Project Manager

PoloWorks

Cheltenham

Hybrid

GBP 60,000 - 85,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Discretionary annual bonus

Hybrid working

Private health insurance

Life assurance

Income protection

Enhanced pension contributions

Maternity/Paternity pay

Volunteering days

EV leasing scheme

Employee discounts

Job summary

Polo Works in Cheltenham is seeking a Project Manager to proactively work with internal stakeholders and suppliers to define, build and deliver new capabilities including technical solutions and upgraded business processes to meet strategic objectives. The role requires working from the Cheltenham office two to three days per week, with occasional travel to the Polo London office.

Knowledge of the Lloyd’s of London insurance market or a similar regulated industry is essential.

Qualifications

Must have strong stakeholder engagement experience.
Experience delivering software solutions and business change.
Comfortable in fast-paced environments.
Proven project management track record across full lifecycle.
Professional and flexible approach.
Champions change and seeks continuous improvement.
Excellent communication and presentation skills.
Experience in Lloyd’s of London insurance market or similar regulated industry is essential.
Experience in outsourcing environments is desirable.
Budget management experience.

Responsibilities

Coordinate across multiple workstreams to define and implement new business and technical solutions with internal teams.
Initiate projects, define deliverables and establish governance models.
Deliver projects across multiple workstreams to meet time, cost, quality, compliance objectives.
Execute and manage the project plan day-to-day, monitor progress and escalate when needed.
Lead cross-functional and multi-disciplined teams to support solution rollout.
Resource projects appropriately and escalate potential slippage early.
Engage with Senior stakeholders and prepare reports for steering groups.
Support senior management decision making and adhere to Polo’s policies and regulatory requirements.
Share progress, lessons learned and best practices in Polo leadership forums.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Delivery of software solutions

Project lifecycle

Budget management

Regulated industry experience

Education

Prince2

MSP

APM

Job description

Description

We are implementing a new business change project which will have extensive impact on a range of areas across our organisation. We are looking for a project manager to proactively and pragmatically work with internal stakeholders and suppliers to define, build and deliver new capabilities (technical solutions and upgraded business processes) to meet strategic objectives.

Department: Project Management

Location: Cheltenham

The role will require the successful applicant to work from the Polo Cheltenham office two to three days per week, with occasional travel to the Polo London office.

Candidates must have knowledge and experience of the Lloyd’s of London insurance market or a similar highly regulated industry.

Key Responsibilities

Coordinate across multiple workstreams to define and implement new business and technical solutions, working with a range of internal teams.
Initiate projects, define deliverables and establish plans and governance models.
Deliver projects across multiple workstreams (displaying industry recognised techniques and methodologies) to agreed time, cost, quality, TCF and compliance objectives.
Execute and manage the project plan on a day-to-day basis, monitor progress and take all necessary actions and escalations where appropriate.
Establish, lead, and manage cross functional and multi-disciplined teams (e.g. Business Operations, IT, Risk, Audit, etc) to support solution roll out.
Resource projects appropriately and early escalation of potential slippage
Routinely engage with and communicate with Senior stakeholders.
Prepare reports for internal communications and steering group meetings.
Support the senior management decision making process.
Work in accordance with Polo’s policies, client and regulatory requirements and operational frameworks.
Engage in Polo leadership forums to share progress, lessons learned and best practices.

Key Relationships

Internal stakeholders at all levels of the business
3rd party suppliers

Skills, Knowledge And Expertise

Must have strong stakeholder engagement experience. Highly effective stakeholder engagement will be critical, internally, with customers and with third parties.
Must have previous experience of software solution delivery and delivery of business change improvements.
Must be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.
Proven Project Management track record with experience of the full project lifecycle and commercial environments.
A professional and flexible approach.
Champions change and proactively seeks continuous improvement.
Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills.
Experience of working in the Lloyd’s of London insurance market or a similar highly regulated industry is essential.
Experience working within an outsourcing environment is desirable.
Budget management experience.

Demonstrate Behaviours Aligned To The Polo Works PRIDE Values