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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!\n Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary.\n Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays).\n Private medical insurance.\n 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.\n 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.\n The above information is a shortened summary, refer to our policies for full details\nYou will be responsible for\n Regulatory reporting (e.g., CSRD)\n Workforce insights (Headcount, DE&I, Absence, Compliance)\n Data products such as dashboards, analytics and forecasting\n Foundational capabilities including data quality, governance, access controls and ingestion frameworks.\n The landscape is complex, spanning multiple workstreams, dependencies on business data ownership, and evolving governance and platform capabilities. This role plays a key leadership position in ensuring delivery is coherent, governed, and aligned to business outcomes, so that Tesco can rely on People Data as a trusted foundation for regulatory compliance and strategic decision-making.\nIn this role I:\n Deliver complex programmes with multiple business and technical risks that will impact the success of key Tesco business priorities\n Line manage a team to help deliver the associated outcome & develop talent within the TPM community\n Establish new or improve existing delivery methodology to deliver the programme goals\n Initiate and shape programmes with ambiguous scope and uncertain delivery approach\n Create and track a plan to deliver the programme goals, including the technical implementation plan\n Provide expert advice and guidance on programme delivery (mentoring other TPMs and supporting Engineering/Product teams)\n 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\n Am able to foresee potential risks and issues, establish a process, facilitate discussion and manage escalations\n You will need\nAn ideal candidate will have:\n A proven record of accomplishment in delivering complex, cross-functional data or platform technology programmes having done so across multiple teams and multiple geographies\n\n Strong experience in compliance, regulatory, reporting or data and analytics type programmes\n Experience of building credible relationships and influencing senior management & leadership teams\n Experience in & a passion for People Management\n Strong Project, Stakeholder & Programme management skills\n Excellent communication & influencing skills, particularly in translating technical complexity into business outcomes.\n About us\nYou 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.\n 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.\n 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. 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