Project Manager (Life and Pension)

Atos; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension Scheme

Private medical cover

Income Protection

Life Assurance

25 days paid leave

Job summary

Atos is seeking a Project Manager in Edinburgh to lead end-to-end delivery of regulatory, contractual, and discretionary change programs within Life & Pensions and financial services contexts. You will drive governance, stakeholder engagement, and delivery excellence across multiple projects.

The role requires PRINCE2 or Agile training, oversight of RAID, and the ability to coordinate with IT, risk and change teams in a regulated environment. UK SC clearance eligibility is preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience leading project teams through end-to-end delivery.
• Knowledge of life and pensions products, processes and regulatory context is advantageous.
• Strong governance, RAID and reporting competencies.
• Ability to manage sponsors, stakeholders and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Work on a number of projects simultaneously.
• Chair Working Delivery Groups and provide concise, up-to-date reporting; manage escalations using governance and RAID.
• Lead the Business Analysts to gather information and perform analytical delivery.

Skills

Leading and motivating

Full lifecycle understanding

Planning and forecasting

Facilitation

Communication and Reporting

Education

PRINCE2 or Agile training

Job description

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Atos is the Atos Group brand dedicated to AI-powered, secure, end-to-end digital services. Atos designs, develops, and operates critical digital environments that drive performance, resilience and sovereignty, helping public and private organizations worldwide retain control over their data and infrastructures, while meeting regulatory requirements.

With more than 52,000 employees serving over 4,500 clients across 54 countries, Atos helps modernize core IT systems, accelerate cloud and data transformation, strengthen cybersecurity, and deliver secure digital workplace environments to support its clients, its employees and society. Atos also provides consulting and advisory services through its Atos Amplify brand.
A trusted partner in operating complex and mission-critical environments, Atos supports organizations across highly regulated and sovereign contexts.

Atos Group is a global leader in digital transformation with c. 54,000 employees and annual revenue of c. €7.2 billion, operating in 54 countries under two brands - Atos for services and Eviden for products and systems. European number one in cybersecurity and a leader in cloud, Atos Group is committed to a secure and decarbonized future and provides tailored AI-powered, end-to-end solutions for all industries. Atos Group is listed on Euronext Paris.

As a Project Manager you will be expected to:

• Plan and scope the project to ensure appropriate detail and scrutiny are executed from inception.
• Deliver the end-to-end activities of regulatory, contractual, and discretionary change projects for Atos, BPS clients.
• Manage activity stream leads, including the IT Solutions Design Manager, Risk Consultants, SMEs, Client-side stakeholders.
• Produce deliverables in accordance with the methodology being used to deliver the project (either waterfall, small change, or agile) using best practice toolsets
• Lead from the front on dealing with sponsors, stakeholders, and in maintaining delivery behaviours across the project team that reflect confidence, transparency, and control.
• Follow the governance, controls and repeatable processes of the EB Change portfolio, including reporting and budgetary tasks.

External Relationships:

May involve working with 3rd party suppliers, internal Atos suppliers, and client-side

Internal Relationships:

Operational business stakeholders, sponsors, Risk SMEs, IT Technical leads

Budget Holder:

Responsible for the management of the project budget

Key Tasks:

• Work on a number of projects simultaneously
• Chair Working Delivery Groups, provide succinct and up to date reporting, manage escalations using appropriate governance, including items on the RAID log.
• Lead the Business Analysts to deliver the required info gathering and analytical tasks to support

Skills:

• Leading and motivating
• Full lifecycle understanding and competence
• Planning and forecasting
• Facilitation (for risk and issue discovery)
• Communication and Reporting

Required Knowledge:

• Project lifecycles and their deliverables
• Project delivery in Life and Pensions sector, a basic understanding of the products, processes and regulatory context
• Governance and RAID operation
• Business acceptance processes, and test verification

Preferred Experience:

• 5 years Project Management Experience in an L&P/Financial Services context
• Regulatory and Discretionary Change Delivery
• Risk and Controls project delivery

Qualifications:

Preferred project management training in a formal method such as PRINCE2 or Agile.

To be eligible for SC clearance, you must have lived and worked in the UK continuously for the past 5 years.

Pension Scheme - contributions matched up to 10%

Private medical cover

Income Protection

Life Assurance

25 days paid leave + National Holidays

Flex benefits program

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