Technical Programme Manager - Data Platform
Number of Positions: 1
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Welwyn Garden City
Closing Date: 26/07/2024
Job Category: Technology
Business Unit: GB Head Office
About the role
Tesco's Data and Analytics offering leverages a vast pool of business data, compiled by our Data Engineering team and hosted on TAP, our Hadoop and Teradata platforms. This data is accessible to thousands of colleagues across our Stores and Head Offices, empowering them to derive insights, make informed decisions, and formulate new ideas to deliver more value to our customers.
As a member of the D&A Platform team, this TPM role is instrumental in driving technological advancements in the coming years. This pivotal role involves collaboration with several internal Platform teams, multiple Data Engineering/Analytics and Data Science teams, as well as our Product and Business teams. It's a large and complex environment that offers plenty of interest and challenge from both a people and technology perspective.
We are currently undergoing a transformation that shifts Hadoop from a packaged solution to a more Open Source/loosely coupled software model, linked to new hardware and object storage. Our focus is on projects that drive change and provide stable service across multiple instances tied to various business needs.
You will be responsible for
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 programmes with business and/or technical risks
* Optimise or use a standard programme delivery methodology for delivering programme goals (e.g., agile, waterfall, iterative)
* Bring together, coordinate and energise virtual technology teams to deliver programme goals
* Create and track a plan to deliver the programme goals, including the technical implementation plan
* Understand trade-offs and resulting impacts; make impacts visible to Product, Infrastructure or Engineering for the right decision to be made
* Managing dependencies, delivery timelines and implementations plans, using my knowledge of technical architecture
* Appreciating and responding to delivery challenges, using my knowledge of engineering best practices and/or infrastructure implementations
* 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
* Coach peers and other roles, teaching where required.
You will need
The ideal candidate for this role should have demonstrated the following key skills in their current and past roles:
* Experience in delivering technology related to infrastructure across multiple teams in various geographies.
* Ability to build credible relationships and influence senior management & leadership teams.
* Strong skills in Project, Stakeholder & Programme management.
* Proficiency in vendor management and negotiation, with a focus on ensuring quality delivery.
* Exceptional reporting skills for programs and financial forecasting.
* Excellent communication & influencing skills and adaptability to changes.
* Expertise in Risk and Issue Management.
* Accreditation in Project Management (e.g., Prince 2, PMI PMP, MSP) and experience with the ITIL Service Management Framework and Principles.
These skills are crucial for success in this complex and dynamic environment. The candidate should be ready to drive change and deliver stable service across multiple instances tied to various business needs.
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’. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.
We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We’re proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click here.
We’re a big business and we can offer a range of diverse full-time & part-time working patterns across our many business areas, which means that we can find something that works for you. We work in a more blended pattern - combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. If you are applying internally, please speak to the Hiring Manager about how this can work for you - Everyone is welcome at Tesco.
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