Project Manager (18-Month Fixed-Term Contract)

Legal And General Group; England; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK financial services group is seeking a Project Manager to join its dynamic team within the Group CTO function. The role requires strong experience in managing complex projects, stakeholder engagement, and expertise in project methodologies like Agile and Waterfall. Offering a collaborative environment, you’ll lead impactful projects that significantly contribute to the organization’s transformation initiatives.

Benefits

Annual performance-related bonus plan

Generous pension contribution

Life assurance

Healthcare Plan

25+ days holiday

Flexible working options

Electric car scheme

Workspaces designed for wellbeing

Qualifications

• Proven experience in project management with a strong delivery focus.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Leading the end-to-end delivery of highly-complex projects.
• Engaging with stakeholders and managing project governance.
• Supporting the transition of projects into Business-as-Usual operations.

Skills

Project Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Communication

Risk Management

Agile Methodology

Waterfall Methodology

Job description

Company Description

Legal & General (L&G) is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor.

We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836, and strive to build a better society, while improving the lives of our customers and creating value for shareholders.

We are one of the world’s largest asset managers and provide powerful asset origination capabilities. Together, these underpin our retirement and protection solutions: we are an international player in pension risk transfer, in UK and US life insurance, and in UK workplace pensions and retirement income.

Our Group Functions provide the services that all areas of the business need. This requires a talented and diverse team behind the scenes, who enable everyone at L&G to do what they do best.

Joining us means helping to improve the lives of our customers and contributing to the success of the business every day.

Job Description

Are you passionate about delivering impactful change through well-managed projects? Do you thrive in a collaborative environment where your voice is heard and your skills are valued? Join our dynamic team within the Group CTO function, specifically on one of our largest Transformation Programmes where we’re committed to innovation, inclusion, and excellence in everything we do.

We’re looking for a Project Manager who can lead with confidence, communicate with clarity, and deliver with purpose across a number of highly-complex projects.

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading the end-to-end delivery of highly-complex projects across the full lifecycle
• Engaging with stakeholders, sponsors and the Project Management Office
• Managing project governance, financials, resources and change activities
• Supporting the transition of projects into Business-as-Usual operations
• Collaborating with third-party providers and internal IT teams
• Operating within risk and control frameworks to ensure compliance
• Applying project methodologies including Agile and Waterfall
• Contributing to continuous improvement and knowledge sharing

Qualifications

Who we’re looking for:

• Proven experience in project management with a strong delivery focus, managing multiple projects at any one time
• Demonstrated experience of delivering both Business change and technological change projects
• Knowledge of Agile and Waterfall methodologies and when to apply them
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Ability to support technical analysts to analyse data to support and aid in project planning and execution
• A collaborative mindset and commitment to team success
• Confidence in managing risks and resolving issues
• A solid understanding of infrastructure technologies

Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer:

• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance -related bonus plan and valuable share schemes
• Generous pension contribution
• Life assurance
• Healthcare Plan (permanent employees only)
• At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years’ service. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday
• Competitive family leave
• Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice (permanent employees only)
• There are the many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online
• In 2023, some of our workspaces were redesigned. Our offices are great spaces to connect and collaborate and have your wellbeing at the heart

Additional Information

At L&G, we believe it's possible to generate positive returns today while helping to build a better future for all.

If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming, inclusive culture, with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views, and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel.

We care passionately about outcomes rather than attendance and are therefore open to discussing all kinds of flexible working options including part-time, term-time and job shares.Although some roles have limited flexibility due to customer demand, we accommodate requests when we can.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t meet every single criterion in this advert. Instead, think about what you excel at and what else you can bring in terms of strengths, potential and connection to our purpose.