Programme Office Manager, Embark Pensions (FTC/Secondment)

LLOYDS BANKING GROUP; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK financial institution seeks a Programme Office Manager for their Embark Pensions team in Edinburgh. This hybrid role involves co-ordinating activities across teams, using data insights to enhance reporting, and simplifying processes. The ideal candidate will have excellent organizational and communication skills, experience in managing multiple priorities, and the ability to foster collaboration across teams. Join a supportive environment that champions diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution of up to 15%

Annual performance-related bonus

Share schemes including free shares

Discounted shopping benefits

30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays

Wellbeing initiatives and parental leave

Qualifications

• Experience in Director or Programme Offices, balancing multiple priorities.
• Experience producing and reviewing data for different audiences.
• Experience simplifying processes to deliver better outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain a robust framework for delivery.
• Provide insightful updates for regular and ad hoc reporting.
• Deliver multiple small projects to support business objectives.

Skills

Organizational skills

Strong communication

Data analysis

Collaboration

Self-starter

Job description

End date Tuesday 09 December 2025

Salary range £59,850 - £66,500

We support flexible working

Learn more about flexible working.

Agile Working Options Job Share; Hybrid Working

Job description

JOB TITLE: Programme Office Manager, Embark Pensions (FTC/Secondment)

SALARY: £59,850 to £66,500

LOCATIONS: Edinburgh

HOURS: Full-Time, 12-month Fixed Term Contract

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week or 40% of your time at one of our office sites

About this Opportunity

We have a fantastical opportunity to join our Embark Pensions team, co‑ordinating the progress and completion of multiple activities supporting our customer operational teams.

Working in a fast‑paced environment, you'll work closely with our senior team, balancing multiple actions to contribute to successful outcomes and collaborate with internal partners to help complete actions supporting business delivery. With strong communication skills you'll review papers and other communications, providing clear guidance on what's required and by when.

Using data you'll add clear value through insight and provide valuable reporting and updates to our team and partners. Understanding processes, you'll contribute to success by simplifying processes and identifying ways to improve how decisions are made moving forward.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Creating and maintaining a robust framework to support successful delivery.
• Using data to provide insightful updates for regular and ad hoc reporting.
• Reviewing and challenging business reporting to provide value‑added analysis.
• Delivering multiple small projects to support business objectives and goals.
• Collaborating with and influencing others to remove blockers and simplify processes.
• Identifying the root cause of issues and sharing insight to improve future decision making.

Why Lloyds Banking Group

Join us and, as well as making a difference to customers, you’ll enjoy a fulfilling career where you’re free to be yourself. Great colleagues, transforming workspaces, hybrid working and a wide variety of career opportunities – you’ll find them all here.

What You’ll Need

• You’ll be highly organised, a self‑starter who works with minimum supervision.
• Experience of Director or Programme Offices, balancing and delivering multiple priorities within short timescales.
• Experience of producing and reviewing data for multiple audiences.
• Experience of making processes clearer and simpler, delivering better outcomes for customers.
• You’ll be a strong communicator experienced at collaborating with a wide range of partners.

About Working For Us

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities and we’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.

We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. As a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long‑term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme.

We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance‑related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We’d love to hear from you.