Lead Portfolio Planning Manager

Tesco; Welwyn Garden City; Híbrido; GBP 60.000 - 80.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Annual bonus scheme up to 20%

25+ days holiday

Private medical insurance

26 weeks maternity/adoption leave at full pay

Descripción de la vacante

A leading retail company in the UK is seeking a Lead Portfolio Planning Manager to oversee the Property PMO team and enhance strategic decision-making in property planning. This role requires significant experience in project environments, capability building, and governance ownership. The position offers a dynamic work culture with flexibility for remote and on-site collaboration. Competitive benefits include a bonus scheme, private medical insurance, and generous holiday allowances.

Formación

• Proven experience in high-pressure project environments.
• Experience managing and developing teams.
• Strong interpersonal skills for effective relationship building.

Responsabilidades

• Lead and evolve the Property PMO team to enhance delivery.
• Develop skills and talent through structured development cycles.
• Standardise PMO processes for better governance and reporting.
• Act as central contact for the Property Plan and reporting.
• Own and improve the governance framework for Property.

Conocimientos

Experience in fast-paced project environment

Programme or portfolio experience

Line-management experience

Building and leveraging relationships

Leading function-wide engagement

Descripción del empleo

Overview

Are you ready to shape the future of our property strategy? We’re looking for a dynamic Lead Portfolio Planning Manager to join our Property Team and play a pivotal role in enabling strategic, informed, and timely decision‑making across the business. This high‑impact leadership position is responsible for bringing a holistic view to our Property Plan and ensuring our leadership team is equipped with the insights and governance needed to drive success.

Responsibilities

• Drive PMO maturity and best practice by leading and evolving the Property PMO team, embedding consistent ways of working and sharing best practices that enhance delivery and alignment.
• Grow capability and talent by developing the skills and capabilities of the PMO team through structured talent and development cycles, fostering a culture of continuous growth, high performance and career progression.
• Standardise processes and tools that mature the PMO function, supporting prioritisation based on scope, size, dependencies, compliance, capacity and absorbability, and collaborate with property teams to build effective tools for capacity and benefits management.
• Portfolio oversight and insight: act as the central point of contact for the Property Plan, maintaining a transparent and accurate view of the portfolio, supporting reporting, steering prioritisation and ensuring joined‑up delivery across teams.
• Governance ownership: own and continuously improve the governance framework for Property, ensuring robust decision‑making and alignment with strategic goals.
• Business planning integration: serve as the key link between the Business Planning function and Property, supporting all aspects of Annual Planning—including plan details, priority briefs and scorecard reporting.
• Performance tracking and reporting: lead the process for setting and tracking performance against in‑year outcomes, providing bi‑periodic updates to the Property Leadership Team to inform progress and decision‑making.
• Strategic alignment: work closely with the Head of Property Strategy and Planning to align in‑year plans with long‑term strategic ambitions, ensuring clear links to broader business deliverables and timelines.
• Risk management and assurance: take a holistic view of risk across Group and Property levels, ensuring alignment with the Property Plan and projects, and engage with risk, controls and audit teams to maintain accurate registers and support group audits.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a fast‑paced, project environment.
• Programme or portfolio experience.
• Line‑management experience.
• Experience of building and leveraging relationships.
• Experience of leading function‑wide engagement.

The Hiring Manager for this role is Sue Highfield.

Benefits

• Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary.
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays).
• Private medical insurance.
• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 year’s service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of statutory maternity pay or statutory adoption pay, and 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave.
• Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing.

About Us

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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