Technical Project Manager - Payroll Technologies
| Posting date: | 20 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 28 November 2025 |
| Location: | None, None |
| Company: | Tesco |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | tesco/TP/11428279/947378 |
Summary
About the role
There are an increasing number of valuable, interdependent pieces of work within the Colleague domain that require co-ordination. The Payroll technology team are responsible for the payroll applications that we use to pay colleagues across the globe. There are a variety of programmes in progress at any one time in order to step change how we pay and reward colleagues. These range from very large, complex multi-year programmes, to smaller discrete projects.
This role will have responsibility for the delivery of the iterative capabilities within the Payroll Technology programme, co-ordinating with partners across Technology & the business. Working with other TPMs, Product, Engineering and third parties to help deliver the roadmap, in particular ensuring new pieces are correctly understood (in terms of scope, value, cost, resources and design), prioritised and resourced appropriately by the right forum of decision makers and consistently tracked. Strategic alignment & dependency management are critical skills to deliver this. Some examples of this work include the review & potential implementation of capabilities into Distribution and iteration of existing capabilities within our Stores.
You will be responsible for
- Deliver complex programmes with multiple business and technical risks that will impact the success of key Tesco business priorities
- Establish new or improve existing delivery methodology to deliver the programme goals
- Initiate and shape programmes with ambiguous scope and uncertain delivery approach
- Create and track a plan to deliver the programme goals, including the technical implementation plan
- 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
- Am able to foresee potential risks and issues, establish a process, facilitate discussion and manage escalations
- Act on opportunities to adopt trends and new concepts in programme and product delivery
- Am able to understand a technical architecture to be able to foresee the impact on dependencies, delivery timelines and implementation plans
You will need
- 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 senior management & leadership teams
- Strong Project, Stakeholder & Programme management skills
- Excellent communication & influencing skills
What’s 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 (after 1 years’ service) 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
About us
Tesco has become a market leader by doing the little things that really matter for our customers and colleagues.
It’s part of what makes Tesco such a great place to work, and we’re proud to have been accredited as one of Britain’s Top Employers again this year.
We're the UK's number one retailer and we pride ourselves on offering a great shopping experience. We are passionate about our food, merchandise and services and will always try to get things right for our customers.
But did you know we also offer great job opportunities? With stores, distribution centres and offices across the UK, and a vast variety of roles, we are always looking for people who have a hunger to work with customers and colleagues across our exciting business.
We believe in treating each other with respect and giving everyone an equal opportunity to get on. It's our people that make the difference every day - helping us make a difference for our customers
Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details before your agreed start date.
For more information about us please visit www.tescoplc.com
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