Job Description

About Tesco Our vision here at Tesco is to become every customer\'s favourite way to shop whether they are at home out shopping on the move anywhere in the world. We want our customers to be inspired and whatever they are looking for we\'re finding bigger and better ways to provide it. Everything is underpinned by our continuous drive for the best tools and technology to deliver our vision. We\'re driving innovation and transforming our Technology to become the world\'s leading retailer. We need people who share our ambition to deliver for our customers 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. Joining us means playing a part in defining building and launching an ambitious roadmap of digital products that could affect the lives of millions of people over the years to come. If that sounds exciting then we\'d love to hear from you. The position will be based in India with occasional travel to other Tesco sites i.e. UK and Central Europe offices. About the Enabling Functions (EF) Programme Team Enabling Functions are responsible for bringing out the best in our colleagues by giving them the support they need to perform at the highest level. By helping our core business across diverse parts of the organisation such as Global Operations Finance HR Property and Legal make the most of the latest technological innovations we have real far-reaching impact across Tesco. We provide services on a large scale as the second largest employer in the UK our teams are responsible for deploying and managing Payroll systems which support over 300000 people. Our finance systems execute billions of pounds worth of payment transactions each year and in the future we expect the size of our services to continue to grow. To support this growth we are embarking on next chapter for Tesco with ambitious plans to transform the technology landscape. The Role - Senior Technical Programme Manager We are looking for an experienced STPM to join and lead the delivery of the Enabling Functions Technology strategy. In this role you will ideally have extensive experience of delivering complex and large technical programmes across a broad set of technologies. As the STPM you and your technical programme team will focus on building adapting and transforming the platforms that support our business facing applications and services. You need to coordinate and ensure support of the relevant teams to deliver the required quality and value while ensuring that risks and issues are identified and mitigated. The successful candidate will be comfortable with ambiguity and shaping programmes and projects from inception. We are looking for someone who can inspire and motivate teams to deliver successfully. Senior Technical Programme Managers (STPMs) lead teams that deliver complex cross-functional technology programmes that support colleagues and help serve our customers better. They work collaboratively influence Product Engineering and business colleagues to deliver value quickly and often. 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 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 (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 . 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 . Add value to vendor selection processes (tendering agreeing SLAs warranty periods outsourcing) . 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 . Play an active leadership role in the TPM guild and community - proactively influencing capability and capacity planning for TPMs Qualifications 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 . Strong Project Stakeholder & Programme management skills . Strong vendor management and negotiating skills. . Exceptional reporting skills for programs and financial forecasting . Excellent communication & influencing skills and adoptability to changes . Proven track record of development and management of teams. Additional Information Important Notice: On behalf of Tesco Bengaluru, we must caution all job seekers and educational institutions that Tesco Bengaluru does not authorise any third parties to release employment offers or conduct recruitment drives via a third party. Hence, beware of inauthentic and fraudulent job offers or recruitment drives from any individuals or websites purporting to represent Tesco. 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