While responsibilities will evolve with business needs, the core accountabilities include:

• Delivercomplexcybersecurityprogrammeswith multiple technical, operational and risk dependencies that directlyimprove Tesco’s security posture and business resilience

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• Leadcross‑functionalinitiatives spanning Cyber, Technology,Productand operational teams

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• Translate cyber strategy, risk priorities and securityobjectivesinto clear programme outcomes,milestonesandmeasurablevalue

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• Shapeand leadprogrammes with evolving scope, emergingthreats, anduncertain delivery paths

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• Establish and continuously improve delivery approaches suited to cyber environments (combining agile,iterativeand structured delivery models whereappropriate)

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• Create,ownandmaintainintegrated delivery plans coveringtechnical implementation, operational readiness and change impacts

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• Act as thecentral pointof coordination across Cyber teams,Product, Engineering, and Operations.

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• Proactivelyidentifydelivery risks and issues,facilitateinformedtrade‑offdiscussions, and manage escalations with clarity and confidence.

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• Understand cyber and security architectures sufficiently toanticipatedependency, sequencing, and integration risks.

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• Supportplanning cycles, financialforecastingand budget management for cyber programmes

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• Build strong relationships with stakeholders, suppliers, and partners, holding themaccountablefor delivery outcomes.

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• Support vendor selection and management activities, including tendering, SLAs, and delivery assurance.

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• Contribute to the wider TPM and Cyber delivery community, sharing good practice and continuously raising the bar for programme execution.

Your role is to enable and accelerate delivery, ensuring complex cyber initiatives arewell‑sequenced,outcomes‑focused, and sustainably embedded.

An ideal candidate willdemonstratethe following experience and skills:

Essential

• Proven experience managing cyber security delivery,programmesor portfolios within a Cyber, Security or Technology Risk environment

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• Strongtrack recorddelivering complex technology or security initiatives across multiple teams and stakeholders.

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• Excellentprogramme, project, and stakeholder management capability, including senior leadership engagement.

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• Experienceoperatingin environments shaped by cyber risk, threat context, or regulatory obligations.

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• Ability to understand and navigate cyber and security architectures well enough to manage dependencies and delivery risk.

• Strong reporting, planning, and financial forecasting skills.

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• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to translate complex technical topics into clear delivery narratives.

Desirable

• Experience workingwith a range of Cyber domains(e.g. Identity & Access Management, Cloud Security, Threat Detection, Security Engineering)

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• Familiarity withthreat‑informeddefence,detection‑ledsecurity, orrisk-basedprioritisationapproaches

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• Experience delivering programmes that involve security tooling, automation, or platform integration.