Senior Technical Program Manager - FH&B Planning Platform
Marks & Spencer
United KingdomFull-time
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What's in it for you?
Being a part of M&S is exactly that – playing your part to bring the magic of
M&S to our customers every day. We’re an inclusive, dynamic, exciting, and ever
evolving business built on doing the right thing and bringing outstanding
quality, value, service to every customer, whenever, wherever and however they
want to shop with us.
Here are some of the benefits we offer that make working for M&S just that
little bit more special…
• After completing your probationary period, you’ll receive 20% colleague
discount across all M&S products and many of our third-party brands for you
and a member of your household.
• Competitive holiday entitlement with the potential to buy extra holiday
days!
• Discretionary bonus schemes awarded based on how you achieve your personal
objectives and our performance as a business.
• A generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance.
• A dedicated welcome to our teams with a tailored induction and a wide range
of training programmes to develop your skills.
• Amazing perks and discounts via our M&S Choices portal to maximise your
financial and personal wellbeing.
• Industry-leading parental, adoption and neonatal policies, providing support
and flexibility for your family.
• Access to a fantastic range of wellbeing support for all colleagues including
access to our 24/7 Virtual GP and PAM Assist to support you and your family.
• A charity volunteer day to support a charity or cause you're passionate about
through a dedicated day away from work.
What you'll do
• Lead the delivery of complex, cross-functional technology programmes,
ensuring successful outcomes against agreed scope, milestones, timelines and
budgets.
• Shape programme roadmaps and delivery plans, coordinating activity across
multiple teams and aligning priorities with product and engineering
partners.
• Manage programme dependencies, risks and issues, driving timely decisions and
escalating where needed to keep delivery on track.
• Provide clear, data-led reporting on programme health, progress, financial
performance and emerging risks to stakeholders.
• Develop delivery excellence by strengthening ways of working, supporting
service transitions and coaching Technical Programme Managers where
appropriate.
Who you are
• You bring experience leading complex technology programmes or large-scale,
multi-team delivery initiatives from planning through to implementation.
• Experience delivering large-scale SaaS implementations, ideally within
planning, merchandising or retail technology environments.
• Comfortable managing governance, dependencies, risks and stakeholder
relationships across complex delivery landscapes.
• Able to use delivery data and insights to provide transparency, support
decision-making and drive successful outcomes.
• A strong communicator with excellent coaching and problem-solving skills,
able to simplify complexity and build confidence across teams.
Everyone's welcome
We are ambitious about the future of retail. We’re redefining, innovating and
leading the industry into a more conscientious, inspiring digital era. We’re
redefining how we work together and offering our most exciting opportunities
yet. Marks & Spencer strives to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and
admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make change
happen.
We are committed to building diverse and representative teams, where everyone
can bring their whole selves to work and be at their best. We support each other
and work together to win together.
If you feel you’d benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any
stage of the recruitment process, please don’t hesitate to let us know when
completing your application. This information will be picked up by our team, so
we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this
process.