Programme Director for Local Land Charges - HM Land Registry - SCS1

Location

Birkenhead, North West England, CH41 6DU : Croydon, London (region), CR0 2AQ : Coventry, West Midlands (England), CV1 2WT : Durham, North East England, DH1 5TR : Weymouth, South West England, DT4 9TT : Gloucester, South West England, GL1 1DQ : Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire and the Humber, HU2 8JN : Leicester, East Midlands (England), LE3 5DR : Nottingham, East Midlands (England), NG2 1AW : Peterborough, East of England, PE2 8YY : Plymouth, South West England, PL6 5WS : Warton, North West England, PR4 1TE : Swansea, Wales, SA7 9FQ : Telford, West Midlands (England), TF3 4NT

About the job

Job summary

Millions of people and businesses rely on HM Land Registry every year for guaranteed and trusted information on property ownership which covers properties worth around £8 trillion. Understanding and protecting the nation’s land ownership, and its potential use and value, is vital to a successful economy and a sustainable future.

The Local Land Charges programme is driving the large-scale transformation of local authorities’ data, digitising Local Land Charges information to create a single national digital register and make the home buying and selling process more efficient.

With the programme well established, the next phase will focus on delivering the remaining authorities while building on the data capability already created and exploring how AI and emerging technology can be used at scale to process, interpret and unlock greater value from this and other similar data.

Job description

As programme director for our multi-award-winning Local Land Charges initiative, you will have overall responsibility for managing the roadmap, delivery and risk management, leading a large in-house team and managing key commercial relationships, including the programme delivery partner and Local Authority IT suppliers. You will work closely with local and central government stakeholders to ensure successful delivery and help shape the next phase of digital and data transformation.

As our programme director, you will be responsible for:   

• Provide strategic leadership across the full programme lifecycle, overseeing the roadmap, delivery, implementation, governance, risks, resources and benefits realisation, ensuring the Local Land Charges programme remains aligned with HM Land Registry’s strategic priorities.
• Lead a geographically dispersed, multidisciplinary team of 400+ colleagues, including the senior programme team, creating a high-performing, engaged and supportive environment that encourages innovation, professional development and continuous improvement.
• Build and maintain strong senior stakeholder relationships across HM Land Registry, including Executive and Non-Executive Board members and key internal teams, while developing strategic partnerships with other government departments and 300+ local authorities to support successful programme delivery and wider transformation across the property sector.
• Lead the transition of the programme team, ensuring HMLR staff are effectively supported through changes to ways of working, while maintaining strong communication and engagement across the programme. Work closely with local authorities, technology suppliers and delivery partners to ensure operational readiness and successful completion of the programme.
• Lead commercial and financial management of the programme, overseeing budgets, suppliers, business cases, investment decisions and value for money, while managing key strategic delivery risks and ensuring resources and capability are secured at the appropriate stages.
• Contribute at Executive level to the wider transformation agenda, supporting Executive Committees and the Land Registry Board with effective programme governance, strategic decision-making and oversight, while identifying opportunities to build on the programme’s data transformation capability and deliver further economic benefits.

Person specification

To be successful in this role, you will be required to demonstrate the following criteria throughout the recruitment process. 

Essential Technical Skills and Qualifications:

• Must hold or be willing to work towards Major Projects Leadership Academy qualification.
• Project Leaders Programme, MSP Practitioner, or equivalent qualification or experience.

Essential Experience:

• Demonstrable experience and associated evidence successfully leading and managing high value, high profile, complex and multifaceted programmes and projects.
• Significant experience as a proactive and visible driving force behind transformational change, including customer and workforce transformation.
• Strong commercial and financial awareness, with experience of cultivating successful relationships with external suppliers to drive value for money and flexibility    
• Evidence of building strong business cases to secure resources and alignment of sponsorship from different parties
• Able to shape the business direction and strategy through anticipating and identifying trends and shifts in relevant technological, political, economic, social, and/or environmental developments.
• Significant leadership experience, including at executive board level, ideally in a heavily unionised environment.

Desirable Experience:

• Previous experience at programme director and executive level
• Data transformation experience
• Knowledge and understanding of central and local government environments

Please note that you will not be assessed against the desirable criteria during the recruitment process.