Project Manager

ZipRecruiter; Eastleigh; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Project Manager to join their Transformation Team on a 12-month fixed-term contract. This role involves overseeing various business and technical projects aimed at modernizing operations and enhancing efficiency. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in project management, with at least five years of experience across diverse projects. You will be responsible for ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and budget while maintaining high stakeholder satisfaction. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to meaningful change in a dynamic environment, where your expertise will help shape the future of the organization.

Benefits

Flexible Working

Dental Insurance

Health Cash Plan

Annual Bonus Schemes

Competitive Pension

Employee Savings

Maternity/Parental Leave

Car Salary Exchange

Return to Work Programme

Well-being Activities

Qualifications

• At least 5 years’ experience managing projects in various business areas.
• Experience with third-party suppliers and offshore delivery is ideal.

Responsibilities

• Manage and govern projects adhering to the Ageas Change Framework.
• Communicate progress and manage stakeholder relationships effectively.
• Ensure project deliverables meet acceptance criteria and are transitioned smoothly.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Stakeholder Management

Project Lifecycle Management

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Customer-Centric Approach

Education

5+ years of project management experience

Job description

Job Description

Job Title: Project Manager
Contract Type: 12mnth FTC
Salary Range: £55k - £65k DOE
Location: Eastleigh, Hybrid
Closing Date for applications: 18th April 2025

Project Manager: We have an exciting opportunity for a Project Manager to join our Transformation Team on a 12 month fixed term contract, full-time basis. In line with our new business strategy, you will be working on a variety of business and technical projects that will modernise our business, improve our efficiency and deliver new and improved products. As a Project Manager you will be responsible for all aspects of project management required to deliver a project either within a programme or as a standalone project, delivering the project’s objectives within scope, time, cost and quality constraints. The successful candidate will have at least 5 years’ experience working on a variety of projects across multiple business or technical areas and will ideally have experience managing third party suppliers and offshore delivery.

Main Responsibilities as Project Manager:

• You will ensure that the project is managed and governed in adherence to the Ageas Change Framework.
• Ensure that the project produces a result capable of achieving the benefits defined in the project's business case.
• Day to day project management and control activities by coordinating others to undertake the work, as well as contributing to the delivery of tasks, when relevant and appropriate.
• Managing stakeholder relationships and communication in accordance with the agreed communication plan.
• Clearly and regularly communicating progress, as well as any issues and risks, to the relevant stakeholders.
• Oversight of work stream / delivery team leads who are responsible for delivering some, or all, of the project products/deliverables.
• Ensuring that the products/deliverables have been tested and that they meet the defined and agreed acceptance criteria.
• Ensuring that the transition of the project from delivery into operational working and support is complete, within agreed acceptance criteria and aligned with the Stage Gate.
• Ensuring that all lessons learnt are captured, and that a benefits realisation plan has been produced.

Skills and experience you need as Project Manager:

• Able to make balanced and commercially sound decisions within the context of a project’s strategic objectives.
• End to end experience of the project lifecycle.
• Experience of software development lifecycle, regulatory change and working in a regulated Financial Services environment is advantageous but not a necessity.
• Excellent analytical skills, the ability to work under pressure and to business critical deadlines.
• Expertise in setting and managing stakeholder expectations.
• Able to maintain a high degree of customer / client / sponsor satisfaction and professionalism.
• Demonstrates customer-centric approach, able to build and maintain effective and collaborative relationships with stakeholders.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent organisational skills, able to control and schedule workload and successfully meet deadlines.

At Ageas we offer a wide range of benefits to support you and your family inside and outside of work, which helped us achieve Top Employer status in the UK. Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy at Ageas:

Flexible Working: Smart Working @ Ageas gives employees flexibility around location (as long as it’s within the UK) and, for many of our roles, flexibility within the working day to manage other commitments, such as school drop-offs etc. We also offer all our vacancies part-time/job-shares. We also offer a minimum of 35 days holiday (inc. bank holidays) and you can buy and sell days.

Supporting your Health: Dental Insurance, Health Cash Plan, Health Screening, Will Writing, Voluntary Critical Illness, Mental Health First Aiders, Well Being Activities – Yoga, Mindfulness.

Supporting your Wealth: Annual Bonus Schemes, Annual Salary Reviews, Competitive Pension, Employee Savings, Employee Loans.

Supporting you at Work: Well-being activities, yoga, mindfulness sessions, Sports and Social Club events and more.

Supporting you and your Family: Maternity/ parent/primary adopter entitlement of 16 weeks at full pay and paternity/non-parent/co-adopter at 8 weeks’ full pay.

Benefits for Them: Partner Life Assurance and Critical Illness cover.

Get some Tech: Deals on various gadgets including Wearables, Tablets and Laptops.

Getting around: Car Salary Exchange, Cycle Scheme, Vehicle Breakdown Cover.

Supporting you back to work: Return to work programme after maternity leave.

About Ageas: We are one of the largest car and home insurers in the UK. Our People help Ageas to be a thriving, creative and innovative place to work. We show this in the service we provide to over four million customers. As an inclusive employer, we encourage anyone to apply. We’re a signatory of the at Work Charter and Women in Finance Charter, member of iCAN and GAIN. As a Confident Leader, we are committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are fully inclusive. That means if you are applying for a job with us, you will have fair access to support and adjustments throughout your recruitment experience. If the list does not cover the support you need, please contact our Recruitment Team to discuss how they can assist.