WHAT I NEED TO KNOW - ESSENTIAL:

• Relevant degree, Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification, PRINCE2 or equivalent qualification.
• Extensive experience in driving end-to-end delivery of complex technology programmes and communicating results to senior leadership.
• Significant experience with managing and resolving complex business and technology problems.
• Highly experienced in stakeholder management.
• Experience of delivering successfully with multiple methodologies, hybrid delivery models and agile practices such as Scrum, Big Room Planning (BRP) as well as waterfall approaches to delivery.
• Proven experience of implementing successful and innovative delivery practices

WHAT I NEED TO KNOW - DESIRABLE:

• Retail Experience

• Accountability for one or more of the key transformational Programmes* for Sainsbury’s Technology.
• Arbiter and owner of critical programme decisions, communicating at all levels to ensure visibility and progress and seeking alignment where necessary.
• Subject matter expert and key hands-on delivery lead for assigned Programme.
• Leading the planning, execution, and closure of programmes and projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives and strategic goals working closely with engineering and critical stakeholders.
• Achieving measurable outcomes to support business priorities and ensuring benefits are realised
• Ensuring the integration and management of complex programme dependencies, timelines, plans, key decisions, risks, and reporting between programmes.
• A laser focus on risk and issue management, working with engineering to uncover risks and support mitigations, ensuring only significant risks and issues require escalation.
• Driving efficiency of processes working closely with the PMO team to ensure all activities add value.
• Working with Head of Tech Enablement and team and change enablement function to ensure that changes to the business / those impacted are managed seamlessly.
• Programmes are defined by specific criteria relating to impacts to technology, ways of working and/or business operations.