Senior Programme Manager

Location: Coventry Store Support Centre - Ansty Park and Home, Sainsbury's Store Support Centre Draken Drive Ansty Park, Coventry West Midlands, CV7 9RD

We'd all like amazing work to do, and real work life balance. That's waiting for you here at Sainsbury's. For a FTSE business, we move incredibly fast. When we're not leading projects, we're supporting teams across the wider group to achieve their goals. And here, you can see the impact of your work as soon as you walk into a store, giving you a real sense of purpose and responsibility. Better still, the team around you will listen to your ideas and opinions, and you'll have every chance to try something new. The scale and complexity of our business mean there's always something new to learn, and we'll support you every step of the way. We're trusted to get on with it. So get ready to make things happen.

Joining Sainsbury's as a Senior Programme Manager within our Property division means being at the forefront of driving complex capital investment activity across our estate, translating strategic objectives into tangible deliverables that impact our customers, colleagues, and business. With a focus on programme management including sequencing, risk management, and stakeholder collaboration, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and optimising integrated programme plans that drive successful outcomes at scale. Working in a fast paced and dynamic environment, you will have the opportunity to influence and challenge across functions, while continuously improving programme management standards and making a significant impact within a supportive and collaborative team.

You'll lead part of the programme management of complex capital investment across Sainsbury's Property division. Working closely with various stakeholders across Property and other business sponsors, you will balance investment priorities, operational constraints, benefits realisation, and delivery risks to ensure that programmes are phased and sequenced effectively. You'll build and maintain integrated programme plans, lead sequencing decisions, apply robust planning and control approaches, manage risks and issues, and provide high quality reporting and analysis.

You have a proven track record in project and programme management within capital delivery environments, demonstrating strong stakeholder communication skills. With the ability to influence and challenge across functions, and to prioritise in a fast paced environment, you will be a valuable leader across a large and dynamic estate.

• Demonstrable experience developing and managing capital investment programmes across complex portfolios, translating strategic objectives into deliverable activities and managing dependencies across multiple workstreams.
• Proven ability to lead programme sequencing, prioritisation and delivery planning, balancing resource capacity, operational constraints, risks, benefits and business priorities.
• Evidence of applying programme governance disciplines, including risk management, issue management, change control and programme reporting to support effective decision making.
• Proven ability to influence and challenge stakeholders across multiple functions, holding teams accountable for milestone delivery, dependencies and programme outcomes.
• Experience producing programme analysis, reporting and performance insights, using tools such as Excel, PowerPoint and reporting systems to communicate status, risks and recommendations.

• Colleague discount: 10% saving on online and in store shopping at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, increased to 15% at times of the year.
• Eligibility for a performance related bonus of up to 20% of salary, depending on company performance.
• Private healthcare and annual holiday allowance, with option to purchase up to one additional week.
• Season ticket loans, interest free car loan up to £10,000, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance where available.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Up to 26 weeks' paid maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks' paid paternity leave.

Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: Coventry Store Support Centre - Ansty Park and Home, Coventry, CV7 9RD
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Finance & Transformation
Closing date: 19 July 2026
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