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Communications Test & Learn Squad Lead - 12 Month Secondment
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Communications Test & Learn Squad Lead - 12 Month Secondment
Test and Learn Squad Lead – Strategy and Transformation at Tesco
About the Role
We’re recruiting for a Test and Learn Squad Lead within the Strategy and Transformation team at Tesco.
In this role, you will lead a Rapid Test and Learn squad focused on continuously experimenting to identify, refine, and scale the most effective ways to engage customers and drive valuable behaviours.
Key Responsibilities
Delivery and Performance of the Squad
- Lead end-to-end delivery of the Test and Learn agenda, from idea generation through to scaled execution.
- Own key performance outcomes, including:
- Number of tests run
- Percentage of winning tests
- Percentage of tests scaled
- Incremental sales and profit delivered through testing and scaling initiatives
- Ensure a strong balance of speed, quality, and impact, prioritising meaningful learning over sheer volume.
Translating Learning into Growth
- Ensure insights from tests are clear, actionable, and reused across the business.
- Drive the transition from test → optimise → scale, preventing promising ideas from stagnating.
- Build a culture of evidence-based decision making within and beyond the squad.
Shaping Priorities and Direction
- Represent Test and Learn in the Customer Planning Flow to prioritise focus based on high-impact opportunities.
- Actively challenge and refine the backlog to maximise value.
- Partner with commercial, product, and channel teams to align testing priorities with growth goals.
Removing Barriers and Enabling Pace
- Work with fellow squad leads to mitigate dependencies across data, technology, creative, and channels.
- Identify systemic friction and improve operational efficiency in Test and Learn.
- Ensure the squad can operate quickly without compromising governance or quality.
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Embedding New Capabilities
- Support the implementation and evolution of tools (e.g., Adobe) within Test and Learn.
- Translate new technologies into practical improvements in testing, learning, and scaling.
- Provide feedback to shape future capability needs.
Commercial Storytelling & Influence
- Shape a clear and compelling narrative for Test and Learn in partnership with Finance and performance teams.
- Communicate performance, insights, and opportunities to drive action and investment.
- Act as a visible advocate for Test and Learn across the business.
Requirements
To excel in this role, you must demonstrate:
- Clarity and focus – Ensure the squad always prioritises what matters most.
- Pace with purpose – Balance speed with thorough, high-quality learning.
- Empowering teams – Allow analysts, test owners, and channel experts to thrive.
- Hands-on leadership – Stay close to the detail without micromanaging.
- Collaboration and relationships – Build trusted partnerships to drive results.
- Energy and mindset – Embrace experimentation and bring enthusiasm to the role.
- Commercial & data acumen – Drive decisions based on data-led insights.
- Strategic delivery – Combine big-picture thinking with hands-on execution.
- Cross-functional leadership – Lead initiatives with customer and commercial impact.
- Agile experience – Work effectively in test-and-learn or agile environments.
- Storytelling & influence – Communicate clearly and persuade stakeholders.
- Stakeholder management & prioritisation – Handle complex stakeholders and focus on highest-value opportunities.
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Key Benefits
Support & Flexibility
- "Little helps" mindset – A comprehensive benefits package designed to support you in and out of work.
- 25 days annual holiday + 1 personal day (plus Bank Holidays)
- Flexible working (60% office-based, 40% remote) with ongoing conversations about personal flexibility.
- Fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process for disability confident candidates.
Financial & Wellbeing Perks
- Annual bonus scheme (up to 20% of base salary)
- Free 24/7 virtual GP service
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family
- Free mental wellbeing support via expert sessions
Parental & Family Support
- 26 weeks full pay maternity/adoption leave (with 12 months service)
- Followed by 13 weeks Statutory Maternity/Adoption Pay
- 6 weeks paid paternity leave
- Private medical insurance
About Tesco
You might recognise us as a shop, a tech company, or even a mobile network provider, but at our core, we’re many things at once. Every Tesco colleague—just like every customer—is unique. Our mission? Making every day a little better for our customers, colleagues, and communities worldwide.
- Championing work-life balance with flexible arrangements.
- Awards-winning disability confidenece with an inclusive hiring process.
- Open to conversations about flexible working at every career stage.
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