Technical Programme Manager - Transport (Logistics)

Location: Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom; hybrid working, with 60% of the week at office locations or local sites and the remainder remotely.

Company

Tesco is a supermarket, technology company, and mobile network operator delivering products and services for customers, colleagues, and communities.

What you will do

• Lead projects and programmes from initial concept through launch, ensuring benefits are realised and changes are embedded long term.
• Define and deliver programme strategies, assess programme value and viability, and evaluate team and stakeholder readiness.
• Develop stakeholder engagement strategies, influence without authority, facilitate meetings, present information, and act as the central programme contact.
• Support home delivery slot availability and delivery forecasting and planning across Whoosh and Grocery Home Shopping.
• Deliver optimisation technologies and tools that improve operational planning, colleague decision-making, customer experience, and performance during peak trading periods.
• Develop programme communications, training solutions, transition support, and sustainable business-as-usual adoption.

Requirements

• Experience shaping programmes with ambiguous scope, uncertain delivery approaches, and significant cross-functional complexity.
• Strong numerical and analytical ability, including creating forecasting models and calculating business cases.
• Ability to converse confidently about the technology stack in the represented areas.
• Ability to operate autonomously, drive complex programmes with tenacity, and maintain pace in ambiguous and challenging environments.
• Experience leading stakeholder engagement and driving outcomes primarily through influence rather than positional authority.
• Excellent verbal, written, and listening communication skills.
• Growth mindset and commitment to ongoing learning in an evolving technology environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent, full-time role with 36-hour working weeks and hybrid flexibility.
• Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary.
• 25 days of holiday plus a personal day and bank holidays.
• Private medical insurance and free 24/7 virtual GP and Employee Assistance Programme access.
• Paid maternity, adoption, and paternity leave, including 26 weeks of maternity and adoption leave at full pay after 12 months of service and six weeks of fully paid paternity leave.
• Inclusive and accessible recruitment process with support available for applicants who need adjustments.

Hiring process

• Applications are accepted until 30 November 2026.
• Flexible working requirements can be discussed during the application process.