Programme Director – Local Land Charges

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.

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.

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

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This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours.

We highly value diversity in all its forms and welcome applications from all sections of society.

To apply for this post, you will need to complete the online application process through our chosen executive search provider, Global Resourcing, accessed via the following email: HMLR-PDLC@global-resourcing.com

Once you have emailed the above address, you will receive a reply containing a link to a microsite and full instructions on how to submit your application. You will also have the opportunity to book a briefing call to learn more about the role and ask any questions you may have.

Contact Information:

Should you like to discuss the role in more detail before submitting an application, please contact Bev Evans by emailing HMLR-PDLC@global-resourcing.com or by calling 020 8253 1806.

If successful at the shortlisting stage, you will be invited to attend a Staff Engagement Exercise which will be held on week commencing 12 October 2026 and further details will be issued to the successful candidates at the sift stage. A blended interview will follow the Staff Engagement Exercise, which we anticipate will be held on week commencing 19 October 2026. You will be asked to deliver a short presentation as part of the interview. Full details will be provided to those successful at sift to support your preparation.

HMLR is accredited to the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS), which denotes organisations which have a positive attitude towards disabled people. DCS applicants who meet the minimum criteria at shortlisting may be invited to attend an interview. There may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all DCS applicants that meet the minimum criteria for the job. For example, when we receive high number of applications. In these circumstances we may select the DCS applicants who best meet the minimum criteria for the job, rather than all of those that meet the minimum criteria, as we would do for non-disabled applicants.

If you require the panel to consider a reasonable adjustment or there is anything else you would like the panel to take into consideration, you are asked to notify us of this at application stage where possible or during the process as soon as it becomes a requirement.

Visa Sponsorship - Please note that we will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa where a role is in a certain business critical category. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a skilled worker visa. You must ensure you have the appropriate right to work in the UK before applying.

Salary

Remuneration for this role is expected to be between £95,000 to £100,000 per annum.

For existing civil servants, the usual policy on level transfer and promotion will apply. If appointed on promotion, you will be appointed to the salary band minimum for SCSPB1 – Director, or receive a 10% uplift on your existing salary, whichever is greater. Individuals appointed on level transfer will retain their existing salary. Standard pay rules apply for existing civil servants.

Please note that, if successful, any existing specialist allowances you currently receive will not automatically transfer to or be retained in this role.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.