Lead Project Manager

Job Description

Please read the following job description thoroughly to ensure you are the right fit for this role before applying.

We're Hiring: Lead Project Manager

Location: Remote

Department: Business Change

Hours: Monday to Friday 09:00-17:30

Overall Purpose of The Role

You will lead and develop a team of Project Managers, ensuring high quality delivery across multiple projects and embedding a consistent, outcome focused delivery approach. You will play a critical role in aligning delivery to strategic priorities, improving ways of working, and driving performance across the change portfolio.

Working closely with senior stakeholders, you will influence at all levels, ensuring strong governance, clear communication, and effective execution across the organisation

This is a leadership role, we are looking for someone who has a skill set and proven experience in transforming and performance managing teams of change professionals. .

Key Accountabilities

• Lead, mentor and develop a team of Project Managers
• Ensure consistent delivery standards, frameworks and methodology across projects
• Align project delivery to organisational strategy and business objectives
• Oversee resource allocation, prioritisation and delivery performance
• Drive strong governance, risk management and reporting
• Build and manage senior stakeholder relationships, influencing at all levels
• Champion continuous improvement and evolving ways of working, including Agile and value stream approaches

Experience, Knowledge, Skills

• Proven experience transforming and leading a project management function or team in a fast paced environment
• Strong track record delivering change within regulated environments
• Experience shaping and improving delivery frameworks, tools or methodologies
• Strong people leadership and stakeholder influencing skills
• Comfortable operating across Agile, Value Stream and traditional delivery approaches
• Commercially aware with strong analytical and decision making capability

Why Join Us

At Kensington Mortgages, we believe our employees are the heart of our success. We are committed to creating a supportive and flexible work environment that values personal growth, professional development and a healthy work life balance

Our inclusive culture respects and celebrates diversity in all its forms, ensuring that everyone feels welcome, valued and understood. xwzovoh We recognise and appreciate differences in thinking, learning styles, gender, race, identity, ethnic origins and sexual expression.