Portfolio Delivery Manager

Asda Stores Ltd; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary company bonus

Pension up to 7% matched

Company Car allowance of £5,700

15% colleague discount in store and/or

Wellbeing services access

Job summary

Asda Stores Ltd is seeking a Portfolio Delivery Manager to lead data domain projects and provide delivery oversight from Asda House, Leeds. The role is permanent, full-time (37.5 hours per week) with a competitive salary and benefits.

The position requires strong project management in technology/data environments, budget forecasting, stakeholder management, and Agile delivery. A hybrid work model is offered with office and home working.

Qualifications

• Strong Project Management experience within Technology, Digital or Data environments.
• Experience managing budgets, forecasting costs and understanding commercial impacts.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and challenge effectively.
• Experience working within Agile delivery environments.
• The ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining a focus on delivery outcomes.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• A proactive, collaborative approach and the confidence to drive progress and make decisions.

Responsibilities

• Managing projects within your domain. Leading Data projects end-to-end, delivering to time, cost and quality.
• Providing delivery & operational oversight across your domain. Maintaining oversight of time, cost and quality across the whole domain.
• Overseeing domain financials, forecasts and resource requirements, ensuring impacts on delivery are understood and visible.
• Coordinating resource, supplier and commercial activity with relevant partner teams. Supporting the assessment and scoping of new demand.

Skills

Project management

Budget forecasting

Stakeholder management

Agile delivery

Prioritisation

Problem solving

Proactive collaboration

Job description

Job Title Portfolio Delivery Manager

Location Asda House

Employment Type Full time

Contract Type Permanent

Hours Per Week 37.5

Salary Competitive salary plus benefits

Category Project and Program Management - SF

Closing Date 26 October 2026

What you'll be doing

As Portfolio Delivery Manager, you'll play a dual role, leading projects whilst also providing delivery oversight across your wider Data domain. You'll be responsible for:

• Managing projects within your domain. Leading Data projects end-to-end, delivering to time, cost and quality. Managing project plans, budgets, resources, RAID, dependencies and governance. Providing clear stakeholder reporting and driving actions and decisions to keep delivery on track. Taking ownership of smaller delivery activities outside normal squad delivery, driving them through to completion.


• Providing delivery & operational oversight across your domain. Maintaining oversight of time, cost and quality across the whole domain, including projects, product squad delivery, maintenance and run, resources and budgets. Partnering with Product, Engineering and Architecture to understand overall domain performance, priorities, risks and dependencies. Identifying and coordinating domain-level risks, dependencies and blockers, driving action where required. Overseeing domain financials, forecasts and resource requirements, ensuring impacts on delivery are understood and visible. Coordinating resource, supplier and commercial activity with relevant partner teams. Supporting the assessment and scoping of new demand, considering existing priorities, capacity and commitments. Providing clear reporting and insight to support domain and Data leadership decision-making.

What we're looking for

We're interested in speaking to candidates who have:

• Strong Project Management experience within Technology, Digital or Data environments


• Experience managing budgets, forecasting costs and understanding commercial impacts


• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and challenge effectively


• Experience working within Agile delivery environments


• The ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining a focus on delivery outcomes


• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills


• A proactive, collaborative approach and the confidence to drive progress and make decisions

It would be great if you also have

Experience working directly within Data or Analytics

Exposure to portfolio management, resource planning or financial forecasting

Experience supporting supplier, vendor or commercial management activities

Knowledge of Data Engineering, Data Platforms or Data Transformation programmes

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.

Benefits

• 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.

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