Leadership Development Manager

Tesco; Welwyn Garden City; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading supermarket chain in Welwyn Garden City seeks a Leadership Development Lead to design and deliver a group-wide leadership development strategy. The role requires significant exec level stakeholder management skills and proven experience in leadership development for senior leaders. Candidates should have expertise in cultural change and the ability to deliver innovative learning solutions. This position offers a flexible work arrangement, including onsite collaboration and remote opportunities.

Benefits

Annual bonus scheme up to 20%

25 days holiday plus personal day

Private medical insurance

Generous parental leave policies

Free 24/7 virtual GP service

Qualifications

• Proven experience in end to end leadership development for senior leaders.
• Ability to influence and drive group wide development strategies.
• Experience in aligning learning with business context.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of leadership development strategies.
• Deliver online and face to face learning events for senior stakeholders.
• Champion and role model organisational values.

Skills

Exec level stakeholder management

Cultural and behavioural change experience

Strong learning design

Knowledge of diversity and inclusion

Building trusted relationships

Job description

Tesco UK • Shire Park, Kestral Way, Welwyn Garden City • Permanent • Apply by 05-Jan-2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen in our Talent and Capability Practice of Expertise (PoE).

In this role you will lead the design and delivery of a group wide leadership development strategy for Tesco, that equips leaders with the right skills, behaviours to deliver our strategic priorities, lead an inclusive and high performing culture.

With significant experience in end to end leadership development for senior leaders, alongside experience of creating and implementing aligned and meaningful development strategies that enhance Tesco culture, you'll be a thought leader in this area and be able to balance a more strategic perspective with delivery of future fit solutions.

You’ll need proven Exec level stakeholder management experience and will be able to influence and drive engagement and agreement for group wide programmes of work.

What is in it for you

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• 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 years' service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 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

You will be responsible for

1. The successful delivery of an innovative and leading edge leadership development offer that cultivates an inclusive, high performing and future focused culture.
2. Building future capabilities skills and values required of our leadership population, ensuring a sustainable and high quality and value add learning offer is developed. Use latest thinking and external insight / connections to inform the work, ensuring best in class interventions.
3. Leading and managing the core director learning curriculum, which includes director's induction. To deliver content that aligns to our biggest opportunities and strategic priorities.
4. Deliver and facilitate online and face to face learning events with senior stakeholders and leaders across the group.
5. Contribution to the overall leadership, talent development and culture strategy, designed to ensure we build strong pipelines of leaders for now and the future, in service of our long‑term strategic priorities.

• Support the broader delivery of the group capability strategy and wider PoE, aligning leadership development and culture to our core manager and colleague learning offer. alongside working with OD, SWP and Learning Services in order to realise our long term vision for learning at Tesco.
• Embed Inclusion into everything we do, aligning our leadership and culture plans to the group DE&I strategy, ensuring delivery of shared priorities.
• Champion and role model our Win Together behaviours and values, contributing to a cultural change programme across the Tesco group, building solutions that will drive cultural change across Tesco and actively drive a learning culture.
• Critically review and evaluate existing development solutions and make sound recommendations for changes. Share evaluation data back with relevant stakeholders.
• Partner across markets and with senior stakeholders to ensure the central management development offer is embedded effectively across all markets.
• Work with learning tech / tech teams to ensure all content is inclusive and accessible, and support and inform the long term learning tech plans.
• Engage and manage relationships with external partners in line with internal standard process, ensuring they deliver value for money.
• Be agile and responsive to the changing needs of the business and colleagues we serve.

You will need

• Setting group wide strategies and gaining engagement, buy‑in and sign off at exec level.
• Proven cultural and behavioural change experience across the whole learning cycle LNA, design, delivery and evaluation at senior leadership level.
• Strong learning design across a variety of formats and levels - virtual, blended, online, both working with suppliers and building in‑house solutions.
• Proven understanding of diversity and inclusion challenges and opportunities.
• Demonstrable knowledge of current leadership and exec development interventions, providers and thought leaders in common areas of leadership (finance, commercial acumen etc).
• Senior stakeholder management, in particular building trusted relationships with a diverse group of international stakeholders.
• Ability to think beyond the here and now – connecting learning to the wider business context.

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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