Head of Projects
Reading/Exeter/Remote (UK only)
What it's like to work at Landmark:
At Landmark, you'll find a friendly, dynamic, and supportive team that values bold ideas, big dreams, and active curiosity. We foster a culture of innovation, encouraging everyone to contribute to the development and direction of our products and services, while continuously seeking new and efficient ways to work.
Collaboration and sociability are at the heart of what we do, and we take pride in coming together to achieve great things.
We offer a range of benefits to support your well-being and career growth, including:
1. Competitive Salary
2. Generous Holiday Allowance: 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays, with the option of adding up to 5 additional unpaid leave days per year
3. Annual Lifestyle Allowance: £300 to spend on an activity of your choice
4. Pension Scheme: Matched up to 6% for the first 3 years, and up to 10% thereafter
5. Private Health Insurance: Provided by Vitality
6. Group Income Protection Scheme
7. Charitable Fundraising: Matched funding for your efforts
8. Cycle to Work and Gym Flex Schemes
9. Internal Coaching and Mentoring: Available throughout your time with us
10. Training and Career Progression: A strong focus on your development
11. Family-Friendly Policies
12. Free Parking
Join us at Landmark and be part of a team that supports your ambitions and growth, both personally and professionally.
The Opportunity
The Head of Projects is a senior position within Landmark and plays a pivotal role in both the strategy and provision of Landmark Group products, applications, tools and services to our customers.
The purpose of this role is to deliver business requirements as requested of PMO by Landmark Growth and Search Divisions through project vehicles, establish such and assign project managers as needed.
The Head of Projects oversees the successful completion of multiple complex internal Landmark Group projects within a division and will take a key role in supporting the Lead Product Managers in setting the strategy for delivering priority Products. Their primary duties include setting programme goals, tasks and timelines, reviewing progress and making adjustments as necessary.
This role has line management responsibility for the project managers and is expected to complete regular one to ones with each member of their team along with full PDR processes twice a year.
About You
To be successful as the Head of Projects you will need to have exceptionally high levels of communication and documentation skills to ensure performance and escalations are reported proportionately and that leadership
This role also has line management responsibility for the project managers and is expected to complete regular one to ones with each member of their team along with full PDR processes twice a year. As a senior manager in the business, you would be expected to lead by example, upholding the very best of the Remarkable Values helping the team adopt the principles and setting aside time to support the team as needed. You will also need/be:
13. Strong planning and organizational skills, including the ability to manage several work streams simultaneously, while balancing business priorities and quality
14. Excellent communication skills with a capacity to present, discuss, and explain issues coherently and logically, both in writing and verbally with both technical and non-technical teams.
15. Influential and persuasive, with the ability to enthuse and inspire multidisciplinary teams, and build successful relationships at all levels
16. Able to foster collaborative and inclusive teams in which people are empowered to perform at their best
17. Substantial experience and expertise in agile delivery techniques and methodologies to ensure continuous improvement and delivery of products and services
18. Balance conflicting and changing demands through prioritisation and a pragmatic approach
19. Critical thinker, with strong problem-solving skills, project management skills, scheduling, and resource management
20. An eagerness and passion to learn, instilling the same passion in your teams.
21. Strong knowledge of leadership concepts, practices, and techniques especially change management and leading culture change