Technical Programme Manager

About the role

Technical Program Manager

You will be responsible for

Key Responsibilities:

• Define, plan, and execute large-scale technology programs and projects within a complex organizational setup.

• Shape and drive initiatives with ambiguous or evolving scopes.

• Collaborate across technical and business teams to ensure successful delivery.

• Build and maintain strong, trust-based relationships with cross-functional stakeholders.

• Provide clear, concise, and transparent communication across all levels.

• Manage risks, dependencies, and timelines effectively.

• Deliver consistent reporting and forecasting on program progress, financials, and outcomes.

• Champion best practices and continuous improvement within program and stakeholder management.
  

You will need

• Essential Skills & Qualifications:

  • Self-starter with the ability to work independently and take initiative.

  • Proven experience delivering programs/projects within large organizations.

  • Ability to work in undefined, evolving delivery environments.

  • Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills across diverse stakeholder groups.

  • Excellent verbal, written, and active listening communication skills.

  • Proficient with Microsoft Office tools (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc.).

  Desirable Skills & Qualifications:

  • Comfortable working with pace and ambiguity in evolving business contexts.

  • Passion for coaching, people leadership, and team development.

  • Background in the retail or consumer-facing industry.

  • Relevant project/program management qualifications (e.g., APM, MSP).

  • Proven track record of successfully delivering technology programs at scale.

  • Experience influencing and managing senior stakeholders.

  • Strong capabilities in program reporting and financial forecasting.

  • Effective in adapting to change and driving transformation.

  • Delivery experience with the following tools:

    • Jira

    • Confluence

    • Miro

    • Splunk / Grafana
      

Whats in it for you?

At Tesco, we are committed to providing the best for you.  As a result, our colleagues enjoy a unique, differentiated, market- competitive reward package, based on the current industry practices, for all the work they put into serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day.  Our Tesco Rewards framework consists of pillars - Fixed Pay, Incentives, and Benefits.   Total Rewards offered at Tesco is determined by four principles -simple, fair, competitive, and sustainable.  

Salary

- Your fixed pay is the guaranteed pay as per your contract of employment.  

Leave & Time-off

- Colleagues are entitled to 30 days of leave (18 days of Earned Leave, 12 days of Casual/Sick Leave) and 10 national and festival holidays, as per the company’s policy.  

Making Retirement Tension-FreeSalary

- In addition to Statutory retirement beneets, Tesco enables colleagues to participate in voluntary programmes like NPS and VPF.  

Health is Wealth

- Tesco promotes programmes that support a culture of health and wellness including insurance for colleagues and their family. Our medical insurance provides coverage for dependents including parents or in-laws.  

Mental Wellbeing

- We offer mental health support through self-help tools, community groups, ally networks, face-to-face counselling, and more for both colleagues and dependents.   

Financial Wellbeing

- Through our financial literacy partner, we offer one-to-one financial coaching at discounted rates, as well as salary advances on earned wages upon request.   

Save As You Earn (SAYE)

- Our SAYE programme allows colleagues to transition from being employees to Tesco shareholders through a structured 3-year savings plan.   

Physical Wellbeing

- Our green campus promotes physical wellbeing with facilities that include a cricket pitch, football field, badminton and volleyball courts, along with indoor games, encouraging a healthier lifestyle. 

About Us

Tesco in Bengaluru is a multi-disciplinary team serving our customers, communities, and planet a little better every day across markets. Our goal is to create a sustainable competitive advantage for Tesco by standardising processes, delivering cost savings, enabling agility through technological solutions, and empowering our colleagues to do even more for our customers. With cross-functional expertise, a wide network of teams, and strong governance, we reduce complexity, thereby offering high-quality services for our customers.  Tesco in Bengaluru, established in 2004 to enable standardisation and build centralised capabilities and competencies, makes the experience better for our millions of customers worldwide and simpler for over 3,30,000 colleagues  

Tesco Technology

 Today, our Technology team consists of over 5,000 experts spread across the UK, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and India. In India, our Technology division includes teams dedicated to Engineering, Product, Programme, Service Desk and Operations, Systems Engineering, Security & Capability, Data Science, and other roles.  At Tesco, our retail platform comprises a wide array of capabilities, value propositions, and products, essential for crafting exceptional retail experiences for our customers and colleagues across all channels and markets. This platform encompasses all aspects of our operations - from identifying and authenticating customers, managing products, pricing, promoting, enabling customers to discover products, facilitating payment, and ensuring delivery. By developing a comprehensive Retail Platform, we ensure that as customer touchpoints and devices evolve, we can consistently deliver seamless experiences. This adaptability allows us to respond flexibly without the need to overhaul our technology, thanks to the creation of capabilities we have built.