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. We recognise and appreciate differences in thinking, learning styles, gender, race, identity, ethnic origins and sexual expression.