Project Manager

Lloyds Banking Group; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

A major banking institution based in Edinburgh is looking for a Project Manager to lead complex projects in workplace pensions. The ideal candidate will possess excellent planning and communication skills, a strong understanding of the workplace pension market, and experience managing diverse stakeholder relationships. This hybrid role offers an annual salary ranging from £59,850 to £66,500 and comes with a comprehensive benefits package, including a generous pension contribution, bonus, and 30 days of holiday.

Benefits

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 policies

Qualifications

• Ability to create robust project plans and manage stakeholders.
• Experience in the UK Financial Services marketplace.
• Working knowledge of other providers' practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide project delivery through attentive management.
• Manage bulk investment changes and asset transition.
• Support workplace pension relationships.

Skills

Excellent planning skills

Strong communication skills

Relationship management

Understanding of workplace pension market

Education

APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) or Prince2

Job description

JOB TITLE: Project Manager - Workplace (IP&I)

SALARY: £59,850 - £66,500

LOCATIONS: Edinburgh

HOURS: Full-time

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time in our Edinburgh Office

About the opportunity

Are you passionate about making a difference whilst keeping the customer at the heart of everything you do? Then there's a role here for you!

We're currently looking for an enthusiastic, driven person who can work at pace, make decisions and work closely supporting our new and existing Workplace pension relationships in conjunction with our investment colleagues to carry out large bulk complex change projects to achieve our market share aspirations.

As a Project Manager you will be responsible for providing project delivery through attentive project management, following LBG Project Management and data analysis methodologies. You'll require excellent analytical skills and the ability to prioritise and lead large scale projects with strong internal and external stakeholder management.

As this is a predominantly complex internal facing role you'll work closely with our Workplace Operations, Investment Management and Asset Transition teams to project manage bulk investment changes and assisting with the asset transition of exiting funds.

This is an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated, versatile, and bold individual to take a pivotal role in the success of this team. It is a varied and exciting role that moves at pace and requires quick decision making and prioritisation.

Why Lloyds Banking Group

If you think all banks are the same, you'd be wrong. We're an innovative, fast-changing business that's shaping finance as a force for good. A bank that's empowering its people to innovate, explore possibilities and grow with purpose.

What you'll need

• Excellent planning skills and attention to detail to create robust project plans, manage stakeholders and deliver many projects at once.
• Strong communication and excellent relationship management skills, as well as the ability to confidently liaise with and influence external and internal stakeholders at all levels.
• Good awareness of the UK Financial Services marketplace and industry issues.
• Strong understanding of the workplace pension market.
• Working knowledge of other provider's propositions and working practices to engage effectively with them.

And any experience of these would be really useful

• APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) Or Prince2 - or willingness to work towards.
• Good working knowledge of Scottish Widow's products and platforms.

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. And, 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

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