Leadership Academy Lead: Shape Future Leaders

Asda; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary company bonus

Company car allowance

15% colleague discount

Job summary

Asda is seeking an experienced Leadership & Talent Development Manager to lead the Leadership Academy for salaried leaders. You will own the end-to-end pathway from onboarding to progression and shape leadership content with SME collaboration.

You will enable teams to create and deliver impactful learning while ensuring alignment with HR principles and business priorities. A hybrid working model is in place with strong focus on leadership impact.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a Learning and Development Manager, leadership development, talent, academy, or business partnering role.
• Strong understanding of leadership development and what it takes to build practical, scalable pathways for leaders in a large organisation.
• Experience of shaping clear learning pathways from onboarding through to progression.
• Ability to work through squads and enable subject matter experts to create and deliver learning content.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage, influence and align leaders and SMEs at different levels.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Leadership Academy for Asda, owning the end-to-end salaried leadership pathway from onboarding through to progression.
• Make the leadership pathway clear, simple and transparent so leaders know what is expected of them, what support is available and how they can continue to grow.
• Act as the leadership subject matter expert, shaping what great Asda leadership looks like in practice across knowledge, skills, behaviours and day‑to‑day management routines.
• Enable People Team SMEs and business SMEs to create and deliver the right learning content, rather than building everything yourself.
• Lead pathway work through squads, bringing together the right expertise from across the People Team and wider business to solve priority leadership capability gaps.

Skills

Leadership development

Learning & development

Academy leadership

Stakeholder management

Coaching experience

Job description

Asda is seeking an experienced Leadership & Talent Development Manager to lead the Leadership Academy for salaried leaders. You will own the end-to-end pathway from onboarding to progression and shape leadership content with SME collaboration.

You will enable teams to create and deliver impactful learning while ensuring alignment with HR principles and business priorities. A hybrid working model is in place with strong focus on leadership impact.