Project Manager 8-Month FTC

Vitality; Stockport; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus schemes

Pension up to 12% (match up to 6%)

Vitality health insurance

Life Assurance

Job summary

Vitality is seeking a Project Manager to lead the delivery of business change across complex projects and workstreams. You will own project scope, plans, budgets and governance, coordinating teams across the business to deliver agreed outcomes on time and to the required standard.

The role requires strong stakeholder engagement, excellent communication, and the ability to navigate a complex matrix environment.

Qualifications

• IT or business qualifications or equivalent experience required.
• Strong knowledge of project management approaches and industry practices.
• Experience delivering projects in Agile, Waterfall and strategic environments.
• Experience engaging and influencing stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience in a complex matrix management environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including project reporting.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Experience in UK financial services is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of business change across complex projects and workstreams.
• Own project scope, plans, budgets and governance across teams.
• Maintain oversight of timelines, milestones and dependencies to ensure on-time delivery.
• Provide clear updates and prepare reports and presentations for stakeholders.
• Identify and manage risks, issues and changes, escalating where needed.

Skills

Project Delivery

Stakeholder Management

Planning & Risk

Education

IT or business qualifications

Job description

Team - Project Services

Team - Project Services

Working Pattern -

Hybrid - 2 days per week in the Vitality Bournemouth or Stockport Office. Full time, 35 hours per week, 8-month fixed term conract.

We are happy to discuss flexible working!

Top 3 skills needed for this role:

• Project Delivery & Execution
• Senior Stakeholder Management & Influence
• Planning, Risk & Dependency Management

What this role is all about:

We’re looking for a Project Manager to lead the delivery of business change across complex projects and workstreams. The role will take ownership of project scope, plans, budgets and governance, coordinating teams across the business to deliver agreed outcomes on time and to the required standard. Working with stakeholders at all levels, the Project Manager will manage competing priorities, resolve delivery challenges and maintain clear control of risks, dependencies and progress.

Key Actions

• Define project and workstream scope, delivery activities, timelines and outcomes, ensuring expectations are clear from the outset
• Own and actively manage detailed delivery plans, coordinating multiple teams and workstreams to achieve agreed project milestones
• Maintain oversight of project budgets, ensuring delivery remains controlled and aligned with the agreed scope and available resources
• Build effective relationships with stakeholders at all levels, providing clear communication and maintaining engagement throughout the project lifecycle
• Identify and manage dependencies across concurrent workstreams, resolving conflicts and coordinating activity to protect overall delivery
• Track progress against plans, challenge delays and use effective escalation where tasks, milestones or outcomes are at risk
• Lead project reporting, presentations and workshops, translating complex information into clear updates, decisions and actions
• Identify, assess and manage project risks, assumptions, dependencies and issues, ensuring appropriate ownership and mitigation are in place
• Maintain accurate and timely information within project management reporting tools in line with governance and reporting requirements
• Provide practical solutions to changing requirements while maintaining appropriate quality control across the life of each project

What do you need to thrive?

• IT or business-related qualifications, or equivalent professional experience
• Strong knowledge of project management approaches, methodologies and wider industry practices
• Experience delivering projects within Agile, Waterfall and strategic project environments
• Significant experience engaging and influencing stakeholders at all levels within an organisation
• Experience working successfully within a complex matrix management environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including project reporting and presentations
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively
• Experience within UK financial services would be advantageous

So, what’s in it for you?

• Bonus Schemes - A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance
• A pension of up to 12% - We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salary
• Our award-winning Vitality health insurance - With its own set of rewards and benefits
• Life Assurance - Four times annual salary

These are just some of the many perks that we offer! To view the extensive range of benefits we offer, please visit our careers page.

Fantastic Benefits. Exciting rewards. Great career opportunities!

If you are successful in your application and join us at Vitality, this is our promise to you, we will:

• Help you to be the healthiest you’ve ever been
• Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self
• Give you flexibility on how, where and when you work
• Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths
• Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be
• Give you the space to try, fail and learn
• Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support
• Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits
• Be there for you when you need us
• Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society

We commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong, and are supported to be happy and healthy.