Property GIS & Spatial Manager

Tesco UK • Welwyn Garden City • Hybrid • Full-Time • Permanent • Working hours 36 • Apply by 10-Aug-2026

At Tesco, Property is all about making great decisions that help us serve customers, colleagues and communities better. As our Property GIS & Spatial Manager, you'll play a pivotal role in transforming how spatial data is used across the business.

This is a unique opportunity to build and shape Tesco Property's GIS capability from the ground up. You'll define the GIS strategy, develop innovative spatial tools and solutions, and empower colleagues to harness the power of location intelligence in their everyday decision making.

We're looking for someone who is equally comfortable developing GIS applications and spatial models as they are influencing stakeholders and coaching others. You'll be the subject matter expert for GIS across Property, bringing together technical excellence, strategic thinking and a passion for enabling others.

What is 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 (12 months service required at the qualifying date) 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.

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You will be responsible for

• Defining and delivering the GIS strategy for Tesco Property, ensuring it supports current and future business needs.
• Designing, building and configuring GIS tools, applications and spatial solutions, with a particular focus on supporting Location Planning and property decision making.
• Creating mapping applications, dashboards, spatial models, workflows and data products that unlock actionable insights.
• Acting as a hands-on GIS practitioner, undertaking spatial analysis, developing new data layers and producing high-quality outputs where required.
• Establishing scalable GIS products, templates and reusable solutions that can be adopted consistently across multiple teams.
• Developing and embedding a self-service GIS approach, enabling colleagues across Property to confidently use spatial tools and data.
• Coaching and upskilling colleagues to build their own analyses and make better use of spatial intelligence.
• Defining GIS standards, governance and best practices to ensure consistency, quality and reliability across the function.
• Owning and evolving the ArcGIS Enterprise environment, driving continuous improvement, performance and adoption.
• Demonstrating the art of the possible through hands-on delivery and visible impact.
• Shaping the future GIS capability, identifying opportunities to scale, evolve the operating model and introduce new skills and capabilities over time.

You will need

• Significant experience designing, developing and implementing GIS solutions in a business environment.
• Strong hands-on experience with Esri technologies, particularly ArcGIS Enterprise, including solution design, configuration and development.
• Experience building GIS products, applications, dashboards, workflows and spatial analyses from concept through to deployment.
• A track record of establishing, scaling or transforming GIS or location intelligence capabilities within an organisation.
• Experience coaching, mentoring or enabling others to use data, analytics or GIS tools effectively.
• The ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate business requirements into practical GIS solutions.
• Experience creating standards, governance frameworks and best practices for GIS development and usage.
• A problem-solving mindset and the confidence to work autonomously within a standalone specialist role.

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.

We're proud to be an accredited Disability Confident Leader, where everyone's welcome. That's why we commit to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you need support with your application, click here for more information. And if you're interested in joining our team but don't tick every box, don't let that hold you back from applying.