Project Delivery lead

Volkswagen Financial Services (UK); Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 69,000 - 87,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus 10%

Pension 9%

Company Car scheme

Private medical insurance

Career development

Job summary

Volkswagen Financial Services (UK) is seeking a Project Delivery Lead to steer a portfolio of strategic projects. You will lead Senior Project Managers, Project Managers and contractors to deliver major business changes, working with senior stakeholders to translate strategy into outcomes.

You will shape portfolio strategy, oversee governance, and drive delivery excellence while building a high-performing team and sustaining momentum across initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience leading large-scale programmes and change portfolios.
• Proven track record building high-performing delivery teams.
• Strong governance, budgeting and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic change portfolio and complex programmes for business transformation.
• Provide leadership across delivery function and governance.
• Shape portfolio strategy and manage risks, dependencies and resources.

Skills

Programme leadership

Portfolio management

Stakeholder engagement

Agile/Waterfall

Financial acumen

Mentoring

Education

PRINCE2

MSP

PMP

AgilePM

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Microsoft Project

Job description

SALARY: From £69,300 Up to £86,625 pa dependent on experience

LOCATION: Milton Keynes

HYBRID WORKING: Our current hybrid working policy requires a minimum of 60% of working time to be based in the Milton Keynes office however flexibility is expected to meet the needs of the business and the role.

HOURS / CONTRACT TYPE: Full time permanent

CLOSING DATE: 25/09/26

We’re looking for an experienced Project Delivery Lead to lead a team of Senior Project Manager, Project Managers and contractor resources, to deliver a complex portfolio of strategic projects and programmes.

You’ll play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering major business change, leading a talented delivery team and working closely with senior stakeholders to turn strategic ambitions into successful outcomes.

What you’ll be doing:

• Own and lead the strategic change portfolio, ensuring the successful delivery of complex programmes and initiatives that drive business transformation and deliver measurable outcomes.
• Provide visible leadership across the Project Delivery function, setting direction, driving accountability, and embedding a culture of delivery excellence, continuous improvement and high performance.
• Shape and oversee portfolio strategy, priorities and execution, ensuring effective management of risks, dependencies, resource demands and delivery challenges across a diverse change landscape.
• Act as the senior escalation point for critical delivery matters, providing decisive leadership to remove barriers, mitigate risks and maintain momentum on key initiatives.
• Champion robust governance, controls and reporting frameworks, ensuring transparency, informed decision-making and confidence in portfolio performance.
• Lead strategic workforce planning, building the capability, capacity and succession pipeline required to support current and future business priorities.
• Oversee the effective deployment of project delivery resources, suppliers and specialist partners, ensuring optimal performance, value and return on investment.
• Mobilise and lead high-impact business initiatives, including Board-sponsored and time-critical programmes, establishing clear ownership, governance and sustainable delivery approaches.
• Partner with Executive and Senior Leadership teams to shape, prioritise and deliver business-critical change, translating strategic ambitions into successful outcomes.
• Build and maintain strong relationships across the organisation, influencing senior stakeholders, aligning priorities and securing decisions that support strategic objectives.
• Provide leadership and insight across portfolio governance, investment and planning forums, delivering clear visibility of performance, risks, opportunities and resource requirements.
• Work collaboratively with Finance, EPMO and governance functions to ensure effective investment oversight, financial control and portfolio management disciplines.
• Inspire, develop and mentor a high-performing team of project professionals, creating an inclusive, empowered and results-focused environment where people can thrive.
• Serve as a trusted deputy to the Head of Project & Programme Management, providing leadership continuity and contributing to the strategic direction of the change function.

What you’ll bring:

This is a rare opportunity to lead the delivery of a significant strategic change portfolio, influencing business direction at the highest level and driving transformation across the organisation. You will combine strategic leadership, commercial acumen and delivery expertise to ensure major initiatives achieve lasting business impact while building a high-performing delivery function capable of supporting future growth and change.

Essential Experience & Skills

• You’ll have experience leading large-scale programmes, strategic change portfolios and business transformation initiatives within complex organisations.
• Proven success leading and developing high-performing project delivery teams, including Project Managers and Senior Project Managers, to achieve exceptional business outcomes.
• Strong track record of delivering complex change programmes within scope, budget, timescales and governance requirements using Agile, Waterfall or hybrid delivery approaches.
• Demonstrated expertise in portfolio resource planning, workforce management, supplier engagement and contractor oversight.
• Highly skilled in influencing and engaging senior stakeholders, with the ability to build trusted relationships and drive decision-making at Executive level.
• Commercially astute, with strong financial, resource and supplier management capabilities.
• Experienced in coaching, mentoring and performance management, creating accountable, high-performing teams and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Outstanding leadership, communication and negotiation skills, with the credibility to challenge, influence and inspire across all levels of the organisation.
• Resilient and pragmatic, able to navigate complexity, ambiguity and change while maintaining focus on delivery and strategic outcomes.
• Experience within Financial Services, Automotive or another regulated environment would be advantageous.
• Knowledge of project and portfolio management tools such as JIRA, Confluence and Microsoft Project, together with recognised qualifications (PRINCE2, MSP, PMP, AgilePM or equivalent), is desirable.

What’s in it for you?

Bonus:

Discretionary 10% on-target bonus (based on personal and Group company performance)

Pension:

Employer pension contribution of 9% (based on employee contribution of 3%). VWFS will pay 6% if employee chooses a 2% employee contribution.

Car schemes*:

Choice of Employee Car Ownership (ECO) scheme for petrol/diesel and hybrid vehicles plus car insurance and fuel card OR Company Car scheme for Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) plus car insurance cover for you and a partner/eligible family member.

Other benefits:

From day 1 we provide income protection, life assurance (4x salary), retail discount vouchers, access to Care Concierge (a service to support carers of adults), along with other salary sacrifice options including a will writing service and cycle to work (subject to scheme restrictions). Following successful completion of probation, you will have access to private medical insurance for you (with the option to buy additional family cover), access to our loan car scheme for up to 2 cars for your partner or eligible family members (subject to scheme restrictions) and during our annual benefit window you can purchase critical illness cover and dental cover, so you can select the benefits that matter to you.

We invest in our people and are passionate about driving development. You’ll have access to LinkedIn Learning via our Degreed platform as well as a host of professional development programmes and opportunities to build your technical and soft skills so you can further develop your career. We also offer mentoring schemes and reciprocal partnerships recognising that we can all learn from each other in the flow of work.

Why join VWFS UK?

You’ll have the opportunity to make a difference by helping us to achieve our mission.

Our mission is straight forward; we want to be 'The Key to Mobility'. That means we make getting from A-to-B as easy and simple for as many people as possible. To truly meet the mobility needs of people in a changing world, our offering goes beyond traditional vehicle financing. We do this by providing a range of finance and aftersales products on Volkswagen Group vehicles, as well as developing innovative mobility products designed to solve real problems and support our customers.

No candidate will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!

VWFS is proud to be an inclusive employer and encourages applications from a diverse range of candidates. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion isn’t just a statement for us, we encourage and aspire for all our colleagues to be their 100% self. If you need any reasonable adjustments to assist you with the application and/or recruitment processes, please contact our Resourcing Team.

This role does not meet the UKVI’s criteria for the skilled worker sponsorship route, therefore we are unable to accept candidates requiring sponsorship for this role.