Project Manager

Wesleyan; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 56,000 - 69,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

28 days holiday

Flexible hybrid

Company pension

Underground parking

Salary sacrifice schemes

Enhanced family leave

Volunteering days

Job summary

Wesleyan is seeking a Project Manager to lead transformation and change initiatives in a hybrid role based in Birmingham. You will own end-to-end delivery, build robust business cases, secure budgets, and manage governance across multiple stakeholders.

You will work within the Change function under the Head of Change, with APMP/PRINCE2 qualifications preferred, and a 12-month fixed-term contract of 35 hours per week. The role offers a competitive salary up to £63,240.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering technology-driven change projects.
• Experience in financial services environment.
• Managing budgets £500k–£1.5m.

Responsibilities

• Deliver end-to-end projects across the lifecycle.
• Mobilise project teams and governance.
• Build robust business cases with identified benefits.
• Secure budget and manage costs.
• Engage stakeholders and sponsor relationships.
• Ensure readiness for BAU.
• Share best practices and lessons learned.

Skills

Tech change projects

Stakeholder management

APMP/PRINCE2

Budget management

MS Office

Tools

MS Project

MS Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Salary: Up to £63,240, based on skills and experience

Contract Type: 12 Month Fixed Term Contract - 35 hours a week

Location: Hybrid working (office based in Birmingham) - typically 2 days in the office per week

Closing Date: Friday 4th December 2026

Shape Brighter Futures with Wesleyan

Established in 1841, Wesleyan help trusted professionals-GPs, hospital doctors, dentists, and teachers-secure their financial future. Today, we’re proud to continue that mission with passion and purpose. If you’re looking for a role where your expertise makes a real impact, and you want to work in a culture that values collaboration, innovation, and integrity, we’d love to hear from you.

Find out more about who we are: About Wesleyan

Make a Difference in Transformation & Change

As a Project Manager within our Transformation & Change team you will be responsible for the delivery of one or more of the Wesleyan's Business Change projects. To achieve this, our Project Managers are passionate about quality, about delivering on a right first time every time basis, about teamwork, and have the ability to influence to all levels and across all areas of the business.

Your Impact

Our project managers are responsible for full end-to-end delivery of projects throughout the complete project lifecycle, including.

• Understanding the specific scope of each project and ensuring the appropriate project team and structure is mobilised to ensure its timely and successful delivery.
• Building robust, detailed business cases, including the clear identification and ownership of benefits to be delivered by their projects.
• Securing appropriate budget to deliver their projects and maintaining tight cost control throughout the lifecycle.
• Ensuring that the Wesleyan's project life cycle is followed and all governance requirements are adhered to (including the effective identification and mitigation of project risks).
• Developing and maintaining detailed plans, adopting appropriate management processes to track project progress and for the early identification of issues and any necessary countermeasures.Building strong relationships with the project sponsor and all other key stakeholders and ensuring timely communication throughout the project.
• Ensuring all parts of the business are engaged as necessary and actively contribute to all elements of the project, including readiness for acceptance into 'BAU'.
• Promoting the sharing and development of 'best practice' in project management techniques and ensuring 'lessons learned' are captured through effective reflection on project performance.
• The role is within the Change function of which the Head of Change is responsible and will report into a Senior Project Manager.

What You'll Bring

• Proven experience of delivering on a variety of technology driven change projects.
• Proven experience of delivering projects ideally within a financial services environment and serving multiple stakeholders.
• Background in organisations of a similar size and structure.
• Direct responsibility for projects with individual budgets ranging from £500k to £1.5m.
• Ability to manage one or more projects concurrently, successfully managing different priorities.
• Experience managing business-facing projects with strong technical and/or regulatory / legislative components.
• Appropriate professional qualifications, minimum standard APMP or PRINCE2.
• Managing resource, budgets and multiple stakeholders across the project and other key business areas.
• Strong communication skills across all levels – from Board level outwards.
• Evidence of identifying and managing inter-project/programme dependencies.
• Evidence of successful completion of in-house project management training programmes.
• Competence in a range of MS applications – eg Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project.

Benefits That Work for You

We believe rewards should reflect the life you live. Here's what you can expect:

• Annual bonus to recognise your contribution.
• 28 days holiday (plus a culture day!) - rising to 30 days with service.
• Flexible hybrid working for better work-life balance.
• Company pension scheme - matched plus 2% (up to 10%).
• Free secure underground Birmingham city centre parking (subject to availability, weekend use included).
• Salary sacrifice schemes that help you provide the things that matter - to include PMI, Electric Vehicle Leasing and cashback on everyday essentials.
• Enhanced family leave and two volunteering days to give back to causes you care about.

Discover the full range of benefits: Wesleyan Careers Rewards

Why Wesleyan?

We’re building a culture where everyone belongs. Diversity isn’t just a policy—it’s part of who we are. Whatever your background, we want you to feel valued and empowered to thrive. We’re proud supporters of the ABI Making Flexible Work campaign, which means we’re open to discussing flexible working, job shares, and part-time options.

If you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, just let us know-we’re here to support you.

What to Know Before Applying

• Right to Work: We’re unable to provide VISA sponsorship, so you’ll need the legal right to live and work in the UK.
• Advert Closing: We typically advertise for two weeks but may close early if we receive a high volume of applications-apply early to avoid disappointment.

Ready to Shape Your Future?