foresee potential risks and issues, establish a process, facilitate discussions, and manage escalations
• Act on opportunities to adopt trends and new concepts in programme and product delivery
• 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
• Ask probing questions of Engineering and Product teams to ensure solutions meet programme objectives
• 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
• Proactively research trends and development in technology, and programme and product delivery
• Coach peers and other roles, teaching where required, on methodologies and programme management tools and coach/mentor on leadership
• Take a leading role in the recruitment process and make final recruitment decisions

Qualifications

• Proven record of accomplishment in delivering technology and/or infrastructure across multiple teams and geographies
• Experience building credible relationships and influencing senior management & leadership teams
• Strong project, stakeholder & programme management skills
• Excellent reporting skills for programs and financial forecasting
• Excellent communication & influencing skills and adaptability to changes

Benefits

• 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 year of service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of statutory maternity or adoption pay, and 6 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

Company Information

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer’s favourite way to shop. Our core purpose is ‘Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day’. Tesco is proud of an inclusive culture where everyone feels able to be themselves. We are committed to a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.

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• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Project Management and Information Technology
• Industry: Retail