Technical Program Manager

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Role: Technical Program Manager – BY WMS

Mode: Hybrid (2days)

Location: Coventry

Careers at TCS: It means more

TCS is a purpose-led transformation company, built on belief. We do not just help businesses to transform through technology. We support them in making a meaningful difference to the people and communities they serve - our clients include some of the biggest brands in the UK and worldwide. For you, it means more to make an impact that matters, through challenging projects which demand ambitious innovation and thought leadership.

The Role

As a Technical Program Manager, we are seeking from you to lead the end-to-end testing program for BY WMS implementation. This role requires strong technical depth combined with excellent program execution, stakeholder management, and cross‐functional leadership skills.

You will work closely with Blue Yonder, warehouse, platform, and business teams to plan, coordinate, and deliver seamless transformation.

Your responsibilities:

• Lead testing services of Blue Yonder WMS for Food Depots.
• Define program roadmap, timelines, milestones, and delivery strategy.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, supply chain teams, and IT teams.
• Drive solution architecture discussions and integration planning.
• Manage vendors, system integrators, and cross-functional teams.
• Ensure data migration, system integration, and testing strategies are executed effectively.
• Identify risks, dependencies, and mitigation plans proactively.
• Track KPIs, program health, and provide executive-level reporting.
• Ensure compliance with quality standards, governance, and best practices.
• Lead change management and user adoption initiatives
• Drive continuous improvement of program delivery processes, tooling, and metrics.
• Ensure adherence to governance, security, and compliance standards.

Your Profile

Essential skills/knowledge/experience:

• Strong knowledge of Blue Yonder WMS (formerly JDA WMS).
• Experience in Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) implementations.
• Strong understanding of testing lifecycles including defining test strategy and test plan for various testing phases.
• Understanding of automation testing and performance testing.
• Understanding of: Supply Chain & Logistics processes, Inventory management, order fulfilment, and warehouse operations.
• Integration experience with: ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, etc.), APIs, Middleware, EDI, and Microservices architecture.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure/AWS) is a plus.
• Experience working in Agile environments.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage engineering teams and senior stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams and competing priorities with minimal supervision.

Desirable skills/knowledge/experience:

• Expertise in managing large-scale transformation programs.
• Program governance and stakeholder management, Budget planning, cost tracking, and resource management, Risk management and escalation handling.
• Experience in Warehouse operations.
• SAFe, PMP, or Agile certifications.

Rewards & Benefits

TCS is consistently voted a Top Employer in the UK and globally. Our competitive salary packages feature pension, health care, life assurance, laptop, phone, access to extensive training resources and discounts within the larger Tata network.

We offer health & wellness initiatives and sports events; we are the proud sponsor of the London Marathon.

Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing

Tata Consultancy Services UK&I is committed to meeting the accessibility needs of all individuals in accordance with the UK Equality Act 2010 and the UK Human Rights Act 1998.

We welcome and embrace diversity in race, nationality, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender identity, age, physical ability, gender reassignment, sexual orientation. We are a disability inclusive employer and encourage disabled people to apply for this role.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer an interview to applicants with disabilities or long-term conditions who meet the minimum criteria for the role. Please email us at UKI.recruitment@tcs.com if you would like to opt in.

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