Tesco Labs is the research and development team within Tesco Technology. Our products are typically ‘new to world’ or ‘new to retail’. We work across the Innovation Horizons, from nearer term opportunities to testing hypothesis in experimental, breakthrough innovation. Our aim is to create a culture of innovation by inspiring our colleagues and the wider community.  Within Tesco, we work alongside the Group Innovation team. Group Innovation has a broader focus, spanning all aspects of our business, to realise new disruptive innovation opportunities that enhance what we do or how we do things. This team partners with Tesco Labs where that opportunity involves technology.  This vacancy involves managing the portfolio of active projects in the Lab plus other responsibilities such as procurement, third party onboarding, budget and risk management for the Head of Labs. Ad hoc special projects will also feature, ensuring this role provides variety and opportunity to grown in role. This really is a role within a team working at the cutting edge and no two days are the same. You’ll need to be comfortable with complexity and ambiguity while moving the Lab agenda forward, sometimes with tight deadlines and with senior stakeholders. A role in the Lab means ‘no blueprints’ ways of working – we’re inventing the new.

Proven track record in project management, ideally in technology functions and/or for digital products with agile ways of workingExperience in commercial procurement and in supplier management, with strong commercial acumen

Experience in commercial procurement and in supplier management, with strong commercial acumenKnowledge of project management principles, methods, techniques, tools, and emerging trends, ideally with a Project Management qualification, for example, APM/P, Prince2