Technical Programme Manager

- 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; on methodologies and programme management tools
- Understand core technology concepts; grasp new ones quickly and appreciate their implications on delivery
- Use technical competence to influence and understand the solution context and approach.
- Understand engineering and infrastructure best practices and practicalities to help resolve delivery challenges
- Understand the technical architecture to be able to foresee the impact on dependencies; delivery timelines and implementation plans
- Proactively keep up to date with relevant technologies and solutions
Key people and teams I work within and outside of Tesco
- Product Managers
- Software and System Engineers
- Colleagues and business stakeholders across Tesco
- Suppliers and 3rd parties
Skills relevant for the job
- Product Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Programme Management
- Communicating & Influencing Skills
Experience relevant for this job
- Have a proven record of accomplishment in delivering technology and/or infrastructure; having done so across multiple teams in multiple geographies
- Experience of building credible relationships and influencing management and leadership teams
- Data and Analytic experience

Technical Programme Managers (TPMs) deliver complex; cross-functional technology programmes that support colleagues and help serve our customers better. They work collaboratively; influence Product; Engineering and business colleagues and lead the programme to deliver value quickly and often.

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