Are you ready to shape the future of our property strategy? We’re looking for a dynamic Lead Portfolio Planning Manager to join our Property Team and play a pivotal role in enabling strategic, informed, and timely decision-making across the business. This is a high-impact leadership position, responsible for bringing a holistic view to our Property Plan and ensuring our leadership team is equipped with the insights and governance needed to drive success. You will be responsible for: Drive PMO Maturity & Best Practice Lead and evolve the Property PMO team, partnering with Portfolio Managers and Leads across Tesco to embed consistent ways of working and share best practices that enhance delivery and alignment. Grow Capability & Talent Develop the skills and capabilities of the PMO team through structured talent and development cycles, fostering a culture of continuous growth, high performance, and career progression. Standardise Processes & Tools Oversee the development of consistent processes and tools that mature the PMO function—supporting prioritisation based on scope, size, dependencies, compliance, capacity, and absorbability. Collaborate with property teams to build effective tools for capacity and benefits management. Portfolio Oversight & Insight Act as the central point of contact for the Property Plan, maintaining a transparent and accurate view of the portfolio. Use this insight to support reporting, steer prioritisation, and ensure joined-up delivery across teams. Governance Ownership Own and continuously improve the governance framework for Property, ensuring robust decision-making and alignment with strategic goals. Business Planning Integration Serve as the key link between the Business Planning function and Property, supporting all aspects of Annual Planning—including plan details, priority briefs, and scorecard reporting. Performance Tracking & Reporting Lead the process for setting and tracking performance against in-year outcomes, providing bi-periodic updates to the Property Leadership Team to inform progress and decision-making. Strategic Alignment Work closely with the Head of Property Strategy and Planning to align in-year plans with long-term strategic ambitions, ensuring clear links to broader business deliverables and timelines. Risk Management & Assurance Take a holistic view of risk across Group and Property levels, ensuring alignment with the Property Plan and projects. Engage with risk, controls, and audit teams to maintain accurate registers and support group audits. The Hiring Manager for this role is Sue Highfield. LI-AG2 You will need: Experience working in a fast paced, project environment Programme/Portfolio experience Line management experience Experience of building and leveraging relationships Experience of leading function-wide engagement What's in it for you: We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you – both in and out of work. Click Here to find out more! 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 About us: Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is 'Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day'. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet. We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We're a big business with diverse working patterns and many business areas which means that we can find something that works for you. Everyone is welcome at Tesco. We have recently announced that we will be moving towards a more blended working week – combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. Please talk to us to about how this can work for you. NOTE: Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details on your agreed start date. 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