Project Manager

Admiral Group Plc; Cardiff; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a senior Project Manager with substantial experience in IT project management. The successful candidate will oversee project delivery, ensuring alignment to business objectives while maintaining documentation and stakeholder communication. This remote role requires quarterly attendance at the Cardiff office and offers extensive benefits, including up to 38 days of holiday.

Benefits

Up to £3,600 of free shares each year

33 days of holiday increasing to 38

Option to buy or sell annual leave

Qualifications

• Proven record of successful IT project management.
• Strong understanding of Waterfall & Agile methodologies.
• Relevant project management qualifications; PRINCE2, APM highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects from inception to delivery while maintaining documentation.
• Agree project objectives and manage resources effectively.
• Conduct project risk assessments and ensure quality standards.

Skills

Multi-tasking

Stakeholder Management

Communication

Budget Management

Understanding of delivery methodologies

Education

PRINCE2

APM

Job description

We are looking for an highly experienced Project Manager with a proven track record of delivering IT and business projects.

Working within Admiral’s IT department, the role holder will be responsible for managing projects from inception, through to delivery whilst ensuring that they are kept within the agreed tolerances. Projects must be fully documented and maintained, including risk/issues logs, communication logs, change control and any other controls as defined in the Project Framework.

The successful candidate will be required to manage projects in the following areas;

• Software delivery.
• Network & Infrastructure delivery.
• Data.
• Security (InfoSec).

Other duties include:

• Agreeing project objectives.
• Managing and organising resources working on a project.
• Carrying out project risk assessments.
• Ensuring that the critical success factors of the project are met.
• Guaranteeing that project quality standards are met.
• Using IT or other systems to keep track of people and progress.
• Overseeing and owning financial management and budgets.
• Reporting to Steering Committees, Programme and Portfolio checkpoints.
• Evaluating the success of the project against benchmarks.
• Developing and maintaining a close relationship with Business Stakeholders to ensure effective and efficient implementation of projects.
• To provide high level, realistic and detailed projects plans.
• Ensure resource requirements and any changes to project resources are communicated to the resource manager.
• Manage change effectively, utilising the correct communication channels
• To plan and participate in the project ‘Lessons Learned’ meetings and post implementation reviews. These must be completed in a timely fashion.
• Sharing lessons or best practice with other project managers.
• All projects must be fully documented and regular reports providing details of progress must be produced and distributed to relevant parties.
• Manage projects in a best practice fashion whilst using the required methodology.

This is not a full definition of the role but covers the main aspects and drivers for success.

Experience and Qualifications Required:

Essential:

• Proven and demonstrable record of successful IT project management
• Excellent multi-tasking skills
• Ability to prioritise and manage work in line with
• Workstream planning and Critical path analysis
• Budget Management experience
• Stakeholder Management and Matrix management experience
• Demonstrable communication skills
• Strong understanding of delivery methodologies (Waterfall & Agile preferred)
• Commercially aware
• Relevant project management qualifications; PRINCE2, APM

Desirable:

• Technical knowledge of relevant IT systems.
• Understanding of Insurance and Financial Services.
• Understanding of the regulatory landscape (FCA, PRA etc.)

Interview Process

1 Stage Interview via Microsoft Teams

Location

This is a remote role with a requirement to attend our Cardiff office once a quarter or as and when required.

Admiral: Where You Can

We take pride in being a diverse and inclusive business. It's a place where you can Be You, and show up as you are. We’re committed to fostering a people-first culture where everyone is accepted, supported, and empowered to be brilliant. You can, Grow And Progress at a pace and direction that suits you, Make A Difference for our customers and each other, and Share in Our Future with all colleagues eligible for up to £3,600 of free shares each year after one year of service.

Everyone receives 33 days holiday (including bank holidays) when they join us, increasing the longer you stay with us, up to a maximum of 38 days (including bank holidays). You also have the option to buy or sell up to an additional five days of annual leave.

We’re proud of our people-first culture. In fact, we've been recognised as a Great Place to Work for Women, a Great Place to Work for Wellbeing, and an overall Great Place to Work for over 25 years! We’re fully committed to making sure your progression is not slowed or halted by barriers related to race, gender, age, sexuality or any of the protected characteristics.

Our fantastic benefits make sure our colleagues have a great work-life balance; You can view some of our other key benefits here.

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