Delivery Manager

asda; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary company bonus

Company pension up to 7% matched

Company Car allowance of £5,700

15% colleague discount in store and在线

Wellbeing services and 24/7 support

Inclusion Networks and parental leave

Job summary

Asda is seeking a Delivery Manager to lead end-to-end delivery of technology initiatives across our Corporate Services portfolio. You will drive collaboration across cross-functional teams and stakeholders, ensuring high-quality outcomes and alignment with business goals.

The role requires attendance at Asda House in Leeds for a minimum of three days per week, with a hybrid working model and a competitive salary plus benefits package.

Qualifications

• Proven delivery management experience in technology projects.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and leadership capabilities.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Define delivery scope, objectives and timelines aligned to business outcomes.
• Develop and maintain delivery plans with transparency on progress and risks.
• Lead cross-functional teams and coordinate dependencies across vendors and internal units.
• Manage risks and issue resolution; ensure service readiness and handover to operations.

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.

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 escalated 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