Project Manager - Payroll Technology

Tesco UK Welwyn Garden City Hybrid Full-Time Permanent Working hours 36 Apply by 22-Oct-2026

About the role

As a Payroll Manager, you'll lead a team of subject matter experts through the end to end project lifecycle to ensure successful delivery of the project

Proactively leads and collaborates with stakeholders within the business to ensure shared ownership for the delivery of business outcomes and realisation of benefits

Drive complex cross-functional change into the organisation through the application of ‘best in class’ project management in a sustainable way

Manage effective governance framework to ensure the appropriate level of oversight and control is in place across the delivery of the release

What is in it for you

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• 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 (12 months service required at the qualifying date) 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.

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You will be responsible for

End to end delivery of a defined project - primarily focused on digitalisation of payroll processes and transformation of payroll technologies

Creating and maintaining project planning artefacts e.g. project plan, RAID logs

Provide project/release status summary and reporting into relevant governance forums

Responsible for delivery of all business discovery to determine feasibility of a change initiative

Responsible for creation of business case & tracking delivery of benefits

Deliver to agreed timeline, and on budget, challenge and course correct the plan as required.

Act as first point of escalation for the project team

Manage all risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies within the project/release, escalating where appropriate

Ensure project plans are aligned and dependencies managed to the broader programme plan

Adhere to planning and reporting standards

Manage the resource planning and any capacity constraints to support the delivery of the plan and take corrective action where necessary

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 waves and other programmes

Identify and manage the project critical path

Identify At-Risk activities/deliverables and take corrective action

Lead the process for assessing change requests

Leads Lessons Learnt sessions & Post implementation reviews in conjunction with team members and other key stakeholders

Manages engagement with Group People service management & service delivery teams to enable successful transition into service

You will need

• Success in delivering complex programmes and projects within or outside of Tesco
• Practitioner in Programme and, Project management methodologies
• Financial and Benefits Management
• People Leadership and Management
• Strong engagement and influencing skills
• Great at building and leveraging relationships
• Experience of working Technology with Cloud based technologies and/or Agile delivery

About us

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.

We're proud to be an accredited Disability Confident Leader, where everyone’s welcome. That’s why we commit to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you need support with your application, click here  for more information. And if you're interested in joining our team but don't tick every box, don't let that hold you back from applying.