Job summary
It is a very exciting time to join us as we continue on a major digital transformation programme. Our existing systems form part of the critical national infrastructure, safeguarding land and property ownership.
As a Strategic Programme Lead within the Geospatial Data Transformation (GDT) Programme, you will play a key role in delivering HM Land Registry’s (HMLR) ambitious Strategy and Business Plan. Working across the Transformation and Technology Directorate, you will help shape and deliver the programme’s future end state, ensuring alignment with organisational priorities.
You will work collaboratively with senior stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams to define strategic outcomes, scope complex projects, and support delivery to agreed timelines, quality standards, and budgets. You will bring together diverse expertise to ensure requirements are clearly understood, benefits are realised, and outcomes are achieved. As a senior leader, you will champion the programme’s vision and support coordinated delivery across projects, contributing to the successful transformation of HMLR’s geospatial data capability.
Job details
You will lead the delivery of projects within a complex programme, ensuring work is effectively governed and delivered to agreed timelines, costs and benefits. Working collaboratively with senior stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams, you will coordinate activity across projects, support the development of business cases, and ensure benefits are clearly defined and realised. As a senior leader, you will develop and support delivery teams, promote best practice, and contribute to organisational priorities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead project delivery ensuring governance, timelines, costs and benefits are met
- Manage delivery plans, budgets, risks, dependencies and resources
- Work with senior stakeholders to maintain alignment and support
- Coordinate projects, teams, suppliers and partners to deliver outcomes
- Support business case development and approval processes
- Develop stakeholder engagement and communications approaches
- Collaborate to define, track and realise programme benefits
- Lead and support a project delivery team and promote best practice
- Contribute to senior leadership forums and organisational priorities
HMLR expect everyone to spend at least 60% of their working time in the office.
Please note this role requires a minimum of 30 hours per week.
Person specification
To be successful, you will have experience of
- Proven experience leading complex projects or programmes from initiation to delivery
- Experience developing and securing approval for business cases
- Strong stakeholder management, engaging and influencing at all levels
- Experience managing budgets, resources, risks, issues and dependencies
- Ability to collaborate across teams to deliver outcomes at pace
- Experience leading teams and contributing to senior governance forums
- Experience delivering change and ensuring benefits are realised
Please see the attached job description for further information.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Leadership
- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Managing Successful Programmes Practitioner OR one or more of the following qualifications listed below, or equivalents or a commitment to achieve:
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £61,923, HM Land Registry contributes £17,939 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
#WeAreHMLR
At HM Land Registry our vision is a world leading property market as part of a thriving economy and a sustainable future. We are unique in terms of the economic and social impacts of our work, our ability to make a positive difference to the lives of our customers, our sense of mission, and our great people. They are the foundation of all we have achieved and all we aspire to in the future. We want our people to feel proud to work for HM Land Registry and able to fulfil their full potential.
We have a strong and positive culture, a commitment to inclusivity, an emphasis on continuous learning and development, and flexible ways of working. We offer competitive pay and annual leave, attractive pension options and a wide range of other benefits.
- We have integrity– we value honesty, trust and doing the right thing in the right way.
- We drive innovation– we are forward-thinking, embrace change and are continually improving our processes.
- We are professional– we value and grow our knowledge and professional expertise.
- We give assurance– we guarantee our services and provide confidence to the property market.
The HMLR Way – Our Shared Commitment
What you can expect from HMLR:
- Inclusive & Empowering: A positive, healthy environment where everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute
- High Performance: Access to tools, resources, and development opportunities within a supportive culture
- Value & Recognition: We value team and individual improvement, learning from setbacks as much as celebrating success
- Clarity & Transparency: Clear communication of our vision and priorities, so our direction and decisions are evident
You can find more information on our rewards package on our website.
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.
To apply for this vacancy, you will need to complete the short online application form and attach an anonymous CV that will demonstrate how you meet the following Essential Experience:
- Experience of budget and resource allocation processes, including monitoring and reporting, and proactively establishing forecasts.
- Experience of successful leadership, including leading, participating in, and advising at senior stakeholder groups, such as executive committees and board meetings.
On your application form, please demonstrate how you meet the essential Technical Skills when prompted (please respond in no more than 250 words).
You will also be asked to complete a Personal Statement section (in no more than 500 words) should be used to outline your skills and experience for the role and detail how you meet the essential 'experience' criteria listed below:
- Experience of managing the initiation, delivery and closure of complex, large scale transformational programmes/portfolios/projects
- Experience of successful negotiation and collaboration with senior stakeholders to align ambitions, plans, and resources to secure the best deal for the programme/portfolio/project while also supporting delivery
Sift
The sift will take place shortly after the closing date. In case of a high volume of applications we may complete a pre-sift on:
- Experience of managing the initiation, delivery and closure of complex, large scale transformational programmes/portfolios/projects
If successful at the shortlisting stage, you will be invited to attend a virtual interview held week commencing 29 June 2026, and deliver a pre-prepared presentation.
Please note that we do not offer sponsorship for this role. You will need the right to work in the UK in order to commence employment with HMLR. Any offer of employment will be withdrawn if you do not have the right to work
Interview
The blended interview will assess the Essential Experience criteria, behaviours and strengths for this role.
We want to hear your first, unrehearsed, natural response to the strength questions, and so we don’t advertise which strengths are being tested. The best way to prepare for strengths questions is to reflect on what you identify as your own personal strengths, and your preferred ways of working.
Please note that we will not be testing any of the desirable criteria throughout this process.
Candidates may refer to notes within their interview, but they should be used as a prompt only.
Please review your application form before clicking ‘submit’ – once you have submitted, you will not be able to amend your application. Ensure your application form is received by the closing date for receipt of applications – this is 23:55pm on the advertised date.
HMLR is accredited to the Disability Confidence Scheme, which denotes organisations which have a positive attitude towards disabled people. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria at the shortlisting stage are guaranteed an invitation to interview. If any candidate requires the panel to consider a reasonable adjustment or there is anything else they would like the panel to take into consideration they are asked to notify us of this at application stage where possible or during the process as soon as it becomes a requirement.
The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to share these values. Please ensure all examples provided throughout the recruitment process are representative of your own experience. For more information see Artificial Intelligence in recruitment, Civil Service Careers.
You can find more information on how we use your personal data on our website
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants. We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
Recruitment team
Further information
If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance to the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, please email [email protected] in the first instance. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from HM Land Registry then you may take your complaint to the Civil Service Commission: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/making-complaint/
Attachments
Strategic End State Lead JD Opens in new window (pdf, 195kB)
Transformation & Technology Candidate Pack 2026 Opens in new window (pdf, 2033kB)
