Senior Programme Manager: Pensions Data Migration

Accenture PLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days vacation

Private medical insurance

3 extra days leave for charitable work

Job summary

Accenture is seeking an experienced Programme Manager to join the UK Insurance Programme Delivery team at Level 6. This senior delivery role directs complex technology-enabled transformation programmes across Life, Pensions and Retail Investments, with a particular emphasis on data migration within Pensions administration environments.

The successful candidate will govern multi-workstream delivery, manage budgets and stakeholders, and drive data migration, cutover planning and regulatory data

Qualifications

• Proven experience directing data migration programmes, including migration strategy, cutover planning, dual-running, reconciliation and data quality assurance.
• Proven track record as a Programme Manager or Senior Delivery Lead on complex technology-enabled transformation programmes within Financial Services.
• Demonstrable success managing programme budgets, delivery forecasts, change control and senior-level reporting.
• Strong stakeholder management experience, able to influence and advise senior client stakeholders.
• Strong supplier management capability across technology partners and delivery centres.
• Experience shaping governance across workstreams including data migration, testing, change management and deployment.
• Excellent communication, consulting and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery of a complex, multi-workstream programme, ensuring alignment to client outcomes, quality standards and commercial objectives
• Establish and lead programme governance, including steering groups, risk and issue management, dependency management and escalation
• Manage programme budgets, resource plans, milestones and delivery predictability
• Build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders across business and technology functions
• Manage supplier and third-party delivery dependencies, including performance and issue resolution
• Translate strategic ambition into executable delivery plans and pragmatic governance
• Provide visible leadership during critical delivery events such as testing, data migration, cutover and go-live
• Mentor and develop managers and delivery leads within the team

Skills

Data migration leadership

Programme management

Budget management

Stakeholder management

Vendor/supplier management

Governance experience

Communication & problem solving

Job description

Accenture is seeking an experienced Programme Manager to join the UK Insurance Programme Delivery team at Level 6. This senior delivery role directs complex technology-enabled transformation programmes across Life, Pensions and Retail Investments, with a particular emphasis on data migration within Pensions administration environments.

The successful candidate will govern multi-workstream delivery, manage budgets and stakeholders, and drive data migration, cutover planning and regulatory data