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Head of Systems Engineering – Identity & Collaboration
Job Reference tesco/TP/13497049/895175
Number of Positions: 1
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Welwyn Garden City
Closing Date: 31/12/2025
Job Category: Technology
Business Unit: GB Head Office
What’s in it for you
We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we give our wonderful colleagues bags of benefits. Including wellbeing services, an award-winning pension scheme and much, much more, our colleague reward package keeps on giving. These include but are not limited to:
* Annual bonus scheme of up to 45% of base salary
* Car allowance of £7,320 per annum
* Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
* Buy holiday salary sacrifice scheme (for salaried roles)
* Private medical insurance
* Retirement savings plan - save between 6% - 10% and Tesco will contribute 1.5 times this amount
* Life Assurance - 5 x contractual pay
* 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 4 weeks fully paid paternity leave
* The right to request flexible working from your first day with us
* 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
* A Colleague Clubcard for you & a family member (after 3 months of service), giving you access to lots of discounts in-store & online
* Access to our colleague networks providing a space for colleagues to come together from a range of backgrounds.
Click Here to read more about the full range of benefits we have available for our colleagues.
About the role
The Head of Systems Engineering – Identity & Collaboration role is accountable for determining the strategic roadmap for their technical area Identity and Collaboration, whilst providing leadership for their team. In this role, you will communicate with employees, stakeholders, customers, and vendors to ensure our company’s technologies are developed and used appropriately. You will play a pivotal role in technically driving the strategy and roadmap for identity and collaboration technologies, ensuring a seamless and secure user experience across Tesco.
You will be responsible for
* Technically lead a team of engineers to develop and implement technology solutions that align with the company's strategic vision and business goals.
* Lead a team of engineers responsible for developing, delivering, and maintaining workplace technology solutions.
* Monitor KPIs like user adoption rates for new collaboration tools and uptime for critical identity services.
* Manage key stakeholders across a wide, complex enterprise to ensure alignment and address their feedback to drive continuous improvement.
* Demonstrate a passion for lifelong learning and a commitment to staying current with the latest trends and technologies in workplace technology.
You will need
* Experience as a Systems Engineering Manager or prior experience leading enterprise technology departments.
* An experienced, technical leader who can lead, structure, and develop a high-performing team.
* Strong understanding of identity and collaboration technologies.
* Ability to drive the technical direction and success of assigned solutions.
* Demonstrate strategic vision and define infrastructure strategy.
* Commercial acumen and extensive experience managing vendors and suppliers.
* Accountable for resource planning to ensure the successful delivery of projects.
* Drive innovation through transformation and continual service improvement.
About us
Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is ‘Serving our customers, communities, and planet a little better every day’. We’re proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. We celebrate diversity and recognize the value and opportunity it brings.
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