Organisation Design Manager

Tesco UK • Shire Park, Kestral Way, Welwyn Garden City • Permanent • Apply by 23-Feb-2026

In this role, you will partner closely with Executive members, senior business leaders, directors, and managers to design effective organisational structures and roles that enable teams to deliver against strategic priorities.

You will lead the development of a clear, forward‑looking vision for how the Group should be structured to succeed-shaping and driving a strategic workforce and organisation plan that supports business growth and agility. Drawing on both internal insight and external market intelligence, you will ensure the organisation is well positioned to respond to evolving market conditions and functional trends over the next 1-3 years.

What is in it for you

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• 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

You will be responsible for

• Provide Organisation Design (OD) expertise with a holistic view of both Group and market needs, ensuring all decisions are aligned to wider Group objectives and strategic direction.
• Maintain curiosity and stay up to date with OD best practice internally and externally, developing high‑quality OD frameworks and artefacts, including OD principles, work levels, and job descriptions.
• Partner with leaders to understand organisational requirements and identify, shape, and influence organisation design improvements that deliver strategic objectives and financial targets over a 1-3 year horizon.
• Advise, challenge, and influence leaders with well‑considered, data‑led role and structure options aligned to OD principles and the Tesco Service Model.
• Design roles with clear, differentiated accountabilities and simple, effective ways of working.
• Build trusted relationships with leaders to assess the impact of organisational design on behaviours, skills, capabilities, culture, systems, and communication flows; collaborate on interdependencies with other People Centres of Excellence, partnering teams, and functional change teams.
• Partner with functional Finance colleagues and leaders to align on efficiencies delivered and/or investments required to enable change.
• Collaborate with leaders to develop a compelling case for change, including benefits articulation and the change narrative.
• Lead evaluation activity to ensure changes are embedded and outcomes are measured against defined success criteria.
• Adhere to position governance processes to maintain the integrity of roles and organisational structures.
• Work with managers and People colleagues to maintain accurate position data, implement changes to roles and structures, and provide insights and trends on headcount and organisational data to business leaders.
• Partner with Strategic Workforce Planning to ensure the organisation's long‑term shape is clearly defined, understood, and supported by appropriate interventions within annual plans.

You will need

• Experience of developing structures in large organisations with many cross-functional hand-offs and interdependencies
• Experience of managing change projects, either internally or as an external consult
• Experience of OrgVue is highly desirable but not essential

About us

You might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award-winning mobile network. Truth is, we're all of those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind, helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. No two customers are the same, neither are our colleagues.

At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Spend 60% of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. Whether you're just kicking off your career, juggling passions, or navigating big life events, we're here to support you. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

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