Talent Acquisition Project Manager - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

As a Project Manager for Talent Acquisition, you'll be responsible for leading the Natural Work Team for each project, comprising of representation from all functions and departments required to deliver the change, including programme teams, technical and subject matter experts.

The hiring manager for this vacancy is Simon Tyler

You will be responsible for:

End to end delivery of defined projects or specific project deliverables
Producing the project plans, subsequently tracking and reporting progress to the governance forum
Deliver to agreed timeline, and on budget, challenge and course correct the plan as required.
Act as first point of escalation for everyone within the projects
Identifying and manage all risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies within each project, escalating where appropriate
Ensure project plans are aligned and dependencies managed to the broader programme plan.
Adhere to planning and reporting standards set by the Programme.
Call out capacity/resource issues as required and take corrective action
Ensure milestones and key deliverables are realistic in line with key activities
Oversee and take corrective action where milestones are at risk
Identify and monitor key dependencies with other programmes
Identify and manage the project critical path
Identify At-Risk activities/deliverables and take corrective action
Impact assess change requests
Identify and manage key stakeholders
Provide project status summary and reporting into the cross programme integration and programme boards.
Capturing lessons learned in conjunction with team members and other key stakeholders

You will need:

Success in delivering complex projects within or outside of Tesco
Practitioner in Programme, Project and Change Management methodologies
Financial and Benefits Management
Prior experience working within a retail environment or working with retail businesses
People Leadership and Management skills
Strong engagement and influencing skills
Great at building and leveraging relationships
Experience with Agile to understand how Technology works

What's in it for you:

We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you – both in and out of work. Click Here to find out more!

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:

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 a big business with diverse working patterns and many business areas which means that we can find something that works for you. Everyone is welcome at Tesco.

We have recently announced that we will be moving towards a more blended working week – combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. Please talk to us to about how this can work for you.

NOTE: Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details on your agreed start date.

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 visit https://www.tesco-careers.com/accessibility