Lead Business Improvement Project Manager

Solicitors Regulation Authority; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading regulatory body in Birmingham is seeking a Lead Business Improvement Project Manager to oversee the successful delivery of projects. The role includes managing resources, improving project delivery, and leading a team of project managers. The ideal candidate will have experience in delivering complex change programmes and strong leadership skills. This full-time hybrid role offers a supportive work environment with opportunities for development.

Benefits

Generous flexible benefits package

Excellent pension scheme

Inclusive and supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Proven experience of successfully delivering complex programmes of transformational change.
• Experienced leader and line manager, able to motivate and engage teams.
• Outstanding communication skills for a variety of audiences.

Responsibilities

• Effectively deliver the Futures portfolio of change.
• Improve the Futures lifecycle with effective resource and capacity planning.
• Manage and develop a team of project managers.

Skills

Change Management

Leadership

Communication

Problem-Solving

Decision Making

Education

Relevant professional qualifications (e.g. Programme Management, APMP, Prince2)

Job description

The Lead Business Improvement Project Manager will be responsible for the successful delivery of projects across the SRA Futures portfolio, overseeing various aspects of prioritisation, planning and execution to time, cost, and quality. SRA Futures oversees the portfolio of change projects to ensure the SRA are working to deliver on strategic objectives.

Responsibilities

• Effectively deliver the Futures portfolio of change.
• Improve the Futures lifecycle with better ways of working and effective resource and capacity planning.
• Improve the SRA's project delivery by increasing the capability and effectiveness of project sponsors and wider business representatives.
• Manage and develop a team of project managers and project support officers working on complex, interdependent, and/or unrelated projects.
• Plan detailed schedules, optimally manage resources, and handle RAID (Risks/Assumptions/Issues/Dependencies) management.
• Define and maintain project prioritisation, engage with senior stakeholders, and influence to ensure projects are delivered.
• Report into the Head of Change Management and support continuous improvement of project management methodologies and principles.
• Take responsibility and ownership of complex projects with direct impact on SRA strategy and objectives.
• Lead and develop your team of project managers and project support officers.

Benefits and Opportunities

• Work in a collaborative and supportive work environment. The SRA is the independent regulator of solicitors and law firms in England and Wales, protecting consumers and supporting the rule of law and the administration of justice.
• We offer an inclusive, supportive and friendly working environment and the chance to develop your career within a professional organisation.
• We are committed to the health and wellbeing of staff, helping everyone to strike a good balance between personal and professional life.
• We provide a generous flexible benefits package, an excellent defined contribution pension scheme, and an additional 3% of annual basic salary upon successful completion of probation.

Qualifications

• Proven experience of successfully delivering complex programmes of transformational change, unrelated and interdependent projects to time, cost, and expected quality.
• Experienced leader and line manager, able to motivate, engage and develop direct reports and project teams.
• Demonstrable experience of managing and improving business solutions, processes, and the consistent adoption of tools and ways of working.
• Outstanding communication skills, with the ability to communicate timely and complex messages to a range of audiences.
• Experienced problem solver and confident decision maker, comfortable with accountability at a managerial level.
• Relevant professional qualifications, e.g. Programme Management, APMP, Prince2, Change Management, Agile.

Additional Information

This is a full‑time hybrid role and will be based in our Birmingham office 1 to 2 days a week, and from home the rest of the week.

Attachments

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