Opportunity: Delivery Transformation Lead (People & Team Transformation)
Location: Hybrid (Flexibility)
Duration: 6 Month Contract
Are you a proven "heavy hitter" in people transformation and project leadership? Do you thrive when stepping into dynamic environments to coach, elevate, and empower long-standing project management teams into high-performing units?
We are partnering with a leading, mid-sized specialist lender in the regulated financial services sector to find a high-impact Delivery Transformation Lead for a critical 6-month mandate.
The Challenge
This isn't about redesigning spreadsheets or tweaking process frameworks, this is a pure people-first transformation. Our client’s long-standing team of six project managers is at a pivotal inflection point. As business demands and strategic ambitions accelerate, the organisation requires a dedicated leader with significant gravitas to elevate individual competencies, modernize delivery mindsets, and drive performance accountability.
Your primary mandate is to build team capability from the inside out by:
- Capability Building & Benchmark Setting: Reviewing current capabilities against heightened expectations and defining a clear "step-up" path for high-performance project delivery.
- Coaching & Mentoring: Leading and developing an eclectic team of project managers with diverse approaches, nurturing individual potential and fostering a collaborative culture.
- Evolving Delivery Approaches: Transitioning the team toward modern ways of working, including Agile principles, Feature Team structures, and Value Stream delivery.
- Performance Leadership: Fostering a high-performance culture by supporting team members through change and growth, while working alongside HR to ensure clear performance expectations, ongoing development, and alignment with organisational standards.
- Executive Stakeholder Alignment: Using exceptional senior stakeholder influence to connect strategic ambition with day-to-day delivery execution.
Who You Are
You are a seasoned change leader who specializes in people transformation over project delivery. You don't just follow a process; you bring the leadership gravitas to navigate resistance, inspire growth, and make tough calls when necessary.
- Track Record: Proven success in building, transforming, and elevating project management functions across multiple organisations. Experience within regulated financial services is required (mortgage sector experience is a massive plus).
- People-First Mindset: Expertise in evaluating individual capabilities, driving performance management, and developing teams rather than just managing timelines.
- Gravitas & HR Savvy: Strong executive credibility combined with a solid awareness of HR practices, processes, and legal frameworks to partner effectively with internal HR.
- Methodological Versatility: Deep exposure to modern change delivery principles (Agile, Lean, Value Stream, PRINCE2/APM).
The Details
- Immediate Impact: This is an urgent, high-priority requirement to build on existing momentum.
- Streamlined 3-Stage Process: Fast-tracked recruitment journey (initial screening, formal panel interview, and a brief HR sense check) to ensure rapid onboarding.
Ready to take control of a high-stakes team transformation and forge a future-ready change capability?
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