About the role

In this exciting role as a Project Manager, you'll lead delivery of transformational People Change initiatives within Digital Colleague Experience team, as part of a small team of Project Managers through the end to end project lifecycle to ensure successful delivery of each project’s objectives.

You will drive complex cross-functional change into the organisation through the application of ‘best in class’ project management in a sustainable way; whilst managing effective governance framework to ensure the appropriate level of oversight and control is in place throughout.

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 (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.

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You will be responsible for

Oversight of the end-to-end delivery projects primarily focused on digitalisation of people processes and replacement, or enhancement, of existing people technologies.
Uphold high project management standards, ensuring consistent use of governance, planning, reporting and delivery practices.
Act as first point of escalation for the project team
Responsible for creation of business case & tracking delivery of benefits
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
Creating and maintaining project planning artefacts e.g. project plan, RAID logs
Deliver to agreed timeline, and on budget, challenge and course correct the plan as required.
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
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

You will need

Practitioner in Programme and/or Project Methodologies
Financial and Benefits Management
Strong Engagement and influencing skills
Confidence presenting to senior business stakeholders
Great written and verbal communication skills
Great at Building and Leveraging Relationships
Experience delivering complex cross-functional programmes or projects
Experience delivering technology-enabled projects into complex and diverse environments

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.

When you join us in this role, you'll be employed by Tesco Stores Limited, the Tesco legal entity responsible for your employment.

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