Talent Acquisition Project Manager - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

Job Description

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

• 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

• 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

You might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award-winning mobile network. Truth is, we�re all of those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind, helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. No two customers are the same, neither are our colleagues.

At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Spend 60% of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. Whether you're just kicking off your career, juggling passions, or navigating big life events, we're here to support you. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

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