Executive Leadership Development Manager
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: London Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1M 6HA
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Group HR
Closing date: 05 September 2025
Requisition ID: 400011216
We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. We’re the first to say we do HR differently here. For a start, we work as business partners and specialists. That’s whether we’re making sure that nearly 180,000 colleagues are paid on time, or that our strategy is helping us attract the right people, put them in the right place, and unlock their talent. This is a fast-moving business and our policies and rewards keep up too. That’s why we’re as flexible as we can be about where and when you work. We’re also flexible about your future. There’s always room to move up or across, if that’s what you want. We really value different perspectives so there’s no one opinion, no single path, and yours is important. What’s certain is that you’ll be joining one of the happiest, most engaged teams in the business.
Why join us
Joining the Executive Leadership Development team at Sainsbury's offers a unique opportunity to lead the design, development, and deployment of innovative leadership development solutions that shape the future of leadership capabilities across the organisation. As an Executive Leadership Development Manager, you will collaborate with senior stakeholders, drive strategic initiatives, and foster a culture of continuous learning and growth. With a focus on delivering impactful leadership programmes, coaching senior leaders, and driving organisational performance, this role provides a platform for professional development, creativity, and making a meaningful impact within a dynamic and inclusive environment at Sainsbury's.
What you'll do
As the Executive Leadership Development Manager at Sainsbury's, you will lead the design, development, and deployment of Leadership Development portfolio and products across the organisation, ensuring the cultivation of next-level leadership capability to meet customer needs. Your role will involve consulting and influencing senior business stakeholders, divisional leadership teams, and subject matter specialists to align leadership development offerings with organisational goals and market needs, fostering strategic impact and enhancing performance outcomes. Additionally, you will design and lead strategic sessions with senior leaders, provide executive coaching, facilitate peer-to-peer learning circles, and deliver coaching, workshops, and immersive experiences that drive growth and behavioural changes within the leadership population. Your focus will be on owning and driving the flawless execution of individual products or portfolios within the Executive Leadership offer through meticulous project management, evaluation, and continuous improvement to ensure quantifiable results and a positive impact on the business.
Who you are
As an Executive Leadership Development Manager at Sainsbury's, you are a seasoned professional with a proven track record in designing and implementing impactful leadership development solutions that drive organisational performance and cultivate next level leadership capabilities. Your expertise in learning design, executive coaching, stakeholder management, and project management equips you to lead the design, development, and deployment of innovative leadership development products that meet current and future organisational goals while fostering a culture of continuous improvement and growth.
Essential Criteria
- Proven experience designing and implementing leadership development programmes, including digital and blended learning solutions tailored to senior leadership populations.
- Demonstrable ability to evaluate learning impact using both quantitative and qualitative methods aligned to organisational performance objectives.
- Evidence of coaching senior leaders, with outcomes that support behavioural change and alignment to organisational culture.
- Track record of managing complex projects or programmes, from initiation through to delivery and closure, within dynamic environments.
- Ability to analyse data and develop business cases that inform strategic decisions and measure the effectiveness of leadership interventions
We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new — whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them: Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 20% of salary, depending on how we perform. Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy up to an additional week's holiday, and we provide private healthcare. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, interest free car loan of up to £10k, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an Employee Assistance Programme. Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave. Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).
