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PMO and Data Manager - Property ConstructionHead Office
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A career in Property offers huge opportunities to influence how we design, build, invest and operate our estate. Our PMO and Commercial teams ensure we deliver efficiently, cost‑effectively and with strong governance across all programmes.
As the PMO & Data Manager, you will play a pivotal leadership role in shaping the planning, delivery and governance of the Property Construction portfolio. You will lead a team responsible for programme governance, data quality, performance reporting, analysis and insight—making sure Property and Construction have reliable, visible and actionable intelligence to drive decisions across major programmes including new stores, remodels, asset replacements, category rollouts and operational improvements.
This is a highly influential role requiring exceptional stakeholder management, leadership capability, and a passion for driving performance through structure, data, and insight.
You will collaborate and build strong day to day relationships with multiple stakeholders including Property, Finance, Construction Managers, Contractors, Consultants, and other Project Managers / PMO’s to ensure projects are delivered on time and as per the agreed scope. You will be required to own the property governance terms of reference, ensuring best practice is followed and compliance adopted. You will manage a team of PMO and data analysts.
You will be responsible for:
1. PMO Leadership & Governance
Lead the PMO function for Property Construction, ensuring adherence to governance frameworks and continuous improvement of standards.
Own and evolve programme governance processes, RAID management, change control, and reporting cycles.
Chair and facilitate governance forums, preparing high-quality packs, insights and recommendations for senior leaders.
Ensure robust oversight of all programmes, validating data accuracy, progress reports, risks and financial impacts.
2. Portfolio Reporting & Performance Management
Own and develop the Property reporting suite, ensuring “one version of the truth” across all programmes.
Provide consolidated portfolio reporting to Property & Construction Leadership, identifying trends, risks, opportunities and strategic impacts.
Monitor performance against timelines, budget assumptions, resource plans and delivery targets
3. Data Strategy, Quality & Visualisation
Build and lead the data strategy for the Property PMO, driving improvements in data quality, structure and accessibility.
Set the vision for dashboards, automated reporting and standardised templates across the department.
Drive insights that influence investment decisions, programme prioritisation and strategic planning.
4. Programme & Resource Planning
Oversee the creation of integrated programme plans across all Construction workstreams.
Ensure resource needs are forecasted, constraints highlighted, and decisions supported with clear insight.
Support prioritisation across competing programmes ensuring effective delivery sequencing.
5. Stakeholder & Relationship Leadership Build strong, productive relationships with senior stakeholders across Property, Construction, Finance, Store Design, Operations, Consultants and Contractors. Act as the central point of coordination for programme information, ensuring clarity, alignment and timely communication. Influence decision-makers through compelling insight and evidence-based recommendations. Line manage, coach and develop PMO and Data Co‑ordinators, building capability and supporting career growth. Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, innovation and high performance. Ensure the team has clear priorities and is equipped with the right processes, tools and development. Identify opportunities to simplify, automate or improve PMO processes and data flows. Champion digital tools, automation, and best practice methodologies Lead initiatives to improve efficiency, accuracy and transparency across the project lifecycle. Demonstrated experience operating within a PMO or programme leadership role, ideally within construction, property, retail development, or capital‑intensive environments. Strong understanding of project and programme governance, scheduling, capital planning, and risk/issue management. A recognised qualification in Professional PM qualifications (e.g., APM PMQ, PRINCE2 Practitioner, MSP). Experience leading teams and influencing stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership. Ability to persevere with significant change and challenges, finding creative ways to overcome barriers, and bounce back from setbacks. Previous experience of managing data and creating reporting templates. Utilising data to identify risks and opportunities and to develop new ideas and concepts. Innovative and are always looking for a way to continuously improve procedures to make them simpler, easier, and quicker for the team and end users. You will be a forward thinker with excellent communication skills, both verbal and written and have an ability to communicate complex information clearly and influence senior stakeholders. Proficient in the use of Microsoft Excel (Pivot Tables, Power Query) and have previous knowledge of using Power BI. Part time applicants will be considered for this role. 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. You will also get an excellent benefits package including: Discretionary company bonus Company pension up to 7% matched Company Car allowance of £5,700 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. 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 themselves6. Team Leadership
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Polly,
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The flexibility is great, I can attend school events like sports days and I can go for my morning run when I'm working from home and in the office as they have showers.
Tom,
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The role is really varied and diverse. You get involved in so many different things! Everyone is so supportive and really cares about your personal development.
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