Transformation and Programme Manager (12M FTC)

We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. We’re one of the biggest supermarkets in the UK with one of the largest websites. So marketing here really happens at scale. We move a lot faster than you’d think too, across Brand Planning, Brand Comms and Creative, Digital Marketing, CRM and Loyalty, Nectar 360, Insights, and Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability.

About the Team

The Marketing division at Sainsbury’s is at the forefront of delivering innovative campaigns and customer-centred propositions, helping us fulfil our purpose of “Good Food for All of Us,” combining diverse expertise and fostering a collaborative, cross-functional culture. The team actively partners with colleagues across the business—spanning Finance, Product, and Retail—to deliver impactful marketing solutions and continuous improvement. By nurturing a supportive and inclusive environment, we empower everyone to contribute ideas and make a real difference to the way we communicate with our customers.

More about the role

As the Transformation and Programme Manager, you will lead key programmes designed to shape and accelerate the growth and effectiveness of our Marketing division (as such you will have experience from within a retail marketing role). You will be responsible for bringing the right teams together, driving complex projects from initial concept through to delivery. Your work will involve scoping out new initiatives, managing cross-functional programme teams, and collaborating closely with stakeholders at every level to ensure successful outcomes. Day-to-day, you’ll coordinate and deliver a variety of design trials and strategic marketing concepts across our store estate as well as driving our MarTech strategy to enable the Marketing department to deliver campaigns effectively ensuring projects run smoothly and deliver measurable value. You’ll champion agile ways of working, support critical governance meetings, and manage project budgets for external agencies and suppliers. This is an exciting opportunity to drive innovation and embed change that directly benefits colleagues and customers alike.

More about you

We’re seeking a strategic thinker with a proven record in programme management, transformation and Marketing. You’ll have strong analytical skills, using data and insight to inform decisions, and will demonstrate curiosity by challenging the status quo. You are well-organised, outcome-focused, and able to lead high-performing matrix teams in a fast-paced, change-driven environment. Effective communication and the ability to influence senior stakeholders are essential, as is a collaborative, positive, and agile approach to working across the business. You’ll exemplify our valued behaviours by owning your work, supporting others, and always looking for ways to improve.

Essential Criteria

• Proven experience managing large-scale, cross-functional multimillion pound programmes, delivered over a multi-year horizon.
• Demonstrable success in shaping and implementing major business change projects or programmes within a commercial environment.
• Extensive experience in a marketing role.
• Strong skills in using data, insight, and external innovation to drive complex decisions and projects.
• Ability to synthesise information, present clear recommendations, and communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience managing project budgets and external supplier relationships, ensuring clear tracking and reporting throughout the project lifecycle.

Benefits

Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year. We’ve also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You’ll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 5% of salary, depending on how we perform. Your wellbeing is important to us too. You’ll receive an annual holiday allowance and you can buy up to an additional week’s holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an employee assistance programme. Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave.