Senior Manager Leadership & Talent Development

Asda; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent retail company in Leeds is seeking a Senior Manager for Leadership & Talent Development. This role involves designing and delivering enterprise-wide career pathways and talent ecosystems. Responsibilities include leadership development ownership and embedding talent pathways. Ideal candidates will have experience in leading talent initiatives and working with Workday systems. This position offers competitive salary, hybrid working, and comprehensive benefits including a company bonus and car allowance.

Benefits

Discretionary company bonus

Company pension up to 1.5 times colleagues' contribution

Company Car allowance of £8000

15% colleague discount

Free wellbeing services access

Excellent parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience leading large-scale leadership and talent initiatives.
• Hands-on expertise with Workday Talent & Performance.
• Strong understanding of leadership frameworks, behaviour change.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end ownership of leadership development.
• Design and embed talent development pathways.
• Lead a team of experts across leadership and talent.

Skills

Leadership initiatives

Workday Talent & Performance

Behaviour change understanding

Stakeholder credibility

Team leadership

Storytelling skills

Job description

Senior Manager, Leadership & Talent Development

At Asda, we’re redefining how we develop and empower leaders. We’re seeking a Senior Manager to design, deliver, and embed enterprise-wide career pathways and a connected talent ecosystem that will shape the future of our business.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end ownership of leadership development from front-line leader to executive succession.
• Design and embed talent development pathways for emerging talent, high potentials, successors, and senior leaders.
• Lead a team of experts across leadership, talent, and systems.
• Integrate leadership and talent frameworks into Workday (Talent, Performance, Skills Cloud, Learning).
• Drive cultural change through leadership behaviour, routines, and capability building.
• Deliver enterprise-wide talent processes: performance cycles, talent reviews, succession calibration, capability reporting.
• Use insight and analytics to identify risks and shape interventions.
• Influence senior leadership with clear, simple recommendations.
• Create operating rhythms aligning talent and leadership with business performance.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience leading large-scale leadership and talent initiatives.
• Hands‑on expertise with Workday Talent & Performance.
• Strong understanding of leadership frameworks, behaviour change, and cultural transformation.
• Credibility with Exec‑level stakeholders.
• Experience leading and developing specialist teams.
• High judgement, excellent storytelling, and strong organisational awareness.

Benefits

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.

You will also get an excellent benefits package including:

• Discretionary company bonus
• Company pension up 1.5 times colleagues' contribution (Max 15%)
• Company Car allowance of £8000
• 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.

We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be proud of Asda and proud to be themselves.

Location

Asda House

Employment Type

Full time

Contract Type

Permanent

Hours per Week

37.5

Salary

Competitive Salary plus benefits

Category

Learning and Development

Closing Date

18 December 2025