Project Manager

Foresters Financial; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services organization in Greater London is seeking a Project Manager to oversee various IT and business change projects. The role offers a salary up to £50,000 per annum alongside benefits like 25 days of holiday, a generous pension scheme, and the option for hybrid working conditions. Required qualifications include strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to manage multiple projects effectively. This position involves working closely with various teams and delivering project outcomes in alignment with the company’s strategy.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Generous contributory Pension scheme

1 day paid charitable workday

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Solid project management experience is essential.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines.
• Experience with both IT projects and business change is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the project delivery schedule.
• Create and deliver regular status reports for stakeholders.
• Co-ordinate and motivate project team resources.

Skills

Project management experience

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Job description

Utilising your Project Management experience you will be joining our Business Solutions and IT Delivery team on a 12 month fixed term contract.

You will be responsible for helping to deliver our strategy, and managing projects to agreed schedules, costs, scope, and quality. Projects will be a mixture of IT and business change, and you will manage cross-project plans, dependencies, and resources.

You will work closely with the PMO & Delivery Manager, business function and workstream leads, to execute project, programme, and strategy delivery.

Day to day will include

• Leading and managing the project delivery schedule, monitoring project progress and ensuring timescales are met.
• Creating and delivering regular status reports for project stakeholders and Executive Committee.
• Scheduling and facilitating regular project progress meetings with stakeholders and project teams, providing guidance and support and resolving blockers.
• Co‑ordinating, directing and motivating resources assigned to the project team.
• Identifying, recording and tracking risks, issues, actions, decisions and ensuring these have necessary focus and attention.
• Identifying cross‑project dependencies and prioritising those with impact on other project timelines.
• Managing resource requirements and resource utilisation across projects, identifying bottlenecks and options to resolve.
• Tracking costs, benefits and KPIs in alignment with Foresters Strategy.

Qualifications

• Solid project management experience.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, prioritising workloads and meeting deadlines.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working on both IT projects and business change.
• You must be highly self‑motivated, well‑organised, disciplined, and driven.
• Experience producing status reports, gathering and presenting project metrics.
• Innovative, open‑mind, and able to look at projects holistically.
• Strong analysis and critical thinking skills, with a proven ability to cut through issues and solve problems.
• Proficiency in using the Microsoft Office Suite.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Resilience and ability to work well under pressure.

Salary and Benefits

Basic salary up to £50,000 per annum

Annual holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays

Generous contributory Pension scheme

1 day paid charitable workday

Employee Assistance Programme

Working Conditions

This is a hybrid working opportunity. 2 days minimum are required at our Head office in Bromley but flexibility is required. Working hours are 40 hours a week Monday to Friday. Start times can vary from 7.30am to 9.00am.