Job Description

Technical Programme Manager FTC up to 6 months

High Wycombe HP11 2EE

Hybrid working - 3 days office based

IPC EMEA, the purchasing and supply chain organisation for Subway Franchisees in Europe, has an excellent opportunity for a Technical Programme Manager to join the Enterprise Systems team on an initial 6-month contract.

The role

To manage complex technical delivery through a structured system development lifecycle, ensuring optimal utilisation of technical resources, and 3rd parties, so that objectives are realised in line with business expectations, and in line with allocated budgets.


The successful candidate will need to be an experienced Technical Programme Manager in retail, FMCG or supply chain. Have a people centric approach, excellent stakeholder management skills and SDLC delivery methodologies, including Prince2 and Agile.


The role is an immediate start, due to this we are not able to accept applications from candidates who require visa support.

Accountable for

Defining the technical scope, goals and deliverables that will ensure assigned objectives are realised in alignment to Transformation programmes requirements Supporting Development Managers/Domain Leads in their formulation of business cases, through provision of the key dimensions of the planned technical delivery, including initial risk assessment, budgetary position, resourcing needs, etc Providing input into Technology selections where requested, quality assuring Vendors proposals relating to technical implementation. Support formulation of SOWs, where necessary. Representing technical workstream delivery within broader business programmes, where appropriate, supporting the Transformation Development Managers achieve their overall programme objectives. Delivering development to systems in accordance with IPCs operating model Developing and managing delivery plans, including resource allocation, budget tracking, risk identification and mitigation Managing delivery partners to ensure scope, budget and quality targets are met or exceeded, in line with SOWs Building and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders, including data and enterprise architects, products owners, and domain leads Running timely ceremonies, and following up with clear outcomes and action item assignment, with clear agenda/objectives in advance Communicating progress status clearly and effectively across the governance stack, including measuring performance of assigned development teams Supporting continuously evolving IPCs development framework to keep pace with changing needs, conducting PIRs to elicit learning. Supporting the IPC programme and project management community to hone skills and understanding to effectively deliver technical initiatives

What is important to us

Our culture and values are at the heart of everything we do and are an important part of our hiring process. Our three values are:

We are empowered

- we have the freedom to make a difference together.

We collaborate

- we trust and depend on each other. We contribute. We succeed together.

We deliver on our commitments

- we deliver on our commitments together, individually, today and tomorrow.

How we support our employees

Joining a new company can be daunting; we support everyone who has chosen IPC EMEA to develop their career, with:


A structured onboarding programme. Time with the senior leadership team, as well as your colleagues and our Culture Champions. Training programmes to develop your skills and ways of working, focusing on feedback and management of work. Flexible working between the hours 8am - 6.30pm. We appreciate the juggle of life and home can be challenging and provide opportunities to flex your start and leave times. Excellent benefits package including enhanced pension contribution, healthcare, 25 days holiday, salary sacrifice schemes. Plus, we also provide breakfast and lunch items in the office! On-site parking A chance to volunteer at our nominated charities. In addition, you will get one volunteer day a year to work with your chosen charity. Recognition award schemes and a Summer and Winter event each year

We actively support diversity, equity and inclusion and make sure that our employees are valued and treated with dignity and respect. We encourage everyone in our business to reach their potential.

About us

Subway is one of the fastest growing Franchise networks in the world and the largest submarine sandwich chain, with more than 41,500 stores more than 4,500 of which are in Europe.


IPC EMEA, (formally IPC Europe), is a non-profit making organisation owned by Subway Franchisees in Europe. The organisation was established in 2001 to enable Subway Franchisees to benefit from the discounts that come from purchasing and supplying products in large volumes. Over time, the breadth of the services we provide, and our geographic reach has grown.


Our scope now goes beyond purchasing and supply chain management as we seek to have a positive impact on every Franchisees P&L, wherever possible. We work with service providers to offer Franchisees a range of optional services such as Wi-Fi, energy, pest control and card payments. Our aim is to ensure we select the best providers, offering the best quality services at competitive rates.


We also provide a range of in-house support services, value-add initiatives and retail technology solutions for restaurant teams to help with day-to-day operations.


Today, IPC EMEA operates on a global, regional, and local level to source high quality products at the best value for Franchisees, managing over 1.5 billion worth of contracts and partnering with other IPCs across the world where it makes sense to do so, to get the best possible service and prices.


We remain as focused on our mission today as we did 20 years ago, to help Subway Franchisees be more profitable and competitive today and for the future.


For more information, please visit www.ipcemea.org


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