Group Talent Manager - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

Tesco UK; Digswell; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Tesco Stores Limited seeks a senior leader to own and evolve Tesco’s Group talent and succession strategy. You will align leadership pipelines with current and future priorities, drive governance of talent reviews, and collaborate with Markets, Functions and external partners to deliver robust talent outcomes.

You will leverage data and external insights to mitigate risks, develop career pathways, and champion an inclusive, high-performance culture across Tesco’s global operations.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in talent management and succession planning.
• Experience partnering with senior leaders on leadership pipelines and critical talent.
• Experience leading talent reviews, governance and succession discussions.

Responsibilities

• Lead Tesco's Group approach to talent and succession, ensuring leadership pipelines support business priorities.
• Own the Group talent planning and succession approach, driving consistency across Tesco.
• Translate Group talent priorities into practical actions with alignment across markets and teams.
• Drive stronger succession for critical and senior leadership roles by improving readiness and building diverse pipelines.
• Lead Group talent reviews and governance to make priorities visible and actionable.
• Use talent insights to identify risks and improve outcomes.
• Develop and embed Tesco's careers, potential, and talent management approach.
• Partner across Markets, Functions, Capability, and HR teams to deliver joined-up talent outcomes.
• Provide expert guidance to the Group talent community and external partners.

Skills

Talent management

Leadership pipelines

Succession planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven decision making

Job description

• - Lead Tesco's Group approach to talent and succession, ensuring leadership pipelines and critical talent support current and future business priorities
• - Own the Group talent planning and succession approach, creating consistency in how talent is identified, reviewed, developed and moved across Tesco.
• - Translate Group talent priorities into practical action, ensure markets, functions and people teams are aligned on the outcomes that matter most.
• - Drive stronger succession for critical and senior leadership roles by identifying risks, improving readiness and building diverse talent pipelines.
• - Lead Group talent reviews and governance ensuring talent priorities are visible, discussed and translated into clear actions.
• - Use talent insight, data and external market intelligence to identify risks, inform decisions and improve talent outcomes.
• - Lead the ongoing development and embedding of Tesco's approach to careers, potential and talent management.
• - Build strong partnership across Markets, Functions, Executive Resourcing, Capability, Workforce Planning, DE&I and business partnering teams to deliver joined-up talent outcomes.
• - Provide expert talent advice, challenge and guidance to the Group talent community, building capability and improving the quality of talent and succession decisions
• - Bring external insight to continuously evolve Tesco's approach to talent, succession and careers.
• - Lead the partnership with Tesco's external strategic talent partner.

• - Significant experience in talent management and succession planning
• - Experience partnering with senior leaders on leadership pipelines and critical talent
• - Experience designing and embedding enterprise-wide talent approaches
• - Experience leading talent reviews, governance and succession discussions
• - Experience using talent insight and data to inform decisions and actions
• - Experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives and stakeholders
• - Experience working with external talent partners

You might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award-winning mobile network. Truth is, we’re all of those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind, helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. No two customers are the same, neither are our colleagues.

At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Spend 60% of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. Whether you're just kicking off your career, juggling passions, or navigating big life events, we're here to support you. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

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When you join us in this role, you'll be employed by Tesco Stores Limited, the Tesco legal entity responsible for your employment.