Senior Project Manager - Milton Keynes

Volkswagen Group; Wolverton; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Pension

Car scheme

Private medical insurance

Income protection

Life assurance

Retail discount vouchers

Care Concierge

Cycle to work

LinkedIn Learning

Mentoring program

Job summary

VWFS UK seeks an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead delivery of complex change initiatives. You will align people, plans, budgets and dependencies to keep major programmes moving forward.

You will drive end‑to‑end delivery, balancing scope, cost and quality while managing senior stakeholders and governance requirements in a regulated environment.

Qualifications

• Proven delivery of large, complex programmes in lean‑agile environments.
• Strong experience with Agile, Waterfall and iterative approaches.
• Significant experience managing multi‑million‑pound budgets and business cases.
• Leadership of matrix teams, coaching and driving performance.
• Experience managing third‑party suppliers through the project lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Lead end‑to‑end delivery of large, complex projects and programmes across multiple teams.
• Choose suitable Agile, Waterfall or iterative approaches to achieve outcomes.
• Own delivery against scope, budget, quality and timescales.
• Develop robust business cases with clear costs, benefits and ROI.
• Influence senior stakeholders and provide clear updates at Steering Committee and Board level.
• Anticipate and mitigate risks, issues and dependencies; manage third‑party suppliers.

Skills

Delivery leadership of complex multi‑p

Lean‑agile methodologies

Budget management

Stakeholder influence

Team leadership and coaching

Risk governance and regulatory

Education

MSP Practitioner or equivalent qualification

Job description

Were looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead the delivery of some of our most complex and strategically important change initiatives. This high-impact, delivery-focused role will be instrumental in turning strategic priorities into successful outcomes, bringing together people, plans, budgets and dependencies to keep major projects and programmes moving forward.

What youll be doing:

Lead the end-to-end delivery of large, complex projects and programmes, selecting the right Agile, Waterfall or iterative approach to achieve successful outcomes. Own delivery against scope, budget, quality and timescales, managing multi-million-pound budgets, resources, dependencies, risks and change. Lead and develop high-performing project teams, providing clear direction, coaching and support to Project Managers working across a matrix environment. Build robust business cases that clearly define costs, benefits, return on investment and the improvements projects will deliver. Influence senior stakeholders, building strong relationships across business and IT and providing clear, confident updates at Steering Committee and Board level. Anticipate and manage risks, issues and dependencies, challenging where necessary and ensuring effective mitigations and controls are in place. Manage third-party suppliers, ensuring performance, accountability and seamless integration into the wider delivery plan. Ensure projects transition successfully into the business, with appropriate operating models and acceptance criteria while meeting relevant regulatory, compliance and governance requirements.

What youll bring:

Youll be an experienced and influential project/programme leader who thrives on delivering complex strategic change. Youll combine strong delivery and commercial judgement with an agile mindset, bringing clarity to complexity and inspiring teams to perform at their best. Youll be comfortable operating with senior stakeholders, challenging constructively and making things happen in a complex, regulated environment.

Essential experience & skills:

You’ll have proven delivery of large, complex, multi-project programmes within a lean-agile environment. Strong experience across Agile, Waterfall and iterative methodologies, supported by a relevant lean-agile qualification. Significant experience managing multi-million-pound budgets, business cases and financial outcomes in a regulated environment. Own a strong track record of leading and developing matrix teams, including coaching, mentoring and driving performance. Experience managing third-party suppliers throughout the project lifecycle. Strong leadership, negotiation and influencing skills, with confidence operating at Director and Board level. Excellent understanding of risk, governance and regulatory requirements, ideally within financial services. An integrity-led, customer-focused and growth mindset, with the drive, curiosity and resilience to continuously improve. MSP Practitioner or equivalent programme management qualification. Experience within Financial Services, Automotive Finance or B2C consumer finance.

Why join VWFS UK?

Youll 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 isnt 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 UKVIs criteria for the skilled worker sponsorship route, therefore we are unable to accept candidates requiring sponsorship for this role.

Whats 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
• 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. Youll 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.