Senior Project Manager

Allianz Management Services Ltd; Guildford; Hybrid; GBP 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance company is seeking a Senior Project Manager in Guildford to drive strategic projects within Commercial Transformation. In this role, you will lead project teams, ensuring successful adoption of change and alignment with business goals. The ideal candidate should possess a strong background in both Agile and Waterfall methodologies, exceptional stakeholder management skills, and a passion for driving innovative solutions. A competitive salary and flexible benefits are offered, along with the opportunity to work within a diverse and inclusive environment.

Benefits

Flexible buy/sell holiday options

Hybrid working

Annual performance related bonus

Contributory pension scheme

Discounts on insurance products

Volunteering days

Qualifications

• Experience delivering a variety of projects using Agile and Waterfall.
• Strong understanding of change management processes.
• Exceptional problem-solving skills and stakeholder influence.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end delivery of complex change projects.
• Defining and managing project plans, budgets, and resources.
• Engaging internal and external stakeholders effectively.

Skills

Project and change delivery

Agile and Waterfall methodologies

Change management

Excellent communication skills

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Leadership and mentoring

Education

Project management qualifications

Tools

IT systems development lifecycle understanding

Job description

Senior Project Manager

Role Description

As Senior Project Manager in Commercial Transformation, you'll work collaboratively with other change professionals to realise business benefits through delivery of strategic projects in our portfolio, covering Digital Trading, Mid Markets and Distribution.

In this role you will work within a team of change experts as a trusted partner, driving our business towards achieving our strategic objectives. You will lead project teams, role modelling our values, while partnering with your sponsors, senior stakeholders, and users

You'll have an innovative mind-set and ensure delivery is value and outcome based and aligned to the programme vision. You'll be passionate about change and want to make a difference.

Salary Information

Pay : Circa £70,000 per year.

Pay is based on relevant experience, skills for the role, and location. Salary is only one part of our total reward package.

Key Accountabilities

• End-to-end delivery of multiple complex change projects, ensuring alignment with business goals.
• Defining and managing project plans, milestones, budgets, and resource needs using Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid methodologies.
• Engaging internal and external stakeholders, including managing third-party relationships and commercial terms.
• Driving urgency, pace, and clarity while maintaining strong communication and engagement across all stakeholder groups
• Monitoring project benefits and ensuring alignment with strategic objectives throughout the lifecycle.
• Managing risks, issues, dependencies, and operational impacts to ensure minimal disruption to business-as-usual.
• Ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, supporting project closure, and contributing to continuous improvement in delivery practices
• Ability to solve complex problems collaboratively with multiple stakeholders operating across functions

Skills & Experience

• Experience within project and change delivery, having delivered a variety of projects of different types and sizes using both Waterfall and Agile methodologies.
• Strong understanding of change management and implementing people, process and systems change
• Forward thinking, with experience in planning and forecasting and the ability to understand and manage risk proactively
• Demonstrative experience of problem solving and removing impediments
• Excellent communication skills, coupled with exemplary stakeholder management, with the ability to influence at all levels
• A growth mind-set with process improvement ability, focused on continuous improvement
• Ability to manage a budget including forecasting and estimating
• Experience managing suppliers
• Understanding of IT systems development lifecycle
• Leadership, coaching & mentoring experience
• Project, Agile or Change management qualifications would be an advantage but not essential
• Experience within the Commercial Insurance industry would be beneficial but not essential

What We Will Offer You

Recognised and rewarded for a job well done, we have a range of flexible benefits for you to choose from- so you can pick a package that’s perfect for you. We also offer flexible working options, global career opportunities across the wider Allianz Group, and fantastic career development and training. That’s on top of enjoying all the benefits you’d expect from the world’s number one insurance brand, including :

• Flexible buy / sell holiday options
• Hybrid working
• Annual performance related bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• Development days
• A discount up to 50% on a range of insurance products including car, home and pet
• Retail discounts
• Volunteering days

Our Ways of Working

Do you need flexibility with the hours you work? Let us know as part of your application and if it’s right for our customers, our business and for you, then we’ll do everything we can to make it happen. Here at Allianz, we are signatories of the ABIs flexible working charter. We believe in supporting hybrid work patterns, which balance the needs of our customers, with your personal circumstances and our business requirements. Our aim with this is to help innovation, creativity, and you to thrive - Your work life balance is important to us.

Integrity, Fairness, Inclusion & Trust

At Allianz, we believe in fostering an inclusive workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Our commitment to equal opportunities, gender equity, and balanced gender representation, is demonstrated by our numerous accreditations : EDGE certified for gender inclusion, Women in Finance Charter members, Disability Confident employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion, Business in the Community’s Race at Work Charter signatories, and Armed Forces Covenant gold standard employer.

We embrace neurodiversity and welcome applications from neurodivergent and disabled candidates, offering tailored adjustments to ensure your success.

We encourage our employees to advocate for their needs, whether it’s assistive technology, ergonomic equipment, mentoring, coaching, or flexible work arrangements.

Accessible Application for All

As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we support candidates with disabilities or long‑term health conditions through the Offer an Interview Scheme, for those meeting the essential skills for the role.

Contact our Resourcing team to opt into this scheme or for assistance with your application, including larger text, hard copies, or spoken applications.

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Closing date 12th January 2026

We reserve the right to close the advert early if we reach enough applications.

Join us - Let’s Care for Tomorrow.

88466 | Project Management | Professional | Non-Executive | Allianz UK | Full-Time | Permanent