Business Improvement Project Manager

We Build Homes For Sale Or Rent Across The Country

Job Location:

London - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Title: Business Improvement Project Manager

Contract Type: Permanent Full-Time 35 hours

Salary:From55270 per annum (London weighted salary) or 47920 per annum (Regional salary) dependant on experience

Grade: 10

Reporting Office: London Stratford or Manchester Trafford

Persona: Agile Worker: 20% - 40% of contractual hours to be worked from reporting office/working location (hybrid working)

Closing Date: 8th March 2026

Interview Dates: 11th March 2026

Please click here for the role profileBusiness Improvement Project Manager Role

Benefits include: Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution) 28 days Annual Leave rising to 31 days with length of service Bank Holidays Westfield Health Cash Plan non-contributory life assurance up to 21 hours volunteering paid days lifestyle benefits Employee Assistance Programme and many more

Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated.

Join ourBusiness Improvement Team at L&Q:

As part of our Business Improvement Team within L&Qs Strategy & Performance Directorate the successful candidate will be responsible for driving operational excellence delivered through a variety of smaller service and business improvement projects supporting our strategic objectives..

They will join an agile high-performing and values driven team at the heart of L&Q programme of change and improvement tasked with helping to turn L&Qs next five-year Corporate Strategy into reality.

Our Corporate Strategy highlights our priorities as well as how these will be underpinned through operational excellence. For L&Q this means delivering the best solution for our customers through reliable consistent and repeatable products and services. We want our customers to know what to expect of us and know that we will deliver on this time and time again.

L&Q has recently established a Centre of Excellence and the successful candidate will play a pivotal role in enabling operational excellence by delivering a wide range of projects working with colleagues from across L&Q. One day might include running process improvement workshops another might be delivering a classroom based Continuous Improvement sessions then coaching the successful candidates to help them translate what theyve learnt in the classroom in real operational situations. All of the projects that youd be working on will have a singular theme and that is to make L&Q and its services and products operationally excellent.

The successful candidate will report to one of the Senior Business Improvement Managers.
You will need to have a proven track record of business/service improvement delivery with a structured approach that uses continuous improvement and lean techniques to identify and deliver change.

If this sounds like you we would love for you to apply!

Your impact in the role:

Successful delivery of a wide range of projects including Small & Medium Change and Process Improvement Projects.
Driving our Process & Continuous Improvement agenda by delivering training and coaching for teams across the business directly contributing to a highly professional centre of excellence approach.
You will support colleagues across the organisation to help them understand their own processes identify waste & inefficiency and then use Lean tools and techniques to remove that waste & inefficiency improving outcomes for customers both internal & external.
The successful candidate will operate across all areas of L&Q developing excellent relationships with colleagues in operational and support teams.

What youll bring:

A strong ability to actively listen negotiate challenge and influence at all levels.
Ability to work collaboratively but possess the confidence to make clear and reasoned decisions as required.
Experience and understanding of developing continuous improvement activities in the wider business including implementation of its cultural mindset.
Extensive experience of designing and redesigning processes as well as identifying pain points for improvement.
Strong ability to self-manage goals targets and outputs is required in order to deliver effective change with pace.
Experience and understanding of implementing service redesign and Lean/Continuous Improvement techniques.
A sound grasp of project management and change management techniques and have acquired demonstrable experience of delivery.
The capability to quickly acquire in depth knowledge of L&Qs business processes and systems.

As such the key skills required include but are not limited to:

Process design.
Project Management.
Change Management.
Lean & Continuous Improvement.
Communication and influencing.

If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during this process including application stage please email

About L&Q:

Were one of the UKs leading housing associations and developers. We were founded on a simple belief: high quality housing is vital for peoples health happiness and security. Everyone deserves a quality home that gives them the chance to live a better life.

250000 people call our properties home and were proud to serve diverse communities across London the South East and North West of England.

People are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. The foundation of everything that we are is built on our corporate values and behavioural framework which outlines our core expectations and should be demonstrated at all times and all levels when representing L&Q.

At L&Q we know that diversity and inclusion make us stronger and theyre at the heart of everything we do.

When we recruit we look at what really matters: your skills experience and potential. Were proud to be recognised for creating an inclusive workplace. Were a Disability Confident Leader (Level 3) and weve introduced our own Recruitment Advocate scheme to make sure every step of our hiring process is fair transparent and consistent. Its all part of our commitment to ending discrimination and making L&Q a place where everyone feels welcome. Find out more here.

Sustainability is also at the heart of what we do. We recognise the responsibility we hold as one of the UKs largest housing associations.

Click here to find out more about L&Q and why you should join us!

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Title: Business Improvement Project ManagerContract Type: Permanent Full-Time 35 hoursSalary:From55270 per annum (London weighted salary) or 47920 per annum (Regional salary) dependant on experienceGrade: 10Reporting Office: London Stratford or Manchester TraffordPersona: Agile Worker: 20% - 40% of ...