Senior Project Manager

CNA Hardy; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

CNA Hardy is seeking a Senior Project Manager responsible for managing complex projects and portfolios vital to achieving strategic objectives. The role involves leading teams, engaging stakeholders, and ensuring high-quality project delivery while overseeing financials and resources.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of techniques for planning, monitoring, and controlling projects.
• Demonstrated ability to manage projects from design to implementation.
• Understanding of risk management and governance frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead project teams to deliver high-quality projects and products across multiple business areas.
• Engage stakeholders to identify requirements and transition them into delivery frameworks.
• Develop business cases for projects and manage project risks and issues.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem Solving

Analytical Skills

Job description

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Reporting to: Head of Projects and Portfolio Delivery

Position Summary

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for the management of key strategic projects and portfolios across CNA Hardy. This will include the delivery of business and IT related projects and other business changes that enable CNA Hardy to achieve its strategic objectives. The Senior project manager will be responsible for leading project teams to deliver high quality projects and products and have the ability to manage a multitude of projects across various business areas at any one time. The expectation is that the role will be responsible for larger and complex projects and work closely with business areas to achieve productivity and growth goals and contribute to the organisations overall success.

Key Responsibilities

Functional:

• Planning and delivering large/complex projects and the ability to manage multiple projects and work-streams at any one time
• Drive project execution; tracking delivery expecting, monitoring and controlling change with a pro-active approach to seek and resolve blockers.
• Engaging with stakeholders and business areas to identify business requirements and opportunities and the ability to transition this into a delivery framework.
• Engaging with sponsors to develop specifications, requirements, deliverables and key dependencies.
• Planning and designing the projects and portfolio proactively monitoring its progress, resolving issues and initiating appropriate corrective action.
• Ensuring effective quality assurance and the overall integrity of the project and portfolio – conduct progress reviews as required
• Contribute to the evolution of the Programme Management Office and development of new and enhanced processes.
• Work with business units and functions to create a roadmap for future development and projects aligned and prioritised in order to deliver CNA Hardy strategic and business objectives.
• Creation and support of the governance framework to deliver a consistent and effective approach to Portfolio Management.
• Executing various approaches and methodologies to effectively deliver against scope.
• Development and introduce new creative approaches to governance, controls and overall function of the Programme Management Office.
• Deliver a series of complex related projects, effectively managing key dependencies whilst overseeing financials, resources and RAID.
• Develop business cases for projects and provide sufficient information to inform the project prioritisation process
• Manage all projects in accordance with CNA Hardy’s project management framework
• Develop and actively manage project plans ensuring timely delivery against project milestones
• Manage project budgets as well as internal and external project resources
• Manage any project risks and issues arising, including escalating within the agreed governance framework
• Identify, select and manage any third party engagement on the project in order to ensure that delivery is high quality and cost-effective
• Provide adequate and timely project communications to all internal and external stakeholders including production of Board packs
• Ensure during project closure that a full hand-over to business as usual is completed and participate in post-implementation reviews.

Operational:

• Demonstrate awareness of, and adherence to:
• data governance framework; escalating material issues in a timely manner
• risks in your area; working within the parameters of the framework, including recording of losses or near misses
• the document management policy, whether as document author, reviewer, or user
• Operate within agreed authority levels, as determined by the Board

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

• Experienced with a strong knowledge of techniques for planning, monitoring and controlling of projects and programmes
• Effective leadership, interpersonal and communication skill.
• Ability to understand problem statements and evaluate prioritised options and activities.
• Ability to resolve conflicting demands and reallocate resources as required, whilst coaching team members in managing individual teams
• Lead and influence stakeholders, manage and build relationships and promote cross functional collaboration, with ability to simplify complex technical issues and tailor key messages for the relevant stakeholder group.
• Demonstrated understanding of business objectives and the market in which we operate
• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage projects from design through to implementation with a view of transitioning products and outputs into the business.
• Control and monitor project financials and benefits.
• Ownership and controls of definitive project plans with identified dependencies, deliverables and milestones.
• Confidence and assurance to challenge and get to root cause of issues.
• Ability to plan and organise own role effectively
• Understanding of accounting principles
• Mathematical and statistical ability
• Strong understanding of risk management and governance framework and how own role fits into it
• An understanding of underwriting risk, disciplines and processes
• Ability to promote own profile and CNA Hardy
• Demonstrated analytical and problem solving skills
• Effective communication and rapport building skills
• Ability to be assertive when appropriate

Additional Information

Company Overview

CNA Hardy is a leading specialist commercial insurance provider for clients within the Lloyd’s and company markets. We are part of CNA Financial Corp, the 8th largest U.S. commercial property and casualty insurance company. Established in 1897, CNA has approximately 7,000 employees, serving businesses and professionals in the U.S., Canada and Europe. We offer a wide range of products and services, providing a superior suite of insurance solutions that any organisation conducting business requires.

CNA Hardy is an equal opportunity employer.