Strategic Project Delivery Lead — Hybrid Change Champion

West Midlands Police; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 69,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

West Midlands Police is seeking a strategic leader to head the Project Delivery function, managing Senior Project Managers and Project Managers to ensure change is delivered with discipline, clarity and purpose.

You will combine strategic thinking with hands-on delivery, influencing direction and enabling environments where ideas and innovation flourish, while embedding continuous improvement to enhance services for communities.

Responsibilities

• Leadership of the Project Delivery team, providing direction, coaching and support to Senior PMs and PMs.
• Portfolio oversight, working across functions with senior leaders to prioritise, manage dependencies and maintain organisational focus.
• End to end project delivery, from concept through to benefits realisation, ensuring clear scope, measurable outcomes and disciplined execution.
• Governance and assurance, ensuring robust documentation, approvals, risk management and compliance with force wide standards.
• Creative and innovative problem solving, challenging assumptions and encouraging new approaches to improve how we deliver change.
• Strong stakeholder relationships, building confidence and capability across the organisation so teams feel equipped to deliver change within their areas.
• Continuous improvement, capturing and sharing learning and embedding better practice across the force.

Job description

West Midlands Police is seeking a strategic leader to head the Project Delivery function, managing Senior Project Managers and Project Managers to ensure change is delivered with discipline, clarity and purpose.

You will combine strategic thinking with hands-on delivery, influencing direction and enabling environments where ideas and innovation flourish, while embedding continuous improvement to enhance services for communities.