Program Delivery Manager

AXA UK; London; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global reinsurance firm is seeking a Program Delivery Manager to lead transformative change across various projects. The role involves collaborating with teams and ensuring timely, cost-effective project execution while managing governance and project budgets. Ideal candidates will have strong experience in the insurance or financial services sector, excellent leadership abilities, and a strategic mindset. The position offers flexible hybrid working options.

Benefits

Minimum of 25 days holiday

Defined contribution pension scheme

Life insurance

Health cash plan or Private medical insurance

Employee Stock Purchase plan

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Programme or Portfolio Manager in Insurance or Financial Services.
• A track record of delivering complex, multi-site projects in dynamic environments.
• Exceptional communication and leadership skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute change initiatives across business, technology, and operations teams.
• Manage governance, resource planning, and risk mitigation to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality.
• Mentor and develop a team of up to 5 direct reports.

Skills

Project management

Risk mitigation

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Education

Experience in Insurance or Financial Services

Job description

Introduction

Join us at Gallagher Re, the trailblazers of the reinsurance world, where every day brings new opportunities to shape the future. We empower our clients with cutting-edge analytics and insights, providing them the confidence to make strategic decisions that transform industries. As a team member, you'll be at the forefront of innovation, translating data into impactful solutions and taking the reins of your career like never before.

We believe that every candidate brings something special to the table, including you! So, even if you feel that you’re close but not an exact match, we encourage you to apply.

Overview

Join Gallagher Re as a Program Delivery Manager and lead transformative change across diverse projects, collaborating with functional, business, technology, and operations teams to achieve outstanding results.

You'll work closely with Project and Delivery Managers to ensure timely, cost-effective, and high-quality project execution, while managing governance and coordinating delivery across projects.

With a focus on future risks and dependencies, you'll communicate updates to senior leadership and oversee project budgets, all while upholding Gallagher's commitment to putting clients at the heart of our business.

This role offers a real opportunity to shape the day to day experience of hundreds of colleagues across Gallagher Re. It will give opportunities to stretch and develop your own skillset by working on challenging problems, collaborating with colleagues to grow both individually and as a team, delivering the very best outcomes for our business.

We offer flexible hybrid working and this role can be based from any location in the UK.The expectation would be to travel to the London office once or twice a month when needed for meetings.

How you'll make an impact

• Lead and execute change initiatives across business, technology, and operations teams.
• Manage governance, resource planning, and risk mitigation to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality.
• Partner with business functions to drive successful delivery across all projects.
• Mentor and develop a team of up to 5 direct reports, fostering growth and career development.
• Represent the technology function confidently in senior leadership discussions.

About You

• Proven experience as a Programme or Portfolio Manager in Insurance or Financial Services.
• A track record of delivering complex, multi-site projects in dynamic environments.
• Exceptional communication and leadership skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate teams.
• Strategic thinker with a hands-on approach to problem-solving and decision-making.
• Knowledge of the London Market/Lloyd’s insurance industry is a plus.

Compensation and benefits

On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ extra days
• Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to
• Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x
• Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up
• Health cash plan or Private medical insurance

Other benefits include:

• Three fully paid volunteering days per year
• Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount
• Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan
• Critical illness cover
• Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally
• Season ticket loan
• Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase
• Emergency back-up family care
• And many more…

We value inclusion and diversity

Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities.

We understand that applicants may have disabilities, if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. Don’t worry, we’re here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know.

Should you require reasonable adjustments to your application, please get in touch with [e-mail] . If you’d prefer to speak on the phone, please request a call back, leaving details, so we get in touch.

Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and are opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, age and those with caring responsibilities.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.