Senior Manager Leadership & Talent Development - Leeds

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

Job summary

A leading retail company in Leeds is seeking a Senior Manager for Leadership & Talent Development. In this role, you will own leadership development initiatives and design pathways for talent. You will also lead a team and integrate frameworks into Workday while driving cultural change. The position offers a competitive salary, hybrid working flexibility, and an attractive benefits package, including bonuses and well-being services.

Benefits

Discretionary company bonus

Pension scheme up to 15%

Company car allowance of £8,000

15% colleague discount

Free access to wellbeing services

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 and behaviour change.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end ownership of leadership development from front-line leader to executive succession.
• Design and embed talent development pathways.
• Deliver enterprise-wide talent processes.

Skills

Leadership development

Workday Talent & Performance

Cultural transformation

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Organizational awareness

Job description

Senior Manager Leadership & Talent Development – Leeds

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

Overview

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.

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 Package

• Discretionary company bonus
• Company pension up to 1.5 times colleagues’ contribution (Max 15%)
• Company Car allowance of £8,000
• 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.

Our Culture

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 to be Asda and proud to be themselves.