Pensions Project Manager

TN United Kingdom; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Pensions Project Manager, where you'll lead complex projects within the pension industry. This role involves managing diverse projects, collaborating with technical teams, and ensuring effective communication with stakeholders. You'll have the opportunity to develop professionally while working in a vibrant and inclusive culture that values your contributions. With a focus on personal growth and a supportive environment, this position is perfect for those ready to make a significant impact in the financial services sector.

Benefits

Professional Development Opportunities

Inclusive Work Culture

Flexible Work Environment

Career Advancement Opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven project management experience with a focus on pensions.
• Strong skills in monitoring budgets and project scope.

Responsibilities

• Lead project teams and manage activities throughout the project life cycle.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders, ensuring accountability.

Skills

Project Management

Budget Monitoring

Risk Management

Interpersonal Skills

Pensions Knowledge

Education

Project Management Qualifications

Background in Financial Services

Job description

Mercer is seeking a Pensions Project Manager to join our team. The team provides clients with cutting-edge project management across various areas, including funding, investment, and risk transfer both internally and externally.

As a Pensions Project Manager, you will be an integral part of our Project Management Office responsible for tracking and managing a diverse range of projects within the pension industry.

In this role, you will oversee and deliver some of our most complex projects for clients, including trustees and corporates, with a primary focus on defined benefit (DB) pension schemes.

We will count on you to:

1. Take a proactive role in leading the project team and managing activities throughout the project life cycle.
2. Utilise your excellent influencing and interpersonal skills to effectively communicate with all project stakeholders, including clients, advisers, and colleagues.
3. Assume ownership of project responsibilities and ensure clear communication of individual accountability to all stakeholders while reporting progress to the PMO.
4. Identify and escalate unresolved issues promptly, ensuring they are addressed at the appropriate level.
5. Collaborate with our technical delivery teams and contribute to the PMO structure.

What you need to have:

1. Proven project management experience and/or project management qualifications (although a lack of qualifications is not a barrier to applying for this role).
2. Strong skills in monitoring budgets, project scope, and change control.
3. The ability to identify, monitor, and report on key risks and decisions throughout the project life cycle.
4. A background in pensions or related financial services.
5. A willingness to invest time in learning and understanding the technical aspects of the projects we undertake to manage them effectively.

What makes you stand out?

1. Knowledge of pensions, particularly in the areas of the buy-in and buy-out process and/or GMP rectification/equalisation, is highly beneficial but not essential.

Why join our team:

We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work, and supportive leaders.

We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have an impact on colleagues, clients, and communities.

Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

Mercer, a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), is a global leader in helping clients realize their investment objectives, shape the future of work, and enhance health and retirement outcomes for their people. Marsh McLennan is a global leader in risk, strategy, and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer, and Oliver Wyman. With annual revenue of $23 billion and more than 85,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit mercer.com, or follow on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh McLennan is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive, and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, civil partnership status, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments in accordance with applicable law to any candidate with a disability to allow them to fully participate in the recruitment process. If you have a disability that may require reasonable adjustments, please contact us.

Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections, and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.