Delivery Manager

Asda; Leeds; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Company pension up to 7% matched

Company Car allowance £5,700

15% colleague discount in store and on

Wellbeing services (Stream, GP, etc.)

Allies Inclusion Networks

Enhanced parental leave policies

Job summary

Asda is seeking a highly organised Delivery Manager to lead end-to-end technology delivery across Corporate Services. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage multiple deliveries and ensure alignment with business goals.

The role requires strong delivery and technical understanding, excellent stakeholder engagement and the ability to drive predictable, high-quality outcomes. Attendance at Asda House in Leeds is required at least three days per week.

Qualifications

• Experience in delivery management within technology environments.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams across complex programmes.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Proven track record delivering multiple workstreams on time.

Responsibilities

• Define delivery scope, objectives, timelines and alignment to business outcomes.
• Develop and maintain delivery plans with progress transparency, risks and performance metrics.
• Lead and coordinate delivery across cross-functional teams with accountability.
• Identify, track, and mitigate risks, issues, dependencies.
• Drive issue resolution and escalate concerns as needed.
• Serve as the primary liaison between technical teams, business units and external vendors.
• Coordinate developers, analysts, engineers, QA and operations.
• Manage expectations and ensure clear, ongoing communication.
• Ensure solutions meet security, governance and compliance standards.
• Support prioritisation, capacity planning and dependency management.
• Assist requirements gathering, solution design and technical documentation.
• Ensure deliverables are released in a service-ready state with handover to support.

Skills

Delivery Management

Project Management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Leadership

Tools

Jira

MS Project

Job description

Job Title: Delivery Manager

Location: Asda House

Employment Type: Full time

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours Per Week: 37.5

Salary: Competitive salary plus benefits

Category: Agile

Closing Date: 3 September 2026

We are seeking a highly organised, results-driven Delivery Manager to lead the end-to-end delivery of technology initiatives across our Corporate Services portfolio. You will be responsible for ensuring consistent, high-quality delivery that aligns with business goals, driving collaboration across cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

The ideal candidate combines strong delivery and technical understanding with excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and leadership skills. You will be comfortable overseeing multiple concurrent deliveries while ensuring predictable and successful outcomes.

Please be advised that this position requires attendance at Asda House in Leeds for a minimum of three days per week. We’re really looking forward to having you around!

Your Responsibilities Include

• Define delivery scope, objectives, timelines and alignment to business outcomes and priorities.
• Develop and maintain delivery plans, ensuring transparency of progress, risks and performance metrics.
• Lead and co-ordinate delivery across cross-functional teams, ensuring alignment, accountability, and efficient execution.
• Identify, track, and mitigate risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Drive issue resolution and elevate concerns appropriately.
• Serve as the primary point of contact between technical teams, business units, and external vendors.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams including developers, analysts, engineers, QA, and operations.
• Manage expectations, provide clear communication, and ensure alignment throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Ensure all solutions meet technical, security, governance and compliance standards.
• Support teams in prioritisation, capacity planning, and dependency management.
• Support requirements gathering, solution design, and technical documentation.
• Ensure all deliverables are released in a service-ready state, including appropriate handover to support and operations teams.

What We’re Looking For

• Strong background in Delivery Management or Project Management within technology environments.
• Proven ability to drive delivery across multiple workstreams, balancing priorities, timelines and dependencies.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and organisational skills.
• Experience with delivery tools (e.g., Jira, MS Project).
• Experience managing vendor or third-party relationships.

Everything you'll love

To ensure we balance moments where we know we need to collaborate together and the need for flexibility, Asda has a hybrid way of working with a minimum 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices. Over and above this, each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots.

You Will Also Get An Excellent Benefits Package Including

• Discretionary company bonus
• Company pension up to 7% matched
• Company Car allowance of £5,700
• 15% colleague discount in store and online
• Free access to wellbeing services such as Stream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking, enhanced to theme parks and cinemas.
• Asda Allies Inclusion Networks – helping colleagues to make sure everybody is included and that our differences are recognised and celebrated
• Excellent parental leave policies, including maternity & adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, and support for those doing fertility treatments.

We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves