Tesco

Grocery and general merchandise retailer

Project Manager - Payroll Technology

Project ManagementPosted on Nov 9

Full-timeUnited KingdomNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

Success in delivering complex programmes and projects within or outside of Tesco.
Practitioner-level knowledge of programme and project management methodologies.
Knowledge of financial and benefits management.
People leadership and management experience.
Experience working with technology, including cloud-based technologies and/or Agile delivery.
Strong engagement and influencing skills.
Ability to build and leverage relationships.

Responsibilities

Lead a team of subject matter experts through the end-to-end project lifecycle to ensure successful project delivery.
Proactively lead and collaborate with business stakeholders to create shared ownership of business outcomes and benefits realization.
Drive complex cross-functional organizational change through sustainable project management practices.
Manage an effective governance framework to ensure appropriate oversight and control across release delivery.
Deliver a defined project end to end, primarily focused on digitizing payroll processes and transforming payroll technologies.
Create and maintain project planning artifacts, including project plans and RAID logs.
Provide project and release status summaries and report to relevant governance forums.
Deliver business discovery to determine the feasibility of a change initiative.
Create the business case and track benefits delivery.
Deliver to the agreed timeline and budget, challenging and correcting the plan as required.
Act as the first point of escalation for the project team.
Manage project and release risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies, escalating where appropriate.
Align project plans with the broader programme plan and manage dependencies.
Adhere to planning and reporting standards.
Manage resource planning and capacity constraints, taking corrective action where necessary.
Ensure milestones and key deliverables are realistic in relation to key activities.
Oversee milestones at risk and take corrective action.
Identify and monitor dependencies with other waves and programmes.
Identify and manage the project critical path.
Identify at-risk activities and deliverables and take corrective action.
Lead the process for assessing change requests.
Lead lessons-learned sessions and post-implementation reviews with team members and key stakeholders.
Manage engagement with Group People service management and service delivery teams to enable successful transition into service.

About the role

As a Payroll Manager, you'll lead a team of subject matter experts through the end to end project lifecycle to ensure successful delivery of the project

Proactively leads and collaborates with stakeholders within the business to ensure shared ownership for the delivery of business outcomes and realisation of benefits

Drive complex cross-functional change into the organisation through the application of ‘best in class’ project management in a sustainable way

Manage effective governance framework to ensure the appropriate level of oversight and control is in place across the delivery of the release

What is in it for you

We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you – both in and out of work. Click Here to find out more!

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 (12 months service required at the qualifying date) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 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.

The above information is a shortened summary, refer to our policies for full details

You will be responsible for

End to end delivery of a defined project - primarily focused on digitalisation of payroll processes and transformation of payroll technologies

Creating and maintaining project planning artefacts e.g. project plan, RAID logs

Provide project/release status summary and reporting into relevant governance forums

Responsible for delivery of all business discovery to determine feasibility of a change initiative

Responsible for creation of business case & tracking delivery of benefits

Deliver to agreed timeline, and on budget, challenge and course correct the plan as required.

Act as first point of escalation for the project team

Manage all risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies within the project/release, escalating where appropriate

Ensure project plans are aligned and dependencies managed to the broader programme plan

Adhere to planning and reporting standards

Manage the resource planning and any capacity constraints to support the delivery of the plan and take corrective action where necessary

Ensure milestones and key deliverables are realistic in line with key activities

Oversee and take corrective action where milestones are at risk

Identify and monitor key dependencies with other waves and other programmes

Identify and manage the project critical path

Identify At-Risk activities/deliverables and take corrective action

Lead the process for assessing change requests

Leads Lessons Learnt sessions & Post implementation reviews in conjunction with team members and other key stakeholders

Manages engagement with Group People service management & service delivery teams to enable successful transition into service

You will need

Success in delivering complex programmes and projects within or outside of Tesco
Practitioner in Programme and, Project management methodologies
Financial and Benefits Management
People Leadership and Management
Strong engagement and influencing skills
Great at building and leveraging relationships
Experience of working Technology with Cloud based technologies and/or Agile delivery

About us

You might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award-winning mobile network. Truth is, we’re all of those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind, helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. No two customers are the same, neither are our colleagues.

At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Spend 60% of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. Whether you're just kicking off your career, juggling passions, or navigating big life events, we're here to support you. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

We're proud to be an accredited Disability Confident Leader, where everyone’s welcome. That’s why we commit to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you need support with your application, click here  for more information. And if you're interested in joining our team but don't tick every box, don't let that hold you back from applying.

About the Company

Tesco

Grocery and general merchandise retailer

Tesco is best understood as a multinational grocery and general-merchandise retailer. The group combines customer-facing retail with distribution, digital, commercial, and analytical capabilities. It serves households through stores and online shopping while also operating wholesale, data-science, and financial-service businesses. Work spans stores, fulfillment, supply chain, product, technology, data, finance, and group functions. The scope reflects Tesco PLC and its principal business lines without implying every role sits in the core supermarket operation.

Company size: Not listed
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Broxbourne, United Kingdom
Founded: 1919

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