Senior Project Manager

Lloyd's Register; London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Lloyd's Register seeks a Senior Project Manager to oversee complex global programmes. In this role, you'll be pivotal to the organization's transformation agenda, enhancing stakeholder engagement and delivering results. The opportunity offers executive exposure and growth within a values-driven environment focused on innovation and sustainability.

Benefits

Leadership Development

Mentoring Opportunities

Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives

Access to Advanced Training

Flexible Working Conditions

Qualifications

• 10+ years in project and programme management.
• Experience in managing cross-functional teams.
• Deep understanding of project governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of complex, high-impact programmes.
• Engage with C-suite stakeholders for programme success.
• Establish governance structures and risk management.

Skills

Project Management

Stakeholder Management

Strategic Thinking

Risk Management

Change Delivery

Commercial Acumen

Leadership

Education

PMP Certification

MSP Certification

AgilePM Certification

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Job ID:40760

Senior Project Manager

Lloyd's Register

Location: Flexible / Global

What we're looking for
At Lloyd's Register, we exist to create a safer world. As a Senior Project Manager within the Group Programmes and Portfolio function, you will lead the delivery of our most complex, high-impact programmes that are critical to our global transformation agenda. This is a senior leadership role that requires strategic thinking, exceptional stakeholder management, and a proven ability to deliver results in a dynamic, matrixed environment.

You will be responsible for overseeing multiple workstreams, managing senior stakeholders across regions and functions, and ensuring alignment with Lloyd's Register's long-term vision for innovation, sustainability, and operational excellence.

This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of a globally respected organization while advancing your career in a role that demands both vision and execution.

What we offer you

• Global Leadership: Play a key role in shaping the future of a trusted global organization with a 260-year legacy.
• Strategic Influence: Work on programmes that directly impact our transformation, innovation, and sustainability goals.
• Executive Exposure: Collaborate with senior leaders and gain visibility at the highest levels of the organization.
• Continuous Growth: Access advanced leadership development, mentoring, and career progression opportunities.
• Inclusive Culture: Join a values-led team that champions diversity, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

The role

• Lead High-Impact Programmes: Drive the successful delivery of complex, multi-year programmes that span geographies, business units, and strategic priorities.
• Strategic Alignment: Ensure all projects and programmes are aligned with LR's corporate strategy, transformation roadmap, and business objectives.
• Executive Stakeholder Engagement: Influence and collaborate with senior leaders, including C-suite stakeholders, to ensure programme success and strategic buy-in.
• Governance & Assurance: Establish and maintain robust governance structures, reporting frameworks, and risk management practices across all programme activities.
• Mentor & Lead: Provide leadership and guidance to Project Managers and cross-functional teams, fostering a high-performance culture and building delivery capability across the function.
• Change Leadership: Partner with Change Managers to lead the people side of change, ensuring adoption, engagement, and long-term value realization.
• Continuous Improvement: Contribute to the evolution of programme and portfolio management practices, tools, and standards across Lloyd's Register.

What you bring

• Extensive experience (typically 10+ years) in project and programme management, with a strong track record of delivering complex, global initiatives.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage senior stakeholders in a matrixed, international environment.
• Deep understanding of project governance, risk management, and change delivery.
• Strong commercial acumen and the ability to align delivery with strategic business outcomes.
• Professional certifications such as PMP, MSP, or AgilePM are highly desirable.

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About us

We are a leading international technical professional service provider and a leader in classification, compliance, and consultancy services to the marine and offshore industry, a trusted advisor to our customers helping to design, construct and operate their assets to the highest levels of safety and performance. We are shaping the industry's future through the development of novel and innovative technology for the next generation of assets, while continuing to deliver solutions for our customers every day.

Be a part of

Lloyd's Register is wholly owned by the Lloyd's Register Foundation, a politically and financially independent global charity that aims to engineer a safer world through promoting safety and education. For a thriving ocean economy, Lloyd's Register colleagues and Lloyd's Register Foundation work together to fund research, foster industry collaboration and develop action-oriented solutions to make the world a safer place.

Want to apply.

Here at Lloyd's Register, we care, we share and we do the right thing in every situation. It's ingrained in our culture and everything we do. We are committed, and continually strive, to lead with our values that empower and enable an inclusive environment conducive to your growth, development and engagement. It doesn't matter who you are, what you have experienced, how you identify, how old you are, where you are from, what your beliefs are or how your brain or body works - the diversity of our colleagues is fundamental to our futures and the changes we can make together. Our inclusive culture allows us to connect together authentically and to be courageous and bold. We don't just talk about our differences, we celebrate them!

We are committed to making all stages of our recruitment process accessible to all candidates. Please let us know if you need any assistance or reasonable adjustments throughout your application and we will do everything we possibly can to support you.

If you don't tick every box in these ads, please don't rule yourself out. We focus on hiring people who share our goal of working together for a safer, sustainable, thriving ocean economy.

We care, we share, we do the right thing.

If you have further questions about this role, please contact us at [e-mail] and we will respond to you as soon as possible.

Diversity and Inclusion at Lloyd's Register:

Together we are one Lloyd's Register, committed to developing an inclusive and safe workplace that embraces and celebrates diversity. We strive to ensure that all applicants to LR experience equality of opportunity and fair treatment, because we believe it is the right thing to do. We hope you do too.

As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, we have committed to:

• ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible.
• communicating and promoting vacancies offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job.
• anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
• supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long-term health condition, enabling them to stay in work.
• at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people.

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