Programme Executive - 9M FTC
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: London Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1M 6HA
Contract type: Secondment
Business area: Argos
Closing date: 10 April 2026
Requisition ID: 400055276
At Argos, we’re a digital-led UK retailer that keeps pushing boundaries to meet every generation with what they want, how and when they want it. As a market leader in general merchandise, serving millions of customers through our website, app, same-day delivery and Click & Collect services, we offer real opportunities to learn, grow and shape your career. With roles spanning Commercial, Buying, Merchandising, Design and Supply Chain, through to Digital, Operations, Customer Experience, Marketing, and People and Transformation , you will work with brilliant colleagues and directly shape how we serve our customers every day. From enabling inspiring choice across our owned brands, including Habitat, Chad Valley and Bush, alongside the world’s biggest brands like Apple, Lego, Xbox and Samsung, to making shopping effortlessly convenient, championing trusted value and accelerating our strategy - Argos is an exciting place to build your future.
About the team
Argos Operations is the backbone of our retail success, driving transformational projects that shape the future of our stores and support centre. Our division is renowned for its collaborative spirit, commitment to continuous improvement, and focus on delivering exceptional outcomes for both our customers and colleagues. As part of our Change Programme team, you will work alongside passionate professionals who value initiative, teamwork, and innovative thinking. Join us in an environment where every voice is heard and positive change is championed.
More about the role
As Programme Executive, you will play a pivotal role in supporting the Portfolio & Change Programme Management for Argos. Working closely with a variety of stakeholders across the business, you will be instrumental in bringing together multiple change initiatives into a unified, well-maintained programme plan. Your day-to-day will involve maintaining accurate programme information, tracking progress, and preparing essential documentation that keeps our projects on course.
You will also support programme governance by ensuring stakeholders are kept informed of risks, dependencies, and upcoming activities, and create accurate, tailored reporting for various audiences and can run and share working groups. Key projects span a wide range of transformation activities, providing you with the opportunity to make a real impact by embedding project management lifecycles and driving continuous improvement processes embedding yourself into a variety of workstreams. Your contributions will help ensure clarity and alignment across all areas of the business.
More about you
We are seeking a candidate with demonstrable awareness of project methodologies and best practices, who can confidently support the creation and updating of delivery plans and associated project controls. Your organisational skills and attention to detail will be essential in managing programme documentation, tracking progress across multiple workstreams and can present complex information simply.
To thrive in this role, you will demonstrate ownership of your responsibilities, collaborate effectively with colleagues, and communicate clearly with stakeholders at all levels. A proactive approach and the ability to adapt to evolving priorities are highly valued, as is your commitment to driving positive change and continuous improvement within our division.
Essential criteria
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Demonstrable experience coordinating programme or project governance activities, including maintaining programme information, programme plans, tracking progress, and producing documentation to agreed standards.
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Proven ability to apply project or programme lifecycle processes, ensuring activity is assessed, prioritised, sequenced and embedded in line with defined methodologies.
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Demonstrable experience working with cross-functional stakeholders (e.g., Property, Tech, Digital, Finance) to identify and manage dependencies, risks, and issues.
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Ability to produce accurate, tailored reporting for varying audiences, including working groups and senior governance forums, showing measurable insight, benefits progress and operational impacts.
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Demonstrable competence using programme or project management tools/software to consistently capture and maintain project or programme data.
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Competent in Microsoft 365 tools such as SharePoint, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and Word to support daily business operations
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We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new — whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them: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 10% 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.Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).
